LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... set off often ill sense , as the Italian fongs , whose good airs , with the worft words or meaning , make the best mufic ; fo by your tuning my Welsh harp , my rough fenfe may be the lefs offenfive to the nicer ears of thofe critics ...
... set off often ill sense , as the Italian fongs , whose good airs , with the worft words or meaning , make the best mufic ; fo by your tuning my Welsh harp , my rough fenfe may be the lefs offenfive to the nicer ears of thofe critics ...
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... set to the view of others ; and ftill do but labour to fall fhort of our firft ima- gination . The gay colouring which fancy gave at the first tranfient glance we had of it , goes off in the execution : like those various figures in the ...
... set to the view of others ; and ftill do but labour to fall fhort of our firft ima- gination . The gay colouring which fancy gave at the first tranfient glance we had of it , goes off in the execution : like those various figures in the ...
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... set in the fairest light in the world , The Painters are a very vain generation , and have a long time pretended to rival nature ; but to own the truth to you , fhe made such a finish'd piece about three and twenty years ago ( I beg ...
... set in the fairest light in the world , The Painters are a very vain generation , and have a long time pretended to rival nature ; but to own the truth to you , fhe made such a finish'd piece about three and twenty years ago ( I beg ...
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... set me a thinking and ruminating upon the employments in which men of wit exercise themselves . It was faid of Sir Charles , who breath'd his last in this room , Sedley has that prevailing gentle art , Which can with a refiftless charm ...
... set me a thinking and ruminating upon the employments in which men of wit exercise themselves . It was faid of Sir Charles , who breath'd his last in this room , Sedley has that prevailing gentle art , Which can with a refiftless charm ...
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... set out in its true colours , might , methinks , amuse you agreeably enough for a minute or two . The island Inarime is an epi- P. a Afterwards Bishop of and Philonous , the Minute Cloyne in Ireland , Author Philofopher , & c . of the ...
... set out in its true colours , might , methinks , amuse you agreeably enough for a minute or two . The island Inarime is an epi- P. a Afterwards Bishop of and Philonous , the Minute Cloyne in Ireland , Author Philofopher , & c . of the ...
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Էջ 294 - ... me to live agreeably in the town, or contentedly in the country, which is really all the difference I set between an easy fortune and a small one.
Էջ 252 - ... not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much ; and I...
Էջ 331 - Pray tell me next how you deal with the critics? " Sir," said he,
Էջ 96 - ... shade. In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away. In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day. Sound sleep by night; study and ease, Together mixt; sweet recreation: And innocence, which most does please With meditation.
Էջ 354 - I should be glad the world knew you admitted me to your friendship, and since your affection is too hard for your judgment, I am contented to let the world know how well Mr.
Էջ 260 - The Dying Christian to his Soul: Ode Vital spark of heav'nly flame! Quit, oh quit this mortal frame: Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying. Oh the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark! they whisper; Angels say. Sister spirit, come away.
Էջ 330 - Pray, Mr. Lintot, (said I,) now you talk of Translators, what is your method of managing them? "Sir, (replied he,) those are the saddest pack of rogues in the world : in a hungry fit they'll swear they understand all the languages in the universe : I have known one of them take down a Greek book upon my counter, and cry, Ah, this is Hebrew, I must read it from the latter end.
Էջ 254 - I could not but differ from this opinion : methinks it was by no means a gay, but a very serious soliloquy, to his soul at the point of its departure ; in which sense I naturally took the verses at my first reading them, when I was very young, and before I knew what interpretation the world generally put upon them.
Էջ 329 - Nothing, says he, I can bear it well enough ; but since we have the day before us, methinks it would be very pleasant for you to rest awhile under the woods.
Էջ 320 - ... and sweetmeats, out of devotion: in a word, were it not for this devotion of its inhabitants, Naples would have little else to recommend it besides the air and situation.