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Pagina 15
... particular , and said , Sir , I beg to have your judgment , for I know your nicety . ' Dyer then very properly desired to read it over again ; which having done , he pointed out an incongruity in one of the sentences . Johnson ...
... particular , and said , Sir , I beg to have your judgment , for I know your nicety . ' Dyer then very properly desired to read it over again ; which having done , he pointed out an incongruity in one of the sentences . Johnson ...
Pagina 21
... particular power of mind in them in conversation . It seems strange , ' said he , that a man should see so far to the right , who sees so short a way to the left . Burke is the only man whose common conversation corresponds with the ...
... particular power of mind in them in conversation . It seems strange , ' said he , that a man should see so far to the right , who sees so short a way to the left . Burke is the only man whose common conversation corresponds with the ...
Pagina 27
... particular person , called out , ' Are we alive after all this satire ? " " 2 6 " He had a strong prejudice against the political character of Secker , one instance of which appeared at Oxford , where he ex . pressed great ...
... particular person , called out , ' Are we alive after all this satire ? " " 2 6 " He had a strong prejudice against the political character of Secker , one instance of which appeared at Oxford , where he ex . pressed great ...
Pagina 28
... particular or two , which , if he had replied to it , he might perhaps have inserted . In the answerer's pamphlet , it had been said with solemnity , Do you con- sider , Sir , that a House of Commons is to the people as a creature is to ...
... particular or two , which , if he had replied to it , he might perhaps have inserted . In the answerer's pamphlet , it had been said with solemnity , Do you con- sider , Sir , that a House of Commons is to the people as a creature is to ...
Pagina 29
... particular upon it might fatigue him , it being of great length , I only told him in general that it was highly in his praise ; and then he expressed himself as above . " 66 He mentioned with an air of satisfaction what Baretti had told ...
... particular upon it might fatigue him , it being of great length , I only told him in general that it was highly in his praise ; and then he expressed himself as above . " 66 He mentioned with an air of satisfaction what Baretti had told ...
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Pagina 58 - Biron they call him; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest...
Pagina 65 - ... from a lucky hitting upon what is strange, sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose. Often it consisteth in one knows not what, and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable, and inexplicable ; being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy, and windings of language.
Pagina 65 - It is, indeed, a thing so versatile and multiform, appearing in so many shapes, so many postures, so many garbs, so variously apprehended by several eyes and judgments, that it seemeth no less hard to settle a clear and certain notion thereof, than to make a portrait of Proteus, or to define the figure of the fleeting air.
Pagina 89 - His virtues walked their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void ; And sure the eternal Master found The single talent well employ'd.
Pagina 189 - These times, though many a friend bewail, These times bewail not I. " But when the world's loud praise is thine, And spleen no more shall blame ; When with thy Homer thou...
Pagina 30 - As he was so good as to make me a present of the greatest part of the original, and indeed only manuscript of this admirable work, I have an opportunity of observing with wonder the correctness with which he rapidly struck off such glowing composition. He may be assimilated to the Lady in Waller, who could impress with " Love at first sight:" " Some other nymphs with colours faint, " And pencil slow, may Cupid paint, " And a weak heart in time destroy : ' " She has a stamp, and prints the boy.
Pagina 25 - Sir, a man has no more right to say an uncivil thing, than to act one ; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down.
Pagina 35 - But, gracious God, how well dost thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide ! Thy throne is darkness in th'abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. O ! teach me to believe thee thus conceal'd, And search no farther than thyself reveal'd ; But Her alone for my director take, Whom thou hast promis'd never to forsake.
Pagina 185 - Sir, I will not allow this man to have merit. No, Sir; what he has is rather the contrary; I will, indeed, allow him courage, and on this account we so far give him credit. We have more respect for a man who robs boldly on the highway, than for a fellow who jumps out of a ditch and knocks you down behind your back. Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice.
Pagina 55 - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom ; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.