LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... particular fuch as were most in his favour . As it is not to Vanity but to Friendship that he intends this Monu- ment , he would fave his enemies the mortifi- cation of fhowing any further how well their Betters have thought of him ...
... particular fuch as were most in his favour . As it is not to Vanity but to Friendship that he intends this Monu- ment , he would fave his enemies the mortifi- cation of fhowing any further how well their Betters have thought of him ...
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... particular , as more juft debts , to their best and nearest friends . However , I hope , you who have as much good - nature as good fenfe ( fince they generally are companions ) will have pa- tience with a debtor who has an inclination ...
... particular , as more juft debts , to their best and nearest friends . However , I hope , you who have as much good - nature as good fenfe ( fince they generally are companions ) will have pa- tience with a debtor who has an inclination ...
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... particular genius for that kind of poetry , and a Judgment that much exceeds the years you told me he was of . He has taken very freely from the ancients , but what he has mix'd of his own with theirs , is not in- ferior to what he has ...
... particular genius for that kind of poetry , and a Judgment that much exceeds the years you told me he was of . He has taken very freely from the ancients , but what he has mix'd of his own with theirs , is not in- ferior to what he has ...
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... particular ) I think the rule in this case is either to use the Cæfura , or admit the Hiatus , just as the ear is leaft fhock'd by either : For the Cæfura fometimes offends the ear more than the Hiatus itself , and our language is ...
... particular ) I think the rule in this case is either to use the Cæfura , or admit the Hiatus , just as the ear is leaft fhock'd by either : For the Cæfura fometimes offends the ear more than the Hiatus itself , and our language is ...
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... particular , that it will show me ( to my comfort ) that even a wise man is sometimes very idle ; for so you must needs be when you can find leisure to write to Your , & c . LETTER II . April 27 , 1708 . Have nothing to fay to you in ...
... particular , that it will show me ( to my comfort ) that even a wise man is sometimes very idle ; for so you must needs be when you can find leisure to write to Your , & c . LETTER II . April 27 , 1708 . Have nothing to fay to you in ...
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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.