Select British Classics, Band 14J. Conrad, 1803 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 32
Seite 22
... action , to awaken the understanding , to enforce the will , and to make the whole man more vigorous and attentive in the prosecution of his de- signs . As this is the end of the passions in general , so it is particularly of ambition ...
... action , to awaken the understanding , to enforce the will , and to make the whole man more vigorous and attentive in the prosecution of his de- signs . As this is the end of the passions in general , so it is particularly of ambition ...
Seite 23
... action . For we may farther observe , that men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition and that on the contrary , mean and nar- row minds are the least actuated by it ; whether it be that a man's sense of his own ...
... action . For we may farther observe , that men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition and that on the contrary , mean and nar- row minds are the least actuated by it ; whether it be that a man's sense of his own ...
Seite 25
... action , to ascribe it to vain - glory , and a desire of fame in the actor . Nor is this common judgment and opinion of man- kind ill - founded : for certainly it denotes no great bravery of mind to be worked up to any noble action by ...
... action , to ascribe it to vain - glory , and a desire of fame in the actor . Nor is this common judgment and opinion of man- kind ill - founded : for certainly it denotes no great bravery of mind to be worked up to any noble action by ...
Seite 26
... action , or derogate from the worth of the present , that they may still keep him on the same level with themselves . The like kind of con sideration often stirs up the envy of such as were once his superiors , who think it a detraction ...
... action , or derogate from the worth of the present , that they may still keep him on the same level with themselves . The like kind of con sideration often stirs up the envy of such as were once his superiors , who think it a detraction ...
Seite 32
... action we commence . THAT I might not lose myself upon a subject of so great extent as that of fame , I have treated it in a particular order and method . I have first of all considered the reasons why Providence may have implanted in ...
... action we commence . THAT I might not lose myself upon a subject of so great extent as that of fame , I have treated it in a particular order and method . I have first of all considered the reasons why Providence may have implanted in ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acquaintance action Adam and Eve admired Æneid agreeable angels appear Aristotle beauty behaviour character CHARLES DIEUPART circumstances creature critics desire discourse dress entertainment Enville epic poem fable fallen angels fame father fault favour FEBRUARY 27 female fortune genius gentleman give grace greatest happiness head heart Homer honour hope humble servant humour Iliad innocent Julius Cæsar kind lady letter lived look lover MADAM mankind manner marriage ment Milton mind mistress nature never obliged observed occasion opinion OVID Pandæmonium paper Paradise Lost particular pass passage passion perfect person pleased pleasure poet pray present proper Quintilian racters reader reason reflections reputation Satan sentiments shew speak SPECTATOR speech spirit sublime tell Thammuz thing thou thought tion told town turn verse VIRG Virgil virtue whole woman women words young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 16 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Seite 240 - Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Seite 335 - O thou, that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Seite 243 - Though without number still, amidst the hall Of that infernal court. But far within, And in their own dimensions like themselves, The great seraphic lords and cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat, A thousand demigods on golden seats, Frequent and full.
Seite 240 - Hail, horrors! hail, Infernal World! and thou, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor — one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time.
Seite 244 - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple...
Seite 244 - Had to impose : he through the armed files Darts his experienced eye, and soon traverse The whole battalion views, their order due, Their visages and stature as of gods ; Their number last he sums. And now his heart Distends with pride, and, hardening in his strength, Glories...
Seite 242 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Seite 132 - For joy of offer'd peace : But I suppose, If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result.
Seite 242 - That this stream, at certain seasons of the year, especially about the feast of Adonis, is of a bloody colour; which the heathens looked upon as proceeding from a kind of sympathy in the river for the death of Adonis, who was killed by a wild boar in the mountains, out of which this stream rises.