The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 297 strani |
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... presents it to the public . And as all of you here must needs be grave when you think of your own past and present , you will not look to find , in the histories of those whose lives and feelings I am going to try and de- scribe to you ...
... presents it to the public . And as all of you here must needs be grave when you think of your own past and present , you will not look to find , in the histories of those whose lives and feelings I am going to try and de- scribe to you ...
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... present , I fear is only very likely ) , his equal in mere social station , he would have bullied , scorned , and in- sulted you ; if , undeterred by his great reputation , you had met him like a man , he would have quailed before you ...
... present , I fear is only very likely ) , his equal in mere social station , he would have bullied , scorned , and in- sulted you ; if , undeterred by his great reputation , you had met him like a man , he would have quailed before you ...
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... present itself under the ambrosial wig , or Temple could never have lived with Swift . Swift sickened , rebelled , left the service - ate humble pie and came back again ; and so for ten years went on , gathering learning , swallowing ...
... present itself under the ambrosial wig , or Temple could never have lived with Swift . Swift sickened , rebelled , left the service - ate humble pie and came back again ; and so for ten years went on , gathering learning , swallowing ...
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... was occasioned by any ill action . They are left entirely to your Honour's mercy , though in the first I think I cannot reproach myself for anything further than for in- firmities . This is all I dare at present beg SWIFT . 23.
... was occasioned by any ill action . They are left entirely to your Honour's mercy , though in the first I think I cannot reproach myself for anything further than for in- firmities . This is all I dare at present beg SWIFT . 23.
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... present beg from your Hon- our , under circumstances of life not worth your regard : what is left me to wish ( next to the health and prosperity of your Honour and family ) is that Heaven would one day allow me the opportunity of ...
... present beg from your Hon- our , under circumstances of life not worth your regard : what is left me to wish ( next to the health and prosperity of your Honour and family ) is that Heaven would one day allow me the opportunity of ...
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Stran 259 - 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...
Stran 247 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven.
Stran 123 - 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.
Stran 285 - Who was her father ? Who was her mother ? Had she a sister ! Had she a brother ? Or was there a dearer one Still, and a nearer one Yet, than all other...
Stran 168 - Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike...
Stran 286 - The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver; But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river: Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery, Swift to be hurl'd Anywhere, anywhere, Out of the world!
Stran 85 - I am very well versed in the theory of a husband, or a father, and can discern the errors in the economy, business, and diversion of others better than those who are engaged in them, as standers-by discover blots which are apt to escape those who are in the game.
Stran 181 - 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 sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus
Stran 85 - They were neither of them dissatisfied with the knight's determination, because neither of them found himself in the wrong by it : upon which we made the best of our way to the assizes. The court was sat before Sir Roger came, but notwithstanding all the justices had taken their places upon the bench, they made room for the old knight at the head of them ; who, for his reputation in the country, took occasion to whisper in the judge's ear, that he was glad his lordship had met with so much good weather...
Stran 259 - 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...