The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, المجلد 24 |
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الصفحة 46
... excellent soever these two commentators may be . To contemplate these exalted geniuses through such mediums , is like beholding the orb of the sun , during an eclipse , in a vessel of water . But let him eagerly press forward to the ...
... excellent soever these two commentators may be . To contemplate these exalted geniuses through such mediums , is like beholding the orb of the sun , during an eclipse , in a vessel of water . But let him eagerly press forward to the ...
الصفحة 57
... excellent in these writers , is their selection of such adjuncts and cir- cumstances upon each subject , as are best calculated to strike the imagination and embellish their de- scriptions . Thus , they think it not enough to say , that ...
... excellent in these writers , is their selection of such adjuncts and cir- cumstances upon each subject , as are best calculated to strike the imagination and embellish their de- scriptions . Thus , they think it not enough to say , that ...
الصفحة 98
... excellent ; and , therefore , believe that to be of equal value which I cannot understand . ' The reflection of every man who reads this pas- sage will suggest to him the difference between the practice of Socrates , and that of modern ...
... excellent ; and , therefore , believe that to be of equal value which I cannot understand . ' The reflection of every man who reads this pas- sage will suggest to him the difference between the practice of Socrates , and that of modern ...
الصفحة 105
... excellent bustos ; that they were compelled sometimes to hire lodgings at a baker's , in order to warm themselves for nothing ; and that it was the common fate of the fraternity , Pallere , & vinum toto nescire Decembri . To pine , Look ...
... excellent bustos ; that they were compelled sometimes to hire lodgings at a baker's , in order to warm themselves for nothing ; and that it was the common fate of the fraternity , Pallere , & vinum toto nescire Decembri . To pine , Look ...
الصفحة 134
... excellent and neglected writer says , ' It has always been held the ' severest treatment of slaves and malefactors , ' damnare ad metalla , to force them to dig in the mines : now this is the covetous man's lot , from which he is never ...
... excellent and neglected writer says , ' It has always been held the ' severest treatment of slaves and malefactors , ' damnare ad metalla , to force them to dig in the mines : now this is the covetous man's lot , from which he is never ...
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absurd acquainted ADVENTURER Agrestis Amana Amelia Amphinomus Anticlea appear Aristotle Bagshot beauty behold believe Boileau Caliph Captain character conceal conduct consider contempt countenance death desire dignity discovered distress dreadful effect equally Eugenio Euripides Eutyches evil excellence expence expressed eyes falsehood father favour folly fortune Freeman genius gentleman gratify guilt hand happiness heard heart Homer honour hope human Iliad imagination immediately kind labour Lady Forrest less Longinus looked mankind Mantua marriage ment mind misery morning nature neral ness never Nouraddin object Odyssey opinion Osmin OVID passion perceived perhaps person pleasure poet POPE present principles produced Prosopopoeia punish Quintilian racter reason received rusal SATURDAY says scarce sensibility sentiments servant shew Sir James Socrates soon Sophocles suffered tain tears tenderness thou thought Tibullus tion tosus truth TUESDAY Ulysses vanity Ventosus vice VIRG virtue wife wish wretched writers XXIV
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الصفحة 95 - Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
الصفحة 132 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
الصفحة 91 - When he gave to the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment. When he appointed the foundations of the earth., then I was by him, as one brought up with him, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him, rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights were with the sons of men.
الصفحة 53 - And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him for they saw that his grief was very great.
الصفحة 130 - VITAL spark of heavenly flame! Quit, O quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, O, the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life! Hark! they whisper; angels say, Sister spirit, come away!
الصفحة 52 - Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit? or whither shall I go then from thy presence ? If I climb up into heaven, thou art there ; if I go down to hell, thou art there also.
الصفحة 92 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding. . ' Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest ? Or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
الصفحة 44 - Tasso, Mazzoni, and others, teaches what the laws are of a true epic poem, what of a dramatic, what of a lyric, what decorum is, which is the grand masterpiece to observe.
الصفحة 52 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
الصفحة 55 - Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.