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For the common people understand not many excellent virtues : the lowest virtues draw praife from them ; the middle virtues excite in them aftonifhment or admiration ; but of the higheft virtues they have no fenfe or perceiving at all ...
For the common people understand not many excellent virtues : the lowest virtues draw praife from them ; the middle virtues excite in them aftonifhment or admiration ; but of the higheft virtues they have no fenfe or perceiving at all ...
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he might have had at least one strong motive not to degrade his high office by the acceptance of a bribe . It ... INDIFFERENCE for vulgar fame therefore you will do well to difcriminate from indifference for genuine praise of the true ...
he might have had at least one strong motive not to degrade his high office by the acceptance of a bribe . It ... INDIFFERENCE for vulgar fame therefore you will do well to difcriminate from indifference for genuine praise of the true ...
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it did not happen at that time to float upon the stream of fashion . Such effect has falfe fame ... They praife , and they admire , they know not what , And know not when ; but as one leads the other . And what delight to be by fuch ...
it did not happen at that time to float upon the stream of fashion . Such effect has falfe fame ... They praife , and they admire , they know not what , And know not when ; but as one leads the other . And what delight to be by fuch ...
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Ir is remarkable that three of the best Roman poets have , as it were , vied with each other , who should most elevate ... But , like the other beauties of this writer , it will not bear a clofe examination , For C For what laws are to ...
Ir is remarkable that three of the best Roman poets have , as it were , vied with each other , who should most elevate ... But , like the other beauties of this writer , it will not bear a clofe examination , For C For what laws are to ...
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Poor critic , to praise , as beautiful , poetry in which , tho confifting of only five lines , there are two falfe images ... Dr. Percy , a superlative judge of these matters , tells us , that it is not his , but only corrected by him .
Poor critic , to praise , as beautiful , poetry in which , tho confifting of only five lines , there are two falfe images ... Dr. Percy , a superlative judge of these matters , tells us , that it is not his , but only corrected by him .
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Էջ 14 - Things vulgar, and, well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise ? They praise, and they admire, they know not what, And know not whom, but as one leads the other ; And what delight to be by such extoll'd, To live upon their tongues, and be their talk, Of whom to be dispraised were no small praise ? His lot who dares be singularly good.
Էջ 66 - Amid the broom he bask'd him on the ground, Where the wild thyme and camomoil are found...
Էջ 66 - Of all the gentle tenants of the place, There was a man of special grave remark : A certain tender gloom o'erspread his face, Pensive, not sad ; in thought...
Էջ 143 - With eye attentive mark the springing game. Straight as above the surface of the flood They wanton rise, or urged by hunger leap, Then fix, with gentle twitch, the barbed hook : Some lightly tossing to the grassy bank, And to the shelving shore slow-dragging some, With various hand proportion'd to their force.
Էջ 282 - The strong-built sinewy limbs, and well-spread shoulders ? See how he tugs for life, and lays about him, Mad with his pain ! — Eager he catches hold Of what comes next to hand, and grasps...
Էջ 278 - And lightly tripping o'er the long flat stones (With nettles skirted, and with moss o'ergrown) That tell in homely phrase who lie below ; Sudden he starts ! and hears, or thinks he hears, The sound of something purring at his heels ; Full fast he flies, and dares not look behind him, Till out of breath he overtakes his fellows ; Who gather round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition tall and ghastly, That walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-open'd grave; and, strange to...
Էջ 490 - ... congiunto tutte le sue bandiere al vento scioglie: e nel vessillo imperiale e grande la trionfante Croce al ciel si spande. 73 Intanto il sol, che de...
Էջ 83 - For else how should his sonne maintained be At Inns of Court or of the Chancery : There to learn law, and courtly carriage, To make amends for his mean parentage ; Where he, unknowne, and ruffling as he can, Goes current ech-whcre for n gentleman ? While yet he rousteth at some uncouth signe, Nor never red his tenure's second line.
Էջ 278 - By glimpse of moon-shine, chequering through the trees, The school-boy, with his satchel in his hand, Whistling aloud to bear his courage up, And lightly tripping o'er the long flat stones, (With nettles skirted, and with moss o'ergrown) That tell in homely phrase who lie below. Sudden he starts, and hears...
Էջ 129 - N'a point énervé sa vigueur : Il ne regrette point la perte De ces arts dont la découverte A l'homme a coûté tant de soins , Et qui , devenus nécessaires , N'ont fait qu'augmenter nos misères En multipliant nos besoins.
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| Վերնագիր | Letters of Literature Eighteenth century collections online |
| Հեղինակ | John Pinkerton |
| Հրատարակիչ | G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1785 |
| Original from | Օքսֆորդի համալսարան |
| Digitized | 2 Օգոստոս 2007 |
| Length | 515 էջ |
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