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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... less than it seems , and that the greatness , which we admire at a distance , has much fewer advantages , and much less splendour , when we are suffered to approach it . It is the business of moralists to detect the frauds of fortune ...
... less than it seems , and that the greatness , which we admire at a distance , has much fewer advantages , and much less splendour , when we are suffered to approach it . It is the business of moralists to detect the frauds of fortune ...
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... less grating and weari . some , and has consequently contributed to the ge- neral security of life , by hindering that fraud and vio- lence , rapine and circumvention , which must have been produced by an unbounded eagerness of wealth ...
... less grating and weari . some , and has consequently contributed to the ge- neral security of life , by hindering that fraud and vio- lence , rapine and circumvention , which must have been produced by an unbounded eagerness of wealth ...
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... less importance to the world , than that part of his personal character which repre- sents him as careful of his health , and negligent of his life . But biography has often been allotted to writers who seem very little acquainted with ...
... less importance to the world , than that part of his personal character which repre- sents him as careful of his health , and negligent of his life . But biography has often been allotted to writers who seem very little acquainted with ...
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... less has been his temerity by land , nor fewer his hazards . He has reeled with giddiness on the top of the monument ; he has crossed the street amidst the rush of coaches ; he has been surrounded by robbers without number ; he has ...
... less has been his temerity by land , nor fewer his hazards . He has reeled with giddiness on the top of the monument ; he has crossed the street amidst the rush of coaches ; he has been surrounded by robbers without number ; he has ...
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... less influenced the disposal , He has been very frequently consulted both upon war and peace ; but the time is not yet come when the nation shall know how much it is indebted to the genius of Frolick . Yet , notwithstanding all these ...
... less influenced the disposal , He has been very frequently consulted both upon war and peace ; but the time is not yet come when the nation shall know how much it is indebted to the genius of Frolick . Yet , notwithstanding all these ...
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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...