The British Essayists: RamblerAlexander Chalmers C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... present situation can afford it ; for , being placed in a remote country , I am con- demned always to confound the future with the past , to form prognostications of events no longer doubt- ful , and to consider the expediency of ...
... present situation can afford it ; for , being placed in a remote country , I am con- demned always to confound the future with the past , to form prognostications of events no longer doubt- ful , and to consider the expediency of ...
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... present age is insipid , that their fa- shions are unbecoming , their customs absurd , and their morals corrupt ; that there is no ray left of the genius which enlightened the times that she remem- bers ; that no one who had seen , or ...
... present age is insipid , that their fa- shions are unbecoming , their customs absurd , and their morals corrupt ; that there is no ray left of the genius which enlightened the times that she remem- bers ; that no one who had seen , or ...
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... present state , which proves equally unsatisfactory , says Horace , whether fallen upon by chance , or chosen with deliberation ; we are always disgusted with some circumstance or other of our situation , and imagine the condition of ...
... present state , which proves equally unsatisfactory , says Horace , whether fallen upon by chance , or chosen with deliberation ; we are always disgusted with some circumstance or other of our situation , and imagine the condition of ...
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... present . All the comfort that can now be expected must be recalled from the past , or borrowed from the future ; the past is very soon ex- hausted , all the events or actions of which the me- mory can afford pleasure are quickly ...
... present . All the comfort that can now be expected must be recalled from the past , or borrowed from the future ; the past is very soon ex- hausted , all the events or actions of which the me- mory can afford pleasure are quickly ...
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... present to their minds , and who have raised in themselves such ardent wishes for the approbation of God , and the happiness with which he has pro- mised to reward obedience and perseverance , that they rise above all other cares and ...
... present to their minds , and who have raised in themselves such ardent wishes for the approbation of God , and the happiness with which he has pro- mised to reward obedience and perseverance , that they rise above all other cares and ...
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第137页 - Here love his golden shafts employs, here lights His constant lamp, and waves his purple wings, Reigns here and revels...
第175页 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar.
第260页 - Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise: He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting stay Till the whole stream which stopp'd him should be gone, Which runs, and, as it runs, for ever will run on.
第148页 - Italian, the most mellifluous of all modern poetry, seems fully convinced of the unfitness of our language for smooth versification, and is therefore pleased with an opportunity of calling in a softer word to his assistance : for this reason, and I believe for this only, he sometimes indulges himself in a long series of proper names, and introduces them where they add little but music to his poem : — The richer seat Of Atabalipa, and yet unspoil'd Guiana, whose great city Gerion's sons Call El...
第26页 - As he passed along, his ears were delighted with the morning song of the bird of paradise ; he was fanned by the last flutters of the sinking breeze, and sprinkled with dew by groves of spices. He sometimes contemplated the towering height of the oak, monarch of the hills ; and sometimes caught the gentle fragrance of the primrose, eldest daughter of the spring ; all his senses were gratified, and all care was banished from his heart.
第187页 - Up to our native seat : descent and fall To us is adverse. Who but felt of late, When the fierce foe hung on our broken rear Insulting, and pursu'd us through the deep, With what compulsion and laborious flight 80 We sunk thus low ? th...
第147页 - Laurel and myrtle, and what higher grew Of firm and fragrant leaf; on either side Acanthus, and each odorous bushy shrub...
第138页 - But thou hast promised from us two a race To fill the earth, who shall with us extol Thy goodness infinite, both when we wake. And when we seek, as now, thy gift of sleep.
第108页 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
第26页 - He did not, however, forget whither he was travelling, but found a narrow way bordered with flowers, which appeared to have the same direction with the main road, and was pleased that, by this happy experiment, he had found means to unite pleasure with business, and to gain the rewards of diligence without suffering its fatigues.