The British Essayists, Volume 3Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 - English essays |
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... thought seemed to have a little heaviness upon him , which gave me some disquiet . Soon after my sister came to me , with a very matron - like air , and most sedate satisfaction in her looks , which spoke her very much at ease ; but the ...
... thought seemed to have a little heaviness upon him , which gave me some disquiet . Soon after my sister came to me , with a very matron - like air , and most sedate satisfaction in her looks , which spoke her very much at ease ; but the ...
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... thought of no consequence , to please is always of as little moment . There is a play , Jenny , I have formerly been at when I was a student : we got into a dark corner with a porringer of brandy , and threw raisins into it , then set ...
... thought of no consequence , to please is always of as little moment . There is a play , Jenny , I have formerly been at when I was a student : we got into a dark corner with a porringer of brandy , and threw raisins into it , then set ...
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... thoughts of Clarissa ; but he found that place only more convenient to think of her without interrup- tion . The ... thought in the country , it will go hard with him next session . Poor Cynthio never held up his head after having ...
... thoughts of Clarissa ; but he found that place only more convenient to think of her without interrup- tion . The ... thought in the country , it will go hard with him next session . Poor Cynthio never held up his head after having ...
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... thought it pro- per to acquaint you before - hand so many persons of quality came , that you might not be surprised therewith . Which concludes , though by many years absence since I saw you at Stafford , unknown , Sir , your most ...
... thought it pro- per to acquaint you before - hand so many persons of quality came , that you might not be surprised therewith . Which concludes , though by many years absence since I saw you at Stafford , unknown , Sir , your most ...
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... thought it hard , that a common conjuror should take place of him , though an elder squire . " In this order we marched down Sheer - lane , at the upper end of which I lodge . When we came to Temple - bar , Sir Harry and Sir Giles got ...
... thought it hard , that a common conjuror should take place of him , though an elder squire . " In this order we marched down Sheer - lane , at the upper end of which I lodge . When we came to Temple - bar , Sir Harry and Sir Giles got ...
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Page 147 - With thee conversing I forget all time; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Page 113 - Like Niobe, all tears; why she, even she, — O God ! a beast, that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer, — married with my uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules...
Page 161 - Come on, sir; here's the place: — stand still. — How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 49 - I was in the vigour of youth. Every moment of her life brings me fresh instances of her complacency to my inclinations, and her prudence in regard to my fortune. Her face is to me much more beautiful than when I first saw it; there is no decay in any feature, which I cannot trace, from the very instant it was occasioned by some anxious concern for my welfare and interests.
Page 266 - And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, With Ate' by his side come hot from hell, Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice Cry Havoc, and let slip the dogs of war ; That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men, groaning for burial Enter a Servant.
Page 60 - Hercules, hearing the lady talk after this manner, desired to know her name; to which she answered. " My friends, and those who are well acquainted with me, call me Happiness: but my enemies, and those who would injure my reputation, have given me the name of Pleasure.
Page 140 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 50 - Mr. Bickerstaff, do not believe a word of what he tells you, I shall still live to have you for my second, as I have often promised you, unless he takes more care of himself than he has done since his coming to town. You must know, he tells me that he finds London is a much more healthy place than the country ; for he sees several of his old acquaintance and school-fellows are here young fellows with fair fullbottomed periwigs. I could scarce keep him this morning from going out open-breasted.
Page 48 - She hoped, as I was a gentleman, I would be employed no more to trouble her, who had never offended me ; but would be so much the gentleman's friend as to dissuade him from a pursuit which he could never succeed in.
Page 265 - O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment.