The British Essayists, Volume 11Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 - English essays |
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... light than I ever met with in any other writer . As these points are dry in themselves to the generality of readers , the concise and clear man- ner in which he has treated them is very much to be admired , as is likewise that ...
... light than I ever met with in any other writer . As these points are dry in themselves to the generality of readers , the concise and clear man- ner in which he has treated them is very much to be admired , as is likewise that ...
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... light , are touched with exquisite beauty . The poet's thought of directing Satan to the sun , which , in the vulgar opinion of mankind , is the most conspicuous part of the creation , and the placing in it an angel , is a circumstance ...
... light , are touched with exquisite beauty . The poet's thought of directing Satan to the sun , which , in the vulgar opinion of mankind , is the most conspicuous part of the creation , and the placing in it an angel , is a circumstance ...
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... light from hence , though but reflected , shines ; That place is earth , the seat of man , that light His day , & c . ' I must not conclude my reflexions upon this third book of Paradise Lost , without taking notice of that celebrated ...
... light from hence , though but reflected , shines ; That place is earth , the seat of man , that light His day , & c . ' I must not conclude my reflexions upon this third book of Paradise Lost , without taking notice of that celebrated ...
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... light , and shows the disagreeableness of such actions as are indifferent in themselves , and blame- able only as they proceed from creatures endowed with reason . manner . My following correspondent , who calls herself Clarinda , is ...
... light , and shows the disagreeableness of such actions as are indifferent in themselves , and blame- able only as they proceed from creatures endowed with reason . manner . My following correspondent , who calls herself Clarinda , is ...
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... light Shadowy sets off the face of things . In vain , If none regard . Heav'n wakes with all his eyes , Whom to behold but thee , nature's desire , In whose sight all things joy , with ravishment , Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze ...
... light Shadowy sets off the face of things . In vain , If none regard . Heav'n wakes with all his eyes , Whom to behold but thee , nature's desire , In whose sight all things joy , with ravishment , Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze ...
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Page 86 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Page 187 - Man-like, but different sex; so lovely fair, That what seem'd fair in all the world seem'd now Mean, or in her summ'd up...
Page 301 - The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
Page 79 - What thou seest, What there thou seest, fair creature, is thyself, With thee it came and goes : but follow me, And I will bring thee where no shadow stays Thy coming, and thy soft embraces ; he Whose image thou art, him thou shalt enjoy Inseparably thine ; to him shalt bear Multitudes like thyself, and thence be called Mother of human race.
Page 275 - O flowers That never will in other climate grow, My early visitation, and my last At even, which I bred up with tender hand From the first opening bud, and gave ye names, Who now shall rear ye to the sun, or rank Your tribes, and water from the ambrosial fount...
Page 59 - Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad, In naked majesty seem'd lords of all : And worthy seem'd ; for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure (Severe, but in true filial freedom placed), Whence true authority in men...
Page 331 - See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, And break upon thee in a flood of day ! No more the rising Sun shall gild the morn, Nor evening Cynthia fill her silver horn ; But lost, dissolved in thy superior rays, One tide of glory, one unclouded blaze O'erflow thy courts : the Light himself shall shine Reveal'd, and God's eternal day be thine...
Page 119 - Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky With hideous ruin and combustion down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine* chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms.
Page 79 - Return, fair Eve ; Whom fliest thou ? whom thou fliest, of him thou art, His flesh, his bone ; to give thee being I lent Out of my side to thee, nearest my heart, Substantial life ; to have thee by my side Henceforth an individual solace dear. Part of my soul, I seek thee, and thee claim, My other half.
Page 329 - Oh, spring to light, auspicious Babe, be born ! See, Nature hastes her earliest wreaths to bring, With all the incense of the breathing Spring ; See lofty Lebanon his head advance : See nodding forests on the mountains dance ; See spicy clouds from lowly Sharon rise, And Carmel's flowery top perfumes the skies ! Hark ! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers : Prepare the way ! a God ! a God appears ! A God ! a God ! the vocal hills reply, The rocks proclaim the approaching Deity.