The British essayists; to which are prefixed prefaces by J. Ferguson, 第 37 卷 |
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... gives an account of the birth , education , & c . of the SPECTATOR , and sketches the silent character he was to preserve , with great felicity of hu- mour . The second , by STEELE , delineates the characters of the Club , the principal ...
... gives an account of the birth , education , & c . of the SPECTATOR , and sketches the silent character he was to preserve , with great felicity of hu- mour . The second , by STEELE , delineates the characters of the Club , the principal ...
第 xix 頁
... give a foretaste of the inimi- table humour displayed in the Tatler and Spectator . The most famous of Addison's political poems , " The Campaign , " appeared in 1704. This was not a spontaneous production , but a task kindly imposed by ...
... give a foretaste of the inimi- table humour displayed in the Tatler and Spectator . The most famous of Addison's political poems , " The Campaign , " appeared in 1704. This was not a spontaneous production , but a task kindly imposed by ...
第 xxii 頁
... gives lessons from the press , which perhaps would not have been attended to from the pulpit . The improvement of our language was another point which he successfully laboured ; and the abolition of un- graceful contractions ...
... gives lessons from the press , which perhaps would not have been attended to from the pulpit . The improvement of our language was another point which he successfully laboured ; and the abolition of un- graceful contractions ...
第 xxvii 頁
... give him so much enjoyment as unbending from fatigue , and warming the natural reserve and bashful- ness of his temper with a select party of friends over an evening bottle . How danger- ous the Circæan cup , when parts and virtue like ...
... give him so much enjoyment as unbending from fatigue , and warming the natural reserve and bashful- ness of his temper with a select party of friends over an evening bottle . How danger- ous the Circæan cup , when parts and virtue like ...
第 xxxii 頁
... give a title to an exalted place in the second . As a critic , he obtained great re- putation from several essays in his periodical works , and particularly from the series of ob- servations on the " Paradise Lost , " and of pa- pers on ...
... give a title to an exalted place in the second . As a critic , he obtained great re- putation from several essays in his periodical works , and particularly from the series of ob- servations on the " Paradise Lost , " and of pa- pers on ...
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第 8 頁 - ... town and country ; a great lover of mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied, all the young women profess love to him, and the young men are glad of his company.
第 221 頁 - Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me : the brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to invent any thing that tends to laughter*, more than I invent, or is invented on me : I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.
第 4 頁 - I have made myself a speculative statesman, soldier, merchant, and artisan, without ever meddling with any practical part in life. I am very well versed in the theory of a husband, or a father, and can discern the errors in the eeconomy, business, and diversion of others, better than those who are engaged in them ; as standers-by discover blots, which are apt to escape those who are in the game.
第 192 頁 - Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say her body thought.
第 6 頁 - The first of our society is a gentleman of Worcestershire, of ancient descent, a baronet, his name Sir Roger de Coverley". His great-grandfather was inventor of that famous country-dance" which is called after him. All who know ' that shire are very well acquainted with the parts and merits of Sir Roger. He is a gentleman that is very singular in his behaviour, but his singularities proceed from his good sense, and are contradictions to the manners of the world only as he thinks the world is in the...
第 202 頁 - Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane, O, answer me!
第 xxxiii 頁 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
第 9 頁 - A general Trader of good Sense is pleasanter Company than a general Scholar ;' and Sir ANDREW having a natural unaffected Eloquence, the Perspicuity of his Discourse gives the same Pleasure that Wit would in another Man. He has made his...
第 8 頁 - ... all which questions he agrees with an attorney to answer and take care of in the lump. He is studying the passions themselves, when he should be inquiring into the debates among men which arise from them. He knows the argument of each of the orations of Demosthenes and Tully, but not one case in the reports of our own courts.
第 120 頁 - ... human body. Upon this I began to consider with myself, what innumerable multitudes of people lay confused together under the pavement of that ancient cathedral ; how men and women, friends and enemies, priests and soldiers, monks and prebendaries, were crumbled...