The British Essayists;: RamblerJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1808 - English essays |
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Page 170
... verse is capable , and should therefore be exactly kept in distichs , and generally in the last line of a paragraph , that the ear may rest without any sense of imperfection . But to preserve the series of sounds untransposed in a long ...
... verse is capable , and should therefore be exactly kept in distichs , and generally in the last line of a paragraph , that the ear may rest without any sense of imperfection . But to preserve the series of sounds untransposed in a long ...
Page 172
... verse , have their accents retrograde or inverted ; the first syllable being strong or acute , and the second weak . The detriment which the mea- sure suffers by this inversion of the accents is some- times less perceptible , when the ...
... verse , have their accents retrograde or inverted ; the first syllable being strong or acute , and the second weak . The detriment which the mea- sure suffers by this inversion of the accents is some- times less perceptible , when the ...
Page 173
... verse , the Iambick , consisting of short and long syllables alternately , from which our heroick measure is derived , and the Trochaick , con- sisting in a like alternation of long and short . These were considered as opposites , and ...
... verse , the Iambick , consisting of short and long syllables alternately , from which our heroick measure is derived , and the Trochaick , con- sisting in a like alternation of long and short . These were considered as opposites , and ...
Page 180
... verse may be melodious and pleasing , it is ne- cessary , not only that the words be so ranged as that the accent may fall on its proper place , but that the syllables themselves be so chosen as to flow smoothly into one another . This ...
... verse may be melodious and pleasing , it is ne- cessary , not only that the words be so ranged as that the accent may fall on its proper place , but that the syllables themselves be so chosen as to flow smoothly into one another . This ...
Page 181
... verses of this passage , may be repeated between the last lines of the follow- ing quotations : Under foot the violet , Crocus , and hyacinth , with rich in - lay Broider'd the ground , more colour'd than with stone Of costliest emblem ...
... verses of this passage , may be repeated between the last lines of the follow- ing quotations : Under foot the violet , Crocus , and hyacinth , with rich in - lay Broider'd the ground , more colour'd than with stone Of costliest emblem ...
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Page 214 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Page 34 - I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful. For, not only every man has, in the mighty mass of the world, great numbers in the same condition with himself, to whom his mistakes and miscarriages, escapes and expedients, would be of immediate and apparent use; but there is such an uniformity in the state of man, considered apart from adventitious and separable decorations and disguises, that there is scarce any possibility...
Page 64 - Happy are they, my son, who shall learn from thy example not to despair, but shall remember, that though the day is past, and their strength is wasted, there yet remains one effort to be made ; that reformation is never hopeless, nor sincere...
Page 192 - Olympian hill I soar, Above the flight of Pegasean wing ! The meaning, not the name, I call ; for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old Olympus dwell'st ; but...
Page 77 - To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labour tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution.
Page 36 - But biography has often been allotted to writers, who seem very little acquainted with the nature of their task, or very negligent about the performance.
Page 141 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
Page 62 - In these amusements the hours passed away uncounted, his deviations had perplexed his memory, and he knew not towards what point to travel. He stood pensive and confused, afraid to go forward lest he should go wrong, yet conscious that the time of loitering was now past.
Page 262 - HOPE, who was the constant associate of the voyage of life. Yet all that HOPE ventured to promise, even to those whom she favoured most, was, not that they should escape, but that they should sink last; and with this promise every one was satisfied, though he laughed at the rest for seeming to believe it. HOPE, indeed, apparently mocked the credulity of her companions ; for, in proportion as their vessels grew leaky...
Page 19 - Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the parent of Liberty. He that is extravagant will quickly become poor, and poverty will enforce dependence, and invite corruption...