The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 9-10 |
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... particular art which he has made use of in the interspersing of all those graces of poetry which the subject was capable of receiving . The survey of the whole creation , and of every thing that is transacted in it , is a prospect ...
... particular art which he has made use of in the interspersing of all those graces of poetry which the subject was capable of receiving . The survey of the whole creation , and of every thing that is transacted in it , is a prospect ...
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... particular , when he introduces agents of a superior nature , who are capable of effecting what is wonder- ful , and what is not to be met with in the ordinary course of things . Ulysses's ship being turned into a rock , and Æneas's ...
... particular , when he introduces agents of a superior nature , who are capable of effecting what is wonder- ful , and what is not to be met with in the ordinary course of things . Ulysses's ship being turned into a rock , and Æneas's ...
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... particular description of the sun , are set forth in all the wantonness of a luxuriant imagination . His shape , speech , and be- haviour , upon his transforming himself into an angel of light , are touched with exquisite beauty . The ...
... particular description of the sun , are set forth in all the wantonness of a luxuriant imagination . His shape , speech , and be- haviour , upon his transforming himself into an angel of light , are touched with exquisite beauty . The ...
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... particular , I find myself taxed with an inclination to favour my own half of the spe- cies . Whether it be that the women afford a more fruitful field for speculation , or whether they run more in my head than the men , I cannot tell ...
... particular , I find myself taxed with an inclination to favour my own half of the spe- cies . Whether it be that the women afford a more fruitful field for speculation , or whether they run more in my head than the men , I cannot tell ...
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... particular in it , not only as it is the scene of the principal action , but as it is requisite to give us an idea of that happiness from which our first parents fell . The plan of it is wonderfully beautiful , and formed upon the short ...
... particular in it , not only as it is the scene of the principal action , but as it is requisite to give us an idea of that happiness from which our first parents fell . The plan of it is wonderfully beautiful , and formed upon the short ...
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acquaintance Æneas Æneid affected agreeable angels Ann Boleyn appear beautiful behaviour behold called Callisthenes character cheerfulness colours consider creature Cynthio dauphin of France death delight desire discourse endeavour entertainment eyes fancy father Fidelio gentleman give grace Gratian hand happy hear heart heaven Homer honour humble servant humour ideas Iliad imagination innocence Jupiter kind lady letter live look MADAM mankind manner Margaret Clark matter Menippus mind Mohocks nature neral never night observed occasion OVID paper Paradise Lost particular passed passion Paul Lorrain person pleased pleasure Plutarch poem poet present racter reader reason received reflections secret sight Sir Roger soul speak SPECTATOR spirit take notice tell thee thing thou thought tion told town tural ture VIRG Virgil virtue whole woman words writ writing yard land young
Popular passages
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.