Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical: Illustrative of the Rambler, Adventurer, & Idler, and of the Various Periodical Papers Which, in Imitation of the Writings of Steele and Addison, Have Been Published Between the Close of the Eighth Volume of the Spectator, and the Commencement of the Year 1809, Volume 1J. Seeley, 1809 - 499 pages |
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... considered merely in the capacity of a man of letters , the field is still open for novelty of remark and vari- ety of illustration . I have , therefore , chiefly confined myself to the con- templation of his Literary Character , into ...
... considered merely in the capacity of a man of letters , the field is still open for novelty of remark and vari- ety of illustration . I have , therefore , chiefly confined myself to the con- templation of his Literary Character , into ...
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... appears intended to insinuate that Dr. Swift had afforded his assistance , must be considered as a mere vox et præterea nihil ; for , after a thorough investigation , I have been utterly disappointed in discovering a PERIODICAL PAPERS . 29.
... appears intended to insinuate that Dr. Swift had afforded his assistance , must be considered as a mere vox et præterea nihil ; for , after a thorough investigation , I have been utterly disappointed in discovering a PERIODICAL PAPERS . 29.
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... considered as an immediate and apposite introduction to the subsequent essays . We have now enumerated , as the subject of our second essay , the periodical papers which were published between the close of the eighth volume of the ...
... considered as an immediate and apposite introduction to the subsequent essays . We have now enumerated , as the subject of our second essay , the periodical papers which were published between the close of the eighth volume of the ...
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... considered as the chieftain of his class at school , and he demanded from his com- - panions great deference and attention . His . memory was peculiarly strong and retentive , and he was uncommonly inquisitive , but , at the same time ...
... considered as the chieftain of his class at school , and he demanded from his com- - panions great deference and attention . His . memory was peculiarly strong and retentive , and he was uncommonly inquisitive , but , at the same time ...
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... considered as miserably inadequate to the time and labour which were bestowed . The book was printed in octavo at Birmingham , but published anonymously in London in 1735 by Bettesworth and Hitch , of Pater - noster Row , To the ...
... considered as miserably inadequate to the time and labour which were bestowed . The book was printed in octavo at Birmingham , but published anonymously in London in 1735 by Bettesworth and Hitch , of Pater - noster Row , To the ...
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Page 331 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, " My Lord, " Your Lordship's most humble " Most obedient servant,
Page 134 - For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat. Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat.
Page 398 - Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for any thing we allow them short of hanging.
Page 301 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
Page 367 - DISORDERS of intellect,' answered Imlac, ' happen much more often than superficial observers will easily believe. Perhaps, if we speak with rigorous exactness, no human mind is in its right state. There is no man whose imagination does not sometimes predominate over his reason, who can regulate his attention wholly by his will, and whose ideas will come and go at his command.
Page 332 - This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords.
Page 301 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Page 193 - Almighty GOD, the giver of all good things, without whose help all labour is ineffectual, and without whose grace all wisdom is folly : grant, I beseech Thee, that in this undertaking thy Holy Spirit may not be withheld from me, but that I may promote thy glory, and the salvation of myself and others : grant this, O Lord, for the sake of thy son, JESUS CHRIST. Amen.
Page 330 - I am a solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to...
Page 248 - I have laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from colloquial barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations. Something, perhaps, I have added to the elegance of its construction, and something to the harmony of its cadence.