Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose: Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons: Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Poetry, Հատոր 2B. Law, J. Johnson, C. Dilly, G. G. & J. Robinson, T. Cadell [and 31 others in London], 1797 - 1120 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 37–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ 623
... fervant , and others of the fame ftamp ; buffcons , com- pofers of lewd fongs , in which they ridi- cule their companions : these are the per- fons whom he entertains and careffes . And thefe things , Athenians , trifling as they may ...
... fervant , and others of the fame ftamp ; buffcons , com- pofers of lewd fongs , in which they ridi- cule their companions : these are the per- fons whom he entertains and careffes . And thefe things , Athenians , trifling as they may ...
Էջ 696
... fervant leave to retire . It will not be derogatory from Cæfar's greatnefs to have it faid , that he beftowed favours on fome , who , fo far from being intoxicated with them , fhewed- that they could be happy , when ( at their own ...
... fervant leave to retire . It will not be derogatory from Cæfar's greatnefs to have it faid , that he beftowed favours on fome , who , fo far from being intoxicated with them , fhewed- that they could be happy , when ( at their own ...
Էջ 717
... fervant Tiro . For we fee many volumes of them quoted by the ancients , which are utterly loft ; as the first book of his Letters to Li- cinius Calvus ; the firft alfo to Q. Axius ; a fecond book to his fon ; a fecond also to Corn ...
... fervant Tiro . For we fee many volumes of them quoted by the ancients , which are utterly loft ; as the first book of his Letters to Li- cinius Calvus ; the firft alfo to Q. Axius ; a fecond book to his fon ; a fecond also to Corn ...
Էջ 790
... fervant was , from whom I made myself fure of knowing every thing which was proper to be afked - That's a right dif tinction , Trim , faid my uncle Toby - I was aufwered , an ' pleafe your honour , that he had no fervant with him ...
... fervant was , from whom I made myself fure of knowing every thing which was proper to be afked - That's a right dif tinction , Trim , faid my uncle Toby - I was aufwered , an ' pleafe your honour , that he had no fervant with him ...
Էջ 791
... fervant , and that your honour ( though a ftranger was extremely concerned for his father ; and that if there was any thing in your houfe or cellar- ( and thou might'ft have added my purfe too , faid my uncle Toby ) he was heartily ...
... fervant , and that your honour ( though a ftranger was extremely concerned for his father ; and that if there was any thing in your houfe or cellar- ( and thou might'ft have added my purfe too , faid my uncle Toby ) he was heartily ...
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Էջ 691 - Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature...
Էջ 791 - When I went up, continued the corporal, into the lieutenant's room, which I did not do till the expiration of the ten minutes, he was lying in his bed, with his head raised upon his hand, with his elbow upon the pillow, and a clean white cambric handkerchief beside it.
Էջ 1041 - The cat in gloves catches no mice, as Poor Richard says. It is true there is much to be done, and perhaps you are weak-handed; but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects; for, Constant dropping wears away stones; and, By diligence and patience the mouse ate in two the cable; and Little strokes fell great oaks...
Էջ 884 - ... whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once ; or that the first poetry of every nation surprised them as a novelty, and retained the credit by consent which it received by accident at first ; or whether, as the province of poetry is to describe nature and passion, which are always the same...
Էջ 698 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers ! hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear : believe me for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe : censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses, that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Էջ 791 - Scripture, said my uncle Toby; and I will shew it thee to-morrow: In the mean time we may depend upon it, Trim, for our comfort, said my uncle Toby, that God Almighty is so good and just a governor of the world, that if we have but done our duties in it, — it will never be enquired into, whether we have done them in a red coat or a black one: I hope not; said the corporal But go on, Trim, said my uncle Toby, with thy story.
Էջ 842 - To make an Episode. Take any remaining adventure of your former collection in which you could no way involve your hero, or any unfortunate accident that was too good to be thrown away, and it will be of use applied to any other person, who may be lost and evaporate in the course of the work without the least damage to the composition.
Էջ 698 - As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him.
Էջ 789 - I will answer for thee, cried my uncle Toby : and thou shalt drink the poor gentleman's health in a glass of sack thyself, — and take a couple of bottles with my service, and tell him he is heartily welcome to them, and to a dozen more, if they will do him good. Though I am persuaded...
Էջ 1022 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.