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Pagina 4
... firft effays in oratory , in epigram , elegy , and epique , ftill handed about the univerfity in manu- fcript , which fhew a masterly hand ; and , though maimed and injured by frequent tranfcribing , make their way into our most ...
... firft effays in oratory , in epigram , elegy , and epique , ftill handed about the univerfity in manu- fcript , which fhew a masterly hand ; and , though maimed and injured by frequent tranfcribing , make their way into our most ...
Pagina 20
... firft wits on either fide . But learning and nature will now and then take different courses . His play pleased the criticks , and the criticks only . It was , as Addison has recorded , hardly heard the third night . Smith had indeed ...
... firft wits on either fide . But learning and nature will now and then take different courses . His play pleased the criticks , and the criticks only . It was , as Addison has recorded , hardly heard the third night . Smith had indeed ...
Pagina 30
... firft part of his life , was furely condemned and re- formed by his better judgement . In 1683 , being then Mafter of Arts , and Fellow of Trinity College in Cambridge , he wrote a poem on the marriage of the Lady Anne with George ...
... firft part of his life , was furely condemned and re- formed by his better judgement . In 1683 , being then Mafter of Arts , and Fellow of Trinity College in Cambridge , he wrote a poem on the marriage of the Lady Anne with George ...
Pagina 43
... firft in the country , and then re- moved to Weftminster , where , in 1677 , he was chofen a king's fcholar , and recommended himself to Busby by his felicity in extemporary epigrams . He contracted a very intimate friendship with Mr ...
... firft in the country , and then re- moved to Weftminster , where , in 1677 , he was chofen a king's fcholar , and recommended himself to Busby by his felicity in extemporary epigrams . He contracted a very intimate friendship with Mr ...
Pagina 46
... firft parliament of her reign was again attacked by the Commons , and again escaped by the protection of the Lords . In 1704 , he wrote an answer to Bromley's fpeech againft oc- cafional conformity . He headed the Enquiry into the ...
... firft parliament of her reign was again attacked by the Commons , and again escaped by the protection of the Lords . In 1704 , he wrote an answer to Bromley's fpeech againft oc- cafional conformity . He headed the Enquiry into the ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 144 - ... always equable, and always easy, without glowing words or pointed sentences. Addison never deviates from his track to snatch a grace; he seeks no ambitious ornaments, and tries no hazardous innovations. His page is always luminous, but never blazes in unexpected splendour.
Pagina 110 - He taught us how to live ; and, oh ! too high The price of knowledge, taught us how to die.
Pagina 30 - James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend. But what are the hopes of man ? I am disappointed by that stroke of death which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.
Pagina 285 - IT has been observed in all ages, that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that those whom the splendour of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, have placed upon the summits of human life, have not often given any just occasion to envy in those who look up to them from a lower station...
Pagina 91 - The danger was soon over. The whole nation was at that time on fire with faction. The Whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned, as a satire on the Tories ; and the Tories echoed every clap, to show that the satire was unfelt.
Pagina 44 - Sir, I have brought a mouse to wait on your Majesty." To which the King is said to have replied, " You do well to put me in the way of making a man of him ;" and ordered him a pension of five hundred pounds.
Pagina 59 - Whether what Temple says be true, that physicians have had more learning than the other faculties, I will not stay to inquire; but, I believe, every man has found in physicians great liberality and dignity of sentiment, very prompt effusion of beneficence, and willingness to exert a lucrative art where there is no hope of lucre.
Pagina 296 - ... but his expectations deceived him, for Sir Richard told him that he was without money, and that the pamphlet must be sold before the dinner could be paid for; and Savage was therefore obliged to go and offer their new production to sale for two guineas, which with some difficulty he obtained.
Pagina 116 - He has dissipated the prejudice that had long connected gaiety with vice, and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character " above all Greek, above all Roman fame.
Pagina 366 - WANDERER, the man of exalted sentiments, extensive views, and curious observations ; the man whose remarks on life might have assisted the statesman, whose ideas of virtue might have enlightened the moralist, whose eloquence might have influenced senates, and whose delicacy might have polished courts.