The British Essayists, Volume 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 - English essays |
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... human infirmity , any false step be made in the more momentous concerns of life , the whole scheme of ambitious designs is broken and disappointed . The smaller stains and blemishes may die away and dis- appear , amidst the brightness ...
... human infirmity , any false step be made in the more momentous concerns of life , the whole scheme of ambitious designs is broken and disappointed . The smaller stains and blemishes may die away and dis- appear , amidst the brightness ...
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... human nature , but not able to discover themselves to the knowledge of others ; they are transacted in private without noise or show , and are only visible to the great Searcher of hearts . What actions can express the entire purity of ...
... human nature , but not able to discover themselves to the knowledge of others ; they are transacted in private without noise or show , and are only visible to the great Searcher of hearts . What actions can express the entire purity of ...
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... human improvement , from those weak stirrings and tendencies of the will which have not yet formed themselves into regular purposes and designs , to the last entire finishing and consummation of a good habit . He beholds the first ...
... human improvement , from those weak stirrings and tendencies of the will which have not yet formed themselves into regular purposes and designs , to the last entire finishing and consummation of a good habit . He beholds the first ...
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... human nature , that we are at greater pains to appear easy and happy to others , than really to make ourselves so . Of all disparities , that in humour makes the most unhappy marriages , yet scarce enters into our thoughts at the ...
... human nature , that we are at greater pains to appear easy and happy to others , than really to make ourselves so . Of all disparities , that in humour makes the most unhappy marriages , yet scarce enters into our thoughts at the ...
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... humanity , and by degrees soften those very imperfections into beauties . Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and miseries . A marriage of love is pleasant ; a marriage of interest easy ; and a marriage where both meet , happy ...
... humanity , and by degrees soften those very imperfections into beauties . Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and miseries . A marriage of love is pleasant ; a marriage of interest easy ; and a marriage where both meet , happy ...
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Page 238 - Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Page 275 - Heaven that He ere long Intended to create, and therein plant A generation, whom his choice regard Should favour equal to the Sons of Heaven. Thither, if but to pry, shall be perhaps Our first eruption — thither, or elsewhere; For this infernal pit shall never hold Celestial Spirits in bondage, nor th' Abyss Long under darkness cover.
Page 237 - In billows, leave i' the midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight, till on dry land He lights, if it were land that ever...
Page 242 - A shout, that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. All in a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air...
Page 238 - Hail, horrors! hail, Infernal world! And thou, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor! one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time!
Page 123 - For joy of offer'd peace : but I suppose, If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result.
Page 237 - Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood Under amazement of their hideous change. He call'd so loud that all the hollow deep Of Hell resounded.
Page 151 - But first, whom shall we send In search of this new world ? whom shall we find Sufficient ? who shall tempt with wandering feet The dark, unbottom'd, infinite abyss, And through the palpable obscure find out His uncouth way...
Page 240 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Page 238 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...