Lives of Men of Letters of the Time of George III.R. Griffin, 1856 - 438 strani |
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... particular violat- ing probability . Nor can anything be more happy or more judicious than the manner in which we are , at the very first , brought into the middle of the story , and yet soon find it unravelled and presented before our ...
... particular violat- ing probability . Nor can anything be more happy or more judicious than the manner in which we are , at the very first , brought into the middle of the story , and yet soon find it unravelled and presented before our ...
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... particular people . Cæsar had thus described , in a portion of his ' Commentaries , ' both the Germans and the Britons : Tacitus had written a work expressly on the German manners and character . But these were either works apart from ...
... particular people . Cæsar had thus described , in a portion of his ' Commentaries , ' both the Germans and the Britons : Tacitus had written a work expressly on the German manners and character . But these were either works apart from ...
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... particular historians or avouched by the general belief of mankind . Here his sagacity never fails him - here his scepticism is never hurtful . The admirable tract in which he assembled a large body of his critical doubts under the ...
... particular historians or avouched by the general belief of mankind . Here his sagacity never fails him - here his scepticism is never hurtful . The admirable tract in which he assembled a large body of his critical doubts under the ...
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... particular opinions already given , and no general reflections could alter the impression which these must already have produced . One part only of his composition has had no place , and derived no illustration from the preceding pages ...
... particular opinions already given , and no general reflections could alter the impression which these must already have produced . One part only of his composition has had no place , and derived no illustration from the preceding pages ...
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... particular system which he desired to establish . But though it would be exceedingly wrong to pass over this great and prevailing fault without severe re- probation , it would be equally unjust , nay , ungrateful , ever to forget the ...
... particular system which he desired to establish . But though it would be exceedingly wrong to pass over this great and prevailing fault without severe re- probation , it would be equally unjust , nay , ungrateful , ever to forget the ...
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admiration admitted afterwards Altesse Sérénissime ANDREW MILLAR appears believe Bishop of Annecy Catiline certainly character Church Cirey composition conduct Confessions court DAVID HUME death diction disposition doubt Edinburgh Encyclopédie Essay fancy father favour feelings Fermier-Général Ferney formed France French Geneva genius Gibbon give given habits historian History of Scotland honour Hume Hume's indulgence interest John Home Johnson kind King labour Lausanne learning less letter literary lived London Lord Lord Bute Louis XIV Madame d'Epinay manner Maupertuis ment merit mind months moral narrative nature Neufchâtel never opinions Paris party passages passed person philosophical pleasure poet political prejudices published reason religion religious remarks respect ribaldry Robertson Rousseau says seems society soon speak style success taste temper things tion truth Turin vanity Voltaire Voltaire's volume Whig whole wholly writings written wrote
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Stran 395 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Stran 320 - Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour.
Stran 360 - New sorrow rises as the day returns, A sister sickens, or a daughter mourns. Now kindred Merit fills the sable bier, Now lacerated Friendship claims a tear. Year chases year, decay pursues decay, Still drops some joy from...
Stran 354 - What was said of Rome, adorned by Augustus, may be applied by an easy metaphor to English poetry embellished by Dryden, " lateritiam invenit, marmoream reliquit." He found it brick and he left it marble.
Stran 334 - I was alarmed, and prayed God, that however he might afflict my body, he would spare my understanding. This prayer, that I might try the integrity of my faculties, I made in Latin verse. The lines were not very good, but I .knew them not to be very good : I made them easily, and concluded myself to be unimpaired in my faculties.
Stran 29 - Elle aperçoit Henri, se détourne, et soupire. Auprès d'elle est l'orgueil, qui se plaît et s'admire, La faiblesse au teint pâle, aux regards abattus, Tyran qui cède au crime, et détruit les vertus...
Stran 406 - ... evening to talk with me ; the great historian was light and playful, suiting his matter to the capacity of the boy ; but it was done more...
Stran 15 - Quand on a tout perdu, quand on n'a plus d'espoir, La vie est un opprobre, et la mort un devoir.
Stran 397 - He seemed to feel, and even to envy, the happiness of my situation ; while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no human being was ever more perfectly exempt from the taint of malevolence, vanity, or falsehood.
Stran 395 - But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.