The British Essayists, Volume 43Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 - English essays |
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... tastes , and to clothe yourself in all our fashions . Let us see no austerity of carriage , but strive all you can to derive your mirth and entertainment from the same sources as supply it for the most part to the inhabitants of this ...
... tastes , and to clothe yourself in all our fashions . Let us see no austerity of carriage , but strive all you can to derive your mirth and entertainment from the same sources as supply it for the most part to the inhabitants of this ...
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... taste , that the one is seldom improved without a ma- nifest advantage to the other ; and as they both have their birth in the same right constitution of mind , a secret tie of affinity always approximates them , how- ever their natural ...
... taste , that the one is seldom improved without a ma- nifest advantage to the other ; and as they both have their birth in the same right constitution of mind , a secret tie of affinity always approximates them , how- ever their natural ...
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... tastes . I generally recommend a Spring in pre- ference to a Summer course , because the novelty and vivacity of its productions engage us to persevere in it with greater cheerfulness and constancy ; and make it the properest to be ...
... tastes . I generally recommend a Spring in pre- ference to a Summer course , because the novelty and vivacity of its productions engage us to persevere in it with greater cheerfulness and constancy ; and make it the properest to be ...
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... taste at this gentleman's house seems to be better in its kind than what I meet with elsewhere ; and his oysters and cyder I should prefer to a supper with Lucullus , on the produce of the Lucrine bay , and the vines that grew on the ...
... taste at this gentleman's house seems to be better in its kind than what I meet with elsewhere ; and his oysters and cyder I should prefer to a supper with Lucullus , on the produce of the Lucrine bay , and the vines that grew on the ...
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... taste in the one , are surely qualities at least as rare as those intel- lectual perfections which the others demand . It is for this reason , and purely from the many consti- tuent excellencies which enter into its composition , that ...
... taste in the one , are surely qualities at least as rare as those intel- lectual perfections which the others demand . It is for this reason , and purely from the many consti- tuent excellencies which enter into its composition , that ...
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ambition amidst Anacharsis ancient appear bagnios bishop of Poitiers Bona Dea book of Job bosoms character conceive consider constitution contemplation contrivance DEMADES dress duchesses and countesses effect elegance Epicurus Eurydice exercised eyes fashion father feeling female force genius gentleman give grace habits hands happy heart holy orders honour human humour idea imagination Isaac Olive judges kind Lady F language letter London spring lose Loudun Madam Olive-branch Madem manner mean ment mind Miranda modern moral nature neral never objects observe original pains passage petition phaëton philosophy phrase pleasures pleonasm possessed present pride principles profession racter readers reason refinement religion SATURDAY scene sensibility sentiments Simon Olive-branch sorrows spirit story taste tears thee thing thou thought tion town translation truth tural ture Urbain Grandier virtue Welch mountains whole woes words Xenophon XLIII
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Page 117 - May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21 (For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing...
Page 17 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face ; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Page 13 - J'entends Théodecte" de l'antichambre; il grossit sa voix à mesure qu'il s'approche ; le voilà entré : il rit, il crie, il éclate; on bouche ses oreilles, c'est un tonnerre. Il n'est pas moins redoutable par les choses qu'il dit que par le ton dont il parle. Il ne s'apaise, et il ne revient de ce grand fracas que pour bredouiller des vanités et des sottises. Il a si peu d'égard au temps, aux personnes, aux bienséances, que chacun a son fait sans qu'il ait eu intention de le lui donner; il...
Page 44 - Now, all amid the rigours of the year, In the wild depth of Winter, while without The ceaseless winds blow ice, be my retreat, Between the groaning forest and the shore Beat by the boundless multitude of waves, A rural, shelter'd, solitary scene; Where ruddy fire and beaming tapers join, To cheer the gloom. There studious let me sit, And hold high converse with the mighty dead...
Page 114 - He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud. By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens ; his hand hath formed the crooked Serpent.
Page 110 - A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave.
Page 13 - ... de le lui donner; il n'est pas encore assis qu'il a, à son insu, désobligé toute l'assemblée. At-on servi, il se met le premier à table et dans la première place; les femmes sont à sa droite et à sa gauche.
Page 8 - Must you go ! — must you eat, must you drink, must you sleep, must you live ? De nature bid you do one, de nature bid you do toder. — Vous me ferez enrager ! Lady Fan. But when reason corrects nature, Mademoiselle? 172 Mad. Elle est done bien insolente, c'est sa soeur aine'e.
Page 20 - When he put on the robe of honour, and was clothed with the perfection of glory, when he went up to the holy altar, he made the garment of holiness honourable. When he took the portions out of the priests...
Page 13 - ... autre sujet; ou, s'il survient quelqu'un à qui il doive un discours tout différent, il sait, en achevant de vous congratuler, lui faire un compliment de condoléance ; il pleure d'un œil, et il rit de l'autre, Se formant quelquefois sur les ministres ou sur le favori, il parle en public de choses frivoles, du vent, de la gelée ; il se tait au contraire et fait le mystérieux sur ce qu'il sait de plus important, et plus volontiers encore sur ce qu'il ne sait point.