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Pagina 23
... appearance of rudeness . If this were well taken , and answered with good - humor , he afterwards made amends by his civilities . But if he saw any marks of resentment , from alarmed pride , vanity , or conceit , he dropped all further ...
... appearance of rudeness . If this were well taken , and answered with good - humor , he afterwards made amends by his civilities . But if he saw any marks of resentment , from alarmed pride , vanity , or conceit , he dropped all further ...
Pagina 45
... appearance . An aged man ( upwards of ninety , by his own account ) showed the grounds to my correspondent . He was the son of Mrs. Vanhomrigh's gardener , and used to work with his father in the garden when a boy . He remembered the ...
... appearance . An aged man ( upwards of ninety , by his own account ) showed the grounds to my correspondent . He was the son of Mrs. Vanhomrigh's gardener , and used to work with his father in the garden when a boy . He remembered the ...
Pagina 79
... appearance which gave testimony of the difficulties to which he had been reduced , he found his old patrons out of power , and was , there- fore , for a time , at full leisure for the cultivation of his mind . ” . JOHNSON : Lives of the ...
... appearance which gave testimony of the difficulties to which he had been reduced , he found his old patrons out of power , and was , there- fore , for a time , at full leisure for the cultivation of his mind . ” . JOHNSON : Lives of the ...
Pagina 88
... appearance in the world , and all the time that I sucked , seemed to favor my mother's dream ; for , as she has often told me , I threw away my rattle before I was two months old , and would not make use of my coral till they had taken ...
... appearance in the world , and all the time that I sucked , seemed to favor my mother's dream ; for , as she has often told me , I threw away my rattle before I was two months old , and would not make use of my coral till they had taken ...
Pagina 90
... appearance and solemnity which so properly accompanies such a public administration of our laws ; when , after about an hour's sitting , I observed , to my great surprise , in the midst of a trial , that my friend Sir Roger was getting ...
... appearance and solemnity which so properly accompanies such a public administration of our laws ; when , after about an hour's sitting , I observed , to my great surprise , in the midst of a trial , that my friend Sir Roger was getting ...
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Pagina 131 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of" some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Pagina 130 - I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, 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 88 - HAvE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Pagina 30 - 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 78 - To Dr. Jonathan Swift, the most agreeable companion, the truest friend, and the greatest genius of his age.
Pagina 91 - 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 273 - Sweet AUBURN ! parent of the blissful hour, Thy glades forlorn confess the tyrant's power. Here, as I take my solitary rounds...
Pagina 191 - 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 261 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Tho' round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Pagina 274 - 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...