The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of Lectures, Delivered in England, Scotland, and the United States of America, Tema 76Smith, Elder & Company, 1858 - 341 páginas |
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... lived in his house , just to have worshipped him - to have run on his errands , and seen that sweet serene face . I should like , as a young man , to have lived on Fielding's staircase in the Temple , and after helping him up to bed ...
... lived in his house , just to have worshipped him - to have run on his errands , and seen that sweet serene face . I should like , as a young man , to have lived on Fielding's staircase in the Temple , and after helping him up to bed ...
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... lived and failed . But we must remember that the morality was lax - that other gentlemen besides himself took the road in his day that public society was in a strange disordered condition , and the State was ravaged by other condottieri ...
... lived and failed . But we must remember that the morality was lax - that other gentlemen besides himself took the road in his day that public society was in a strange disordered condition , and the State was ravaged by other condottieri ...
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... lived with Swift . Swift sickened , rebelled , left the service -ate humble pie and came back again ; and so for ten years went on , gathering learning , swallowing scorn , and submitting with a stealthy rage to his fortune . Temple's ...
... lived with Swift . Swift sickened , rebelled , left the service -ate humble pie and came back again ; and so for ten years went on , gathering learning , swallowing scorn , and submitting with a stealthy rage to his fortune . Temple's ...
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... lived with him [ Sir William Temple ] some time , but resolving to settle himself in some way of living , was inclined to take orders . However , although his fortune was very small , he had a scruple of entering into the Church merely ...
... lived with him [ Sir William Temple ] some time , but resolving to settle himself in some way of living , was inclined to take orders . However , although his fortune was very small , he had a scruple of entering into the Church merely ...
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... know that she met with some worthy partner , and lived long enough to see her little boys laughing over Lilliput , without any arrière pensée of a sad character about the great Dean ! sweet epitaph . Gentle lady , so lovely , so SWIFT . 45.
... know that she met with some worthy partner , and lived long enough to see her little boys laughing over Lilliput , without any arrière pensée of a sad character about the great Dean ! sweet epitaph . Gentle lady , so lovely , so SWIFT . 45.
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Página 329 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose; I still had hopes — for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to show my...
Página 214 - Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Página 156 - I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions and debates of mankind.
Página 314 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.
Página 329 - How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly...
Página 328 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs - and God has given my share I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband our life's taper at the close And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
Página 36 - That the remaining hundred thousand may at a year old be offered in sale to the persons of quality, and fortune, through the kingdom, always advising the mother to let them suck plentifully in the last month, so as to render them plump, and fat for a good table. A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends, and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially...
Página 230 - She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of Night primeval, and of Chaos old ! Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sickening stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus
Página 109 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth. Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Página 329 - Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep...