The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays, Volume 4C. Dilly, 1788 - Conduct of life |
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Page 39
... casts himself in the same mould , he must also cast himself in the fame metal . Now if I am right in my assertion , that sycophants bear a higher price in England than elfewhere ( and , if scarcity makes things dear , I trust they do ) ...
... casts himself in the same mould , he must also cast himself in the fame metal . Now if I am right in my assertion , that sycophants bear a higher price in England than elfewhere ( and , if scarcity makes things dear , I trust they do ) ...
Page 48
... cast in the Spectator , who will learn- edly maintain there is no heat in fire . There is a disputatious precision in these people , which lets nothing pass in free conversation , that is not mathematically true ; they will confute a ...
... cast in the Spectator , who will learn- edly maintain there is no heat in fire . There is a disputatious precision in these people , which lets nothing pass in free conversation , that is not mathematically true ; they will confute a ...
Page 51
... cast in our teeth in the very moment of vexation , are what few tempers , when galled with disappointment , can patiently put up with ; they may possibly be the pure result of zeal and fincerity , but they are so void of contrivance and ...
... cast in our teeth in the very moment of vexation , are what few tempers , when galled with disappointment , can patiently put up with ; they may possibly be the pure result of zeal and fincerity , but they are so void of contrivance and ...
Page 57
... cast upon the figures , as producing a wonderful effect , and giving an amazing horror and magnificence to the group . Upon the whole he states it as the most capital performance of the mafter , and that he got fuch univerfal honour ...
... cast upon the figures , as producing a wonderful effect , and giving an amazing horror and magnificence to the group . Upon the whole he states it as the most capital performance of the mafter , and that he got fuch univerfal honour ...
Page 61
... , as strongly con- trafted in form and character , as fancy can de- vife : The scenery alfo is of the sublimest cast , and and whilst all Greece resounded with applauses upon the exhibition N ° 99 . THE OBSERVER . 61.
... , as strongly con- trafted in form and character , as fancy can de- vife : The scenery alfo is of the sublimest cast , and and whilst all Greece resounded with applauses upon the exhibition N ° 99 . THE OBSERVER . 61.
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