 ... accomplishments. They were originally alike in temper too ; but, by different management, are grown the reverse of each other. Arachne has accustomed herself to look only on the dark side of every object. If...  The British Essayists: The World - Page 91by Alexander Chalmers - 1802Full view - About this book
 | British essayists - 1802 - 292 pages
...poem or a play makes its appearance, with a. thousand brilliances, and but one or two blemishes, she slightly skims over the passages that should give her pleasure, and dwells upon those only that fill her with dislike. If you shew her a very excellent portrait, she looks at some part of the drapery... | |
 | English literature - 1804 - 296 pages
...poem or p!ay makes its appearance, with a thousand brilliancies, and but one or two blemishes, she slightly skims over the passages that should give her pleasure, and dwells upon those only that fill her with dislike. If you shew her a very excellent portrait, she looks at some part of the drapery... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...poem or play makes its appearance, with a thousand brilliancies, and but one or two blemishes, she slightly skims over the passages that should give her pleasure, and dwells upon those only that fill her with dislike. If you show her a very excellent portrait, she looks at some part of the drapery... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1816 - 236 pages
...new literary work makes its appearance, with a thousand beauties, and but one or two blemishes, she slightly skims over the passages that should give her pleasure, and dwells upon those only that fill her with dislike. If you show her an excellent portrait, she looks at some part of the drapery,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 pages
...new poem or play makes its appearance, with a thousand brilliances, and but one or two blemishes, she slightly skims over the passages that should give her pleasure, and dwells upon those only that fill her with dislike. — If you shew her a very excellent portrait, she looks at some part of the... | |
 | English essays - 1819 - 296 pages
...poem or play makes its appearance, with a thousand brilliancies, and but one or two blemishes, she slightly skims over the passages that should give her pleasure, and dwells upon those only that fill her with dislike. If you show her a very excellent portrait, she looks at some part of the drapery... | |
 | Albert Picket - American literature - 1820 - 314 pages
...new literary work makes its appearance with a thousand beauties, and but one or two blemishes, she slightly skims over the passages, that should give her pleasure, and dwells upon those only that fill her with dislike. If you show her an excellent portrait, she looks jit some part of the drapery,... | |
 | Tracts - 1820 - 310 pages
...makes its appearance, with a thousand brilliancies, and but one or two blemishes, she slightly-skims over the passages that should give her pleasure, and dwells- upon those only that fill her with dislike. If you show her a very excellent portrait, she looks at some part of the drapery... | |
 | Moral essays - 1821 - 188 pages
...nev," literary work makes its appearance, with a thousand beauties, and bat one B or two blemishes, she slightly skims over the passages that should give her pleasure, and dwells upon those only that fill her with dislike. If you shew her an excellent portrait, she looks at some part of the drapery,... | |
 | John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...play makes its appearance, with a thousand brilliancies, and but one or two blemishes, she lightly skims over the passages that should give her pleasure, and dwells upon those only that fill her with dislike. If you shew her a very excellent portrait, she looks at some part of the drapery... | |
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