The British Essayists, Volym 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... greater distance from themselves . But further , this desire of fame naturally betrays the ambitious man into such indecencies as are a les- sening to his reputation . He is still afraid lest any of his actions should be thrown away in ...
... greater distance from themselves . But further , this desire of fame naturally betrays the ambitious man into such indecencies as are a les- sening to his reputation . He is still afraid lest any of his actions should be thrown away in ...
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... greater art to expose and turn to ridicule a man whose character seems so improper a subject for it , or that we are pleased by some implicit kind of revenge , to see him taken down and humbled in his reputation , and in some measure ...
... greater art to expose and turn to ridicule a man whose character seems so improper a subject for it , or that we are pleased by some implicit kind of revenge , to see him taken down and humbled in his reputation , and in some measure ...
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... greater idea of him , than a saying which Cicero tells us he frequently made use of in private conversation , That he was satisfied with his share of life and fame . ' Se satis vel ad naturam , vel ad gloriam vixisse . Many indeed have ...
... greater idea of him , than a saying which Cicero tells us he frequently made use of in private conversation , That he was satisfied with his share of life and fame . ' Se satis vel ad naturam , vel ad gloriam vixisse . Many indeed have ...
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... , РОРЕ , I AM now in the sixty - fifth year of may age , and having been the greater part of my days a man of pleasure , the decay of my faculties is a stagnation of my life . But how is it , sir , D 2 N ° 260 . 29 SPECTATOR .
... , РОРЕ , I AM now in the sixty - fifth year of may age , and having been the greater part of my days a man of pleasure , the decay of my faculties is a stagnation of my life . But how is it , sir , D 2 N ° 260 . 29 SPECTATOR .
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... greater pains to appear easy and happy to others , than really to make ourselves so . Of all disparities , that in humour makes the most unhappy marriages , yet scarce enters into our thoughts at the contract- ing of them . Several that ...
... greater pains to appear easy and happy to others , than really to make ourselves so . Of all disparities , that in humour makes the most unhappy marriages , yet scarce enters into our thoughts at the contract- ing of them . Several that ...
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Sida 238 - Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Sida 275 - Heaven that He ere long Intended to create, and therein plant A generation, whom his choice regard Should favour equal to the Sons of Heaven. Thither, if but to pry, shall be perhaps Our first eruption — thither, or elsewhere; For this infernal pit shall never hold Celestial Spirits in bondage, nor th' Abyss Long under darkness cover.
Sida 237 - In billows, leave i' the midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight, till on dry land He lights, if it were land that ever...
Sida 242 - A shout, that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. All in a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air...
Sida 238 - Hail, horrors! hail, Infernal world! And thou, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor! one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time!
Sida 123 - For joy of offer'd peace : but I suppose, If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result.
Sida 237 - Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood Under amazement of their hideous change. He call'd so loud that all the hollow deep Of Hell resounded.
Sida 151 - But first, whom shall we send In search of this new world ? whom shall we find Sufficient ? who shall tempt with wandering feet The dark, unbottom'd, infinite abyss, And through the palpable obscure find out His uncouth way...
Sida 240 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Sida 238 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...