The Guardian: A New Edition, Carefully Revised, in Two Volumes; with Prefaces Historical and Biographical, Volume 1Alexander Chalmers F. C. and J. Rivington, J. Nunn, 1822 |
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Page ii
... reason . And what shall be said of names intrinsically so contemptible as IDLER and LOUNGER ? But " It were to consider too curiously to consider so . " The views of our ESSAYISTS in the choice of a name , have been either to select one ...
... reason . And what shall be said of names intrinsically so contemptible as IDLER and LOUNGER ? But " It were to consider too curiously to consider so . " The views of our ESSAYISTS in the choice of a name , have been either to select one ...
Page v
... reason , his name shall be concealed . " Can we suppose that this awkward com- pliment could be paid by a man who knew how to appreciate ADDISON's writings , and knew upon which of them his future fame was to rest ? Would STEELE have ...
... reason , his name shall be concealed . " Can we suppose that this awkward com- pliment could be paid by a man who knew how to appreciate ADDISON's writings , and knew upon which of them his future fame was to rest ? Would STEELE have ...
Page vi
... reason is not very obvious , except that he might now be looking to higher employment , does not make his appearance until No. 67. nor after that , except once , until No. 97. when he proceeds without interruption for twen- ty - seven ...
... reason is not very obvious , except that he might now be looking to higher employment , does not make his appearance until No. 67. nor after that , except once , until No. 97. when he proceeds without interruption for twen- ty - seven ...
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... reason does not ap- pear , for the alteration is by no means an improve- ment . His paper on Pastorals , No. 40. requires more particular notice , from the singular nature of it , and the circumstances which attended it . In this he ...
... reason does not ap- pear , for the alteration is by no means an improve- ment . His paper on Pastorals , No. 40. requires more particular notice , from the singular nature of it , and the circumstances which attended it . In this he ...
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... reason appears to have been , that , like some other writers , he was afraid to commit him- self in the GUARDIAN , lest he should be known to assist STEELE , whose passion for politics made a con- nexion with him at this time not very ...
... reason appears to have been , that , like some other writers , he was afraid to commit him- self in the GUARDIAN , lest he should be known to assist STEELE , whose passion for politics made a con- nexion with him at this time not very ...
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ADDISON agreeable ancient appear archbishop of Cambray beauty Berkeley Berkshire bishop Berkeley called Cato character Charwell Christian conversation creature daughter delight desire discourse endeavour eyes favour folio fortune free-thinker genius gentleman George Berkeley give Guard Guardian happy hath heart honour humble servant humour imagination innocence kind king lady Lizard laugh learning letter lion live look Lord lover madam mankind manner March 12 mind nature NESTOR IRONSIDE never obliged observed occasion paper particular passion pastoral pastoral poetry person pleased pleasure poet poetry Pope published racter reader reason religion RICHARD TICKELL Scaron sense shepherds soul speak Spect SPECTATOR spirit STEELE STEELE'S TATLER Thee Theocritus thing THOMAS TICKELL thou thought TICKELL tion town truth vicar of Bray VIRG Virgil virtue wherein WHIG whole words writings young
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Page 248 - The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places : how are the mighty fallen ! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon ; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Page 249 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided ; they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Page 203 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire: Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Page 155 - A brave man struggling in the storms of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state! While Cato gives his little senate laws, What bosom beats not in his country's cause?
Page 155 - To raise the genius, and to mend the heart. To make mankind in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, -and be what they behold: For this the tragic muse first trod the stage, Commanding tears to stream through every age; Tyrants no more .their savage nature kept, And foes to virtue wonder'd how they wept.
Page 249 - I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
Page 248 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Page 266 - Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or knowing it pursue.
Page 165 - I shall here define it to be a conceit arising from the use of two words that agree in the sound, but differ in the sense. The only way therefore to try a piece of wit, is to translate it into a different language. If it bears the test, you may pronounce it true ; but if it vanishes in the experiment, you may conclude it to have been a pun.
Page 203 - Till, by degrees, the floating mirror shines, Reflects each flower that on the border grows, And a new heaven in its fair bosom shows.