The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of Lectures, Delivered in England, Scotland, and the United States of America, Nummer 76Smith, Elder & Company, 1858 - 341 pagina's |
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Pagina 9
... believe that the temper of my friend Swift might occasion his English friends to wish him happily and properly promoted at a distance . His spirit , for I would give it the proper name , was ever untractable . The motions of his genius ...
... believe that the temper of my friend Swift might occasion his English friends to wish him happily and properly promoted at a distance . His spirit , for I would give it the proper name , was ever untractable . The motions of his genius ...
Pagina 31
... believe really fervent , in their expressions of belief ; they be- laboured freethinkers , and stoned imaginary atheists on all sorts of occasions , going out of their way to bawl their own creed , and persecute their neighbour's , and ...
... believe really fervent , in their expressions of belief ; they be- laboured freethinkers , and stoned imaginary atheists on all sorts of occasions , going out of their way to bawl their own creed , and persecute their neighbour's , and ...
Pagina 45
... believe , ever thought of that grave , that did not cast a flower of pity on it , and write over it a own to tell about the blue eyes of young Jonathan . One may say that the book of Swift's Life opens at places kept by these blighted ...
... believe , ever thought of that grave , that did not cast a flower of pity on it , and write over it a own to tell about the blue eyes of young Jonathan . One may say that the book of Swift's Life opens at places kept by these blighted ...
Pagina 46
... believe , who , as far as my experience and conversation go , generally take Vanessa's part in the controversy - in spite of the tears which Swift caused Stella to shed , and the rocks and barriers which fate and temper interposed , and ...
... believe , who , as far as my experience and conversation go , generally take Vanessa's part in the controversy - in spite of the tears which Swift caused Stella to shed , and the rocks and barriers which fate and temper interposed , and ...
Pagina 53
... believe was the truth ; but if he had not married Stella , Vanessa would have had him in spite of himself . When he went back to Ireland , his Ariadne , not content to remain in her isle , pursued the fugitive Dean . In vain he ...
... believe was the truth ; but if he had not married Stella , Vanessa would have had him in spite of himself . When he went back to Ireland , his Ariadne , not content to remain in her isle , pursued the fugitive Dean . In vain he ...
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Pagina 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...
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...