Miscellaneous EssaysCarey & Hart, 1830 - 472 páginas |
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Página iii
... examination , or perhaps , which is far worse , to public indifference . At the former period , the bright side of the prospect alone occupies his mind . His hopes of success far outweigh his fears of failure . But at the latter , a ...
... examination , or perhaps , which is far worse , to public indifference . At the former period , the bright side of the prospect alone occupies his mind . His hopes of success far outweigh his fears of failure . But at the latter , a ...
Página vii
... Examination of the Tragedy of Hamlet XLVII . Advice to Husbands and Wives 408 433 437 XLVIII . Vindication of Sterne against the Charge of Plagiarism XLIX . Advertisement of a Pamphlet on the Urgent Necessity of an Immediate Repeal of ...
... Examination of the Tragedy of Hamlet XLVII . Advice to Husbands and Wives 408 433 437 XLVIII . Vindication of Sterne against the Charge of Plagiarism XLIX . Advertisement of a Pamphlet on the Urgent Necessity of an Immediate Repeal of ...
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... examination , they judged that a building adjacent to Bushhill , the mansion house of William Hamilton , Esq . was the best calculated for the purpose . That gentleman was then absent , and had no agent in the city ; and the great ...
... examination , they judged that a building adjacent to Bushhill , the mansion house of William Hamilton , Esq . was the best calculated for the purpose . That gentleman was then absent , and had no agent in the city ; and the great ...
Página 55
... examination of vessels ; to check , as much as possible , the intercourse by stages ; to ac- quaint the proprietors of the southern stages , that it was the earnest wish of the inhabitants , that their carriages and boats should not ...
... examination of vessels ; to check , as much as possible , the intercourse by stages ; to ac- quaint the proprietors of the southern stages , that it was the earnest wish of the inhabitants , that their carriages and boats should not ...
Página 59
... boat , to prevent all vessels bound to that port , from approaching nearer than one mile , until after examination by the health officer . The people of Winchester placed guards at every avenue of ACCOUNT OF THE FEVER OF 1793 . 59.
... boat , to prevent all vessels bound to that port , from approaching nearer than one mile , until after examination by the health officer . The people of Winchester placed guards at every avenue of ACCOUNT OF THE FEVER OF 1793 . 59.
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Página 420 - Ecstasy ! My pulse, as yours, doth temperately keep time, And makes as healthful music : it is not madness That I have utter'd : bring me to the test, And I the matter will re-word ; which madness Would gambol from.
Página 420 - ... twere, the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure. Now this overdone or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve ; the censure of which one must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theatre of others.
Página 424 - Why would'st thou be a breeder of sinners ? I am myself indifferent honest ; but yet I could accuse me of such things, that it were better, my mother had not borne me...
Página 419 - Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus ; but use all gently ; for in the very torrent, tempest, and, as I may say, whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness.
Página 419 - ... this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Página 420 - ... accent of Christians nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man, have so strutted and bellowed that I have thought some of nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably.
Página 423 - Pale as his shirt, his knees knocking each other, And with a look so piteous in purport As if he had been loosed out of hell To speak of horrors, — he comes before me.
Página 419 - I have of late — but wherefore I know not — lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises ; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory...
Página 428 - Even for an egg-shell. Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake. How stand I then, That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd...
Página 426 - Hold, hold, my heart, And you, my sinews, grow not instant old, But bear me stiffly up ! Remember thee? Ay, thou poor ghost, while memory holds a seat In this distracted globe.