The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 9-10 |
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... idea of true excellence in human nature , they have found it to consist in suffering after a right manner , and with a good grace . He- roes are always drawn bearing sorrows , struggling with adversities , undergoing all kinds of ...
... idea of true excellence in human nature , they have found it to consist in suffering after a right manner , and with a good grace . He- roes are always drawn bearing sorrows , struggling with adversities , undergoing all kinds of ...
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... idea of the Supreme Being is more rational and sublime than that of the Heathens . The particular objects on which he is described to have cast his eye , are repre- sented in the most beautiful and lively manner : Now had th ' Almighty ...
... idea of the Supreme Being is more rational and sublime than that of the Heathens . The particular objects on which he is described to have cast his eye , are repre- sented in the most beautiful and lively manner : Now had th ' Almighty ...
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... idea as any that arises in the whole poem . He looks down into that vast hollow of the universe with the eye , or , as Milton calls it in his first book , with the ken of an angel . He surveys all the wonders in this immense amphi ...
... idea as any that arises in the whole poem . He looks down into that vast hollow of the universe with the eye , or , as Milton calls it in his first book , with the ken of an angel . He surveys all the wonders in this immense amphi ...
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... idea of its graces and imperfections in my six first papers , I thought my- self obliged to bestow one upon every book in par- ticular . The three first books I have already de- spatched , and am now entering upon the fourth . I need ...
... idea of its graces and imperfections in my six first papers , I thought my- self obliged to bestow one upon every book in par- ticular . The three first books I have already de- spatched , and am now entering upon the fourth . I need ...
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... idea of that happiness from which our first parents fell . The plan of it is wonderfully beautiful , and formed upon the short sketch which we have of it in holy writ . Milton's exuberance of imagination has poured 56 NO . 321 . SPECTATOR .
... idea of that happiness from which our first parents fell . The plan of it is wonderfully beautiful , and formed upon the short sketch which we have of it in holy writ . Milton's exuberance of imagination has poured 56 NO . 321 . SPECTATOR .
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Page 231 - Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread ; My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For thou, O Lord, art with me still ; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade Though in a bare and rugged way, Through devious lonely wilds I stray.
Page 177 - O'er other creatures : yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems, And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best...
Page 338 - The swain in barren deserts with surprise Sees lilies spring, and sudden verdure rise ; And starts, amidst the thirsty wilds to hear New falls of water murmuring in his ear.
Page 339 - See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, And break upon thee in a flood of day.
Page 175 - 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 265 - So many grateful altars I would rear Of grassy turf, and pile up every stone Of lustre from the brook, in memory, Or monument to ages ; and thereon Offer sweet-smelling gums, and fruits, and flowers. In yonder nether world where shall I seek His bright appearances, or footstep trace?
Page 160 - And, missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the heaven's wide pathless way ; And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud.
Page 247 - And strait conjunction with this sex: for either He never shall find out fit mate, but such As some misfortune brings him, or mistake; Or whom he wishes most shall seldom gain Through her perverseness, but shall see her...
Page 337 - And bid new music charm th' unfolding ear: The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting like the bounding roe. No sigh, no murmur, the wide world shall hear. From every face he wipes off every tear. In adamantine chains shall Death be bound. And Hell's grim tyrant feel th
Page 334 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.