The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Haddon, 1819 - English essays |
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... master ; if I send him abroad , it is scarce possible to keep him from the reigning contagion of rudeness and vice . He will perhaps be more innocent at home , but more ignorant of the world , and more sheepish when he comes abroad ...
... master ; if I send him abroad , it is scarce possible to keep him from the reigning contagion of rudeness and vice . He will perhaps be more innocent at home , but more ignorant of the world , and more sheepish when he comes abroad ...
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... masters , but such as have proper ushers and assistants under them . I must nevertheless own , that for want of the same encouragement in the country , we have many a promising genius spoiled and abused in those little seminaries . ' I ...
... masters , but such as have proper ushers and assistants under them . I must nevertheless own , that for want of the same encouragement in the country , we have many a promising genius spoiled and abused in those little seminaries . ' I ...
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... master's grey pad . I scorned to compound for my faults by doing any of these elegant offices , and was accord- ingly the best scholar , and the worst used of any boy in the school . I shall conclude this discourse with an advantage ...
... master's grey pad . I scorned to compound for my faults by doing any of these elegant offices , and was accord- ingly the best scholar , and the worst used of any boy in the school . I shall conclude this discourse with an advantage ...
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... master . As his genius was wonderfully turned to the sublime , his subject is the noblest that could have entered into the thoughts of man . Every thing that is truly great and astonishing has a place in it . The whole system of the ...
... master . As his genius was wonderfully turned to the sublime , his subject is the noblest that could have entered into the thoughts of man . Every thing that is truly great and astonishing has a place in it . The whole system of the ...
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... master - piece of this nature ; as the war in heaven , the condition of the fallen angels , the state of innocence , the temptation of the serpent , and the fall of man , though they are very astonishing in themselves , are not only ...
... master - piece of this nature ; as the war in heaven , the condition of the fallen angels , the state of innocence , the temptation of the serpent , and the fall of man , though they are very astonishing in themselves , are not only ...
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Page 312 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
Page 218 - Should God create another Eve, and I Another rib afford, yet loss of thee Would never from my heart : no, no ! I feel The link of Nature draw me : flesh of flesh, Bone of my bone thou art, and from thy state Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe.
Page 62 - To whom thus Eve replied. O thou for whom And from whom I was form'd, flesh of thy flesh, And without whom am to no end, my guide And head! what thou hast said is just and right. For we to him indeed all praises owe And daily thanks; I chiefly, who enjoy So far the happier lot, enjoying thee Preeminent by so much odds, while thou Like consort to thyself canst no where find.
Page 279 - With what to sight or smell was sweet ! from thee How shall I part, and whither wander down Into a lower world ; to this obscure And wild ? how shall we breathe in other air Less pure, accustomed to immortal fruits ? Whom thus the Angel interrupted mild.
Page 276 - And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Page 88 - 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 350 - The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead, And boys in flowery bands the tiger lead; The steer and lion at one crib shall meet, And harmless serpents lick the pilgrim's feet.
Page 63 - So spake our general mother, and, with eyes Of conjugal attraction unreproved And meek surrender, half embracing lean'd On our first father; half her swelling breast Naked met his under the flowing gold Of her loose tresses hid...
Page 121 - With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power 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 89 - If none regard ; heaven 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.