The British Essayists;: SpectatorJ. 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 |
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... to name him in his absence , and takes care he shall never be the subject of any dis- course that she has a share in . I hope 2 N ° 254 . SPECTATOR . LETTER from a Coquette to a married Lady, and Answer- Case of Love.
... to name him in his absence , and takes care he shall never be the subject of any dis- course that she has a share in . I hope 2 N ° 254 . SPECTATOR . LETTER from a Coquette to a married Lady, and Answer- Case of Love.
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Alexander Chalmers. course that she has a share in . I hope you will pro- pose this lady as a pattern , though I am very much afraid you will be so silly to think Portia , & c . Sabine and Roman wives , much brighter examples . I wish it ...
Alexander Chalmers. course that she has a share in . I hope you will pro- pose this lady as a pattern , though I am very much afraid you will be so silly to think Portia , & c . Sabine and Roman wives , much brighter examples . I wish it ...
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... hope will give the public an equivalent to their full content . You know , sir , it is allowed , that the bu- siness of the stage is , as the Latin has it , jucunda et idonea dicere vita . Now there being but one dra- matic theatre ...
... hope will give the public an equivalent to their full content . You know , sir , it is allowed , that the bu- siness of the stage is , as the Latin has it , jucunda et idonea dicere vita . Now there being but one dra- matic theatre ...
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... hope you will recommend this matter in one of your this week's papers , and desire when my house opens you will accept the liberty of it for the trouble you have received from , SIR , Your humble servant , RALPH CROTCHET . ' P. S. I ...
... hope you will recommend this matter in one of your this week's papers , and desire when my house opens you will accept the liberty of it for the trouble you have received from , SIR , Your humble servant , RALPH CROTCHET . ' P. S. I ...
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... hope , sir , be easily allowed , that we are capable of under- taking to exhibit , by our joint force and different qualifications , all that can be done in music ; but lest you should think so dry a thing as an account of our proposal ...
... hope , sir , be easily allowed , that we are capable of under- taking to exhibit , by our joint force and different qualifications , all that can be done in music ; but lest you should think so dry a thing as an account of our proposal ...
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Page 236 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Page 242 - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple...
Page 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.
Page 242 - A shout, that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night.
Page 276 - Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death, A universe of death, which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good, Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, inutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feigned, or fear conceived, Gorgons and hydras, and chimeras dire.
Page 179 - Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.
Page 184 - So spake the cherub; and his grave rebuke, Severe in youthful beauty, added grace Invincible: abash'd the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is, and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely; saw, and pined His loss: but chiefly to find here observed His lustre visibly impair'd; yet seem'd Undaunted. If I must contend...
Page 242 - Had to impose : he through the armed files Darts his experienced eye, and soon traverse The whole battalion views, their order due, Their visages and stature as of gods ; Their number last he sums. And now his heart Distends with pride, and, hardening in his strength, Glories...
Page 240 - ... rises. Something like this we saw actually come to pass; for the water was stained to a surprising redness; and as we observed in travelling, had discoloured the sea a great way into a reddish hue; occasioned doubtless by a sort of minium, or red earth, washed into the river by the violence of the rain, and not by any stain from Adonis's blood.
Page 238 - 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.