Selected English EssaysOxford University Press, 1922 - 543 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 73
Page 2
... sense the last was the light of reason : and his sabbath work ever since , is the illumination of his Spirit . First , he breathed light upon the face of the matter , or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face of man ; and still he ...
... sense the last was the light of reason : and his sabbath work ever since , is the illumination of his Spirit . First , he breathed light upon the face of the matter , or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face of man ; and still he ...
Page 3
... - rupted and dissolved ; when many times death passeth with less pain than the torture of a limb ; for the most vital parts are not the quickest of sense . And by him that spake only as a philosopher , and FRANCIS BACON 3 Of Death.
... - rupted and dissolved ; when many times death passeth with less pain than the torture of a limb ; for the most vital parts are not the quickest of sense . And by him that spake only as a philosopher , and FRANCIS BACON 3 Of Death.
Page 15
... sense also of solitude , whosoever in the frame of his nature and affections is unfit for friendship , he taketh it of the beast , and not from humanity . A principal fruit of friendship is the ease and dis- charge of the fulness and ...
... sense also of solitude , whosoever in the frame of his nature and affections is unfit for friendship , he taketh it of the beast , and not from humanity . A principal fruit of friendship is the ease and dis- charge of the fulness and ...
Page 57
... sense . These two evils , ignorance and want of taste , have produced a third ; I mean the continual corruption of our English tongue , which , without some timely remedy , will suffer more by the false refinements of twenty years past ...
... sense . These two evils , ignorance and want of taste , have produced a third ; I mean the continual corruption of our English tongue , which , without some timely remedy , will suffer more by the false refinements of twenty years past ...
Page 58
... sense , humour , and learning , which formerly were looked upon as qualifications for a writer . If a man of wit , who died forty years ago , were to rise from the grave on purpose , how would he be able to read this letter ? and after ...
... sense , humour , and learning , which formerly were looked upon as qualifications for a writer . If a man of wit , who died forty years ago , were to rise from the grave on purpose , how would he be able to read this letter ? and after ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admirable beautiful better called character Chioggia church colour Dante death delight dinner discourse drama E. V. LUCAS Elena English face fancy feel French Friezland Gaiety Theatre genius gentlemen Gerado give Goldsmith gondola grace hand head hear heart Hernani honour hour humour imagination Irenæus Julius Cæsar kind lady laugh learned live look Malamocco Malebranche matter mind Molière morning murder nature never night noble observed OLIVER GOLDSMITH painted passed perhaps person picture play pleasure poem poet poetry poor round Sarah Bernhardt seems sense Shakespeare Sir Roger sleep sort soul speak spirit style sweet talk taste tell theatre THEODORE WATTS-DUNTON things thought Tintoretto tion Toad-in-the-hole told town true truth turn Venice verse Victor Hugo walk whist whole wonder words write young
Popular passages
Page 2 - Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Page 23 - GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a garden. And, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures ; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks.
Page 2 - A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure. Doth any man doubt that if there were taken out of men's minds vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like, but it would leave the minds of a number of men poor shrunken things, full of melancholy and indisposition, and unpleasing to themselves...
Page 263 - Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse Contemplation She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings That in the various bustle of resort Were all to-ruffled, and sometimes impaired. 380 He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i...
Page 70 - 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 102 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for, if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servant to them.
Page 70 - But neither breath of Morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew ; nor fragrance, after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent Night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
Page 85 - THE first of our society is a gentleman of Worcestershire, of ancient descent, a baronet; his name Sir Roger de Coverley. His great-grandfather was inventor of that famous country-dance which is called after him. All who know that shire are very well acquainted with the parts and merits of Sir Roger. He is a gentleman that is very singular in his behaviour, but his singularities proceed from his good sense, and are contradictions to the manners of the world only as he thinks the world is in the wrong.
Page 85 - It is said, he keeps himself a bachelor by reason he was crossed in love by a perverse beautiful widow of the next county to him. Before this disappointment, Sir Roger was what you call a fine gentleman, had often supped with my Lord Rochester and Sir George Etherege, fought a duel upon his first coming to town, and kicked Bully Dawson in a public coffeehouse, for calling him youngster.
Page 88 - He is very ready at that sort of discourse with which men usually entertain women. He has all his life dressed very well, and remembers habits as others do men. He can smile when one speaks to him, and laughs easily. He knows the history of every mode...