The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of Lectures, Delivered in England, Scotland, and the United States of AmericaSmith, Elder, 1853 - 322 стор. |
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... delightful company in the world . He would have been so manly , so sarcastic , so bright , odd , and original , that you might think he had no object in view but the indulgence of his humour , and that he was the most reckless , simple ...
... delightful company in the world . He would have been so manly , so sarcastic , so bright , odd , and original , that you might think he had no object in view but the indulgence of his humour , and that he was the most reckless , simple ...
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... delight among the kings of those eastern countries . Strabo describing Jericho : ' Ibi est palmetum , cui immixtæ sunt etiam aliæ stirpes hortenses , locus ferax palmis abundans , spatio stadiorum centum , totus irriguus , ibi est Regis ...
... delight among the kings of those eastern countries . Strabo describing Jericho : ' Ibi est palmetum , cui immixtæ sunt etiam aliæ stirpes hortenses , locus ferax palmis abundans , spatio stadiorum centum , totus irriguus , ibi est Regis ...
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... delightful that he can't leave it - he proceeds to recommend , in place of venison for squires ' tables , " the bodies of young lads and maidens not exceeding fourteen nor under twelve . " Amiable humourist ! laughing castigator of ...
... delightful that he can't leave it - he proceeds to recommend , in place of venison for squires ' tables , " the bodies of young lads and maidens not exceeding fourteen nor under twelve . " Amiable humourist ! laughing castigator of ...
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... delight performed . Now , with a soft and silent tread , Unheard she moves about my bed : My sinking spirits now supplies With cordials in her hands and eyes , Best pattern of true friends ! beware ; You pay too dearly for your care If ...
... delight performed . Now , with a soft and silent tread , Unheard she moves about my bed : My sinking spirits now supplies With cordials in her hands and eyes , Best pattern of true friends ! beware ; You pay too dearly for your care If ...
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... delightful rascal ! Win her ; of course he will win her , the victorious rogue ! He knows he will : he must - with such a grace , with such a fashion , with such a splendid embroidered suit - you see him with red - heeled shoes ...
... delightful rascal ! Win her ; of course he will win her , the victorious rogue ! He knows he will : he must - with such a grace , with such a fashion , with such a splendid embroidered suit - you see him with red - heeled shoes ...
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Сторінка 34 - I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London that a young, healthy child well nursed is, at a year old, . a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.
Сторінка 103 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth. Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Сторінка 147 - 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.
Сторінка 297 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.
Сторінка 104 - Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those are often raised into the greatest transports of mirth, who are subject to the greatest depressions of melancholy; on the contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind such an exquisite gladness, prevents us from falling into any depths of sorrow. Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of day-light in the mind, and fills it with...
Сторінка 311 - 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; To husband our life's taper at the close And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
Сторінка 312 - Amidst the swains to show my book-learned skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt and all I saw; And, as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first she flew — I still had hopes — my long vexations past, Here to return, and die at home at last.
Сторінка 216 - She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of 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 sickening stars fade off the ethereal plain ; As Argus
Сторінка 100 - I have observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, 'till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Сторінка 103 - What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball ? What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found ? In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing, as they shine, " The Hand that made us is Divine.