The British Essayists, Volumen36Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1807 |
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Página 178 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny ; You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face, You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve : Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Página 214 - Nature bestows only on a poet, the eye that distinguishes in every thing presented to its view whatever there is on which imagination can delight to be detained, and with a mind that at once comprehends the vast, and attends to the minute. The reader of The Seasons...
Página 212 - Where, in their blessings, all those gods appear. See Pan with flocks, with fruits Pomona crown'd ; Here blushing Flora paints th...
Página 1 - Whitlocke talks of one Milton, as he calls him, a blind man, who was employed in translating a treaty with Sweden into Latin.
Página 210 - A god impels the winds. A god pours out the rivers. Grapes are the gift of Bacchus. Ceres presides over the harvest. Orchards are the care of Pomona. Does a shepherd sound his reed on the summit of a mountain, it is Pan, who, with his pastoral pipe, returns the amorous lay. When the...
Página 277 - This summons appeared the more awful, that the law of Amasis, like many other good institutions, had been allowed to go into disuse, and, after being neglected for ages, was now revived on account of some recent enormities, which called forth the attention of government. I fancied too that the law was so far altered, that instead of death in all cases, the governor was authorised to inflict such punishment upon delinquents as their offences should seem to merit.
Página 230 - I dread the reproaches of my parents, whom the prospect of having me so soon provided for had made happy ; though I fear to offend my benefactor, who recommended me to Sir John, and at the same time assured me that he was one of the best sort of men he knew ; yet surely to purchase patronage and favour by such arts is unworthy, to insure them by such compliances is criminal. I am, &c. MoDESTUS. In the course of my late excursion to the country, I have seen some instances of the evil complained of...
Página 156 - I am afraid, if we appeal to the feelings of the audience at the conclusion of any of those pieces, we shall not find the effect to be what is here supposed. Othello we rather pity for his jealousy, than hate as a murderer. With Jaffier and his associates we are undoubtedly leagued against the rulers of Venice ; and even the faith and tenderness of Belvidera hardly make us forgive her for betraying their secret.
Página 283 - ... remainder of his days, she should be constrained to live constantly with him, and permitted to see no other company whatever. While I was commiserating the hard fate of the fair unfortunate, the crier pronounced my own name, in a deep and hollow tone of voice. This alarmed me so much, that I awaked in no small consternation, and was very well pleased to find myself quietly in my own bed in the good town of Edinburgh. Of all men living, a Lounger must ever be the most puzzled to give an account...
Página 310 - ... heads towards the close of the 18th century, if any of the fashionable hats should happen to be preserved in the cabinets of the curious. But, in reply, I desired him to take notice, that they would be set right as to the dimensions of the race by examining the walking-sticks of the men, which are just as much below the medium standard, as the hats of the other sex are beyond it. By the hats...