The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, المجلد 24 |
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الصفحة 46
... kind of hatred against all the French critics , I would observe , that this learned writer merits the attention and diligent pe- rusal of the true scholar . What I principally ad- mire in Bossu , is the regularity of his plan , and the ...
... kind of hatred against all the French critics , I would observe , that this learned writer merits the attention and diligent pe- rusal of the true scholar . What I principally ad- mire in Bossu , is the regularity of his plan , and the ...
الصفحة 50
... kind , with a strong memory or brisk imagi- nation , is often the oracle of an obscure club , and , till time discovers his impostures , dictates to his hearers with uncontrouled authority ; for if a public question be started , he was ...
... kind , with a strong memory or brisk imagi- nation , is often the oracle of an obscure club , and , till time discovers his impostures , dictates to his hearers with uncontrouled authority ; for if a public question be started , he was ...
الصفحة 51
... kind of falsehood is generally successful for a time , because it is practised at first with timi- dity and caution : but the prosperity of the liar is of short duration ; the reception of one story is al- ways an incitement to the ...
... kind of falsehood is generally successful for a time , because it is practised at first with timi- dity and caution : but the prosperity of the liar is of short duration ; the reception of one story is al- ways an incitement to the ...
الصفحة 75
... kind of riddle propounded for an evil purpose ; and as they may , therefore , be properly distin- guished by the name of Sphinxes , there would not perhaps be much cause for regret , if , like the first monster of the name , they should ...
... kind of riddle propounded for an evil purpose ; and as they may , therefore , be properly distin- guished by the name of Sphinxes , there would not perhaps be much cause for regret , if , like the first monster of the name , they should ...
الصفحة 78
... kind of drowsy in- sensibility , ' I am more than half asleep already . ' Lady Forrest and the Captain were to go from the Hay - market to Grosvenor Square . It was about half an hour after five when they got into the coach ; the ...
... kind of drowsy in- sensibility , ' I am more than half asleep already . ' Lady Forrest and the Captain were to go from the Hay - market to Grosvenor Square . It was about half an hour after five when they got into the coach ; the ...
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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.