The English Humourists of the Eighteenth CenturyH. Holt, 1900 - Počet stran: 360 |
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Strana xiii
... heart was so tender , and so susceptible to the personal characteris- tics of others , that his judgment of the genius of literary men was biased by his feelings . A cynic , to be a cynic at all , must certainly lack two things ...
... heart was so tender , and so susceptible to the personal characteris- tics of others , that his judgment of the genius of literary men was biased by his feelings . A cynic , to be a cynic at all , must certainly lack two things ...
Strana xxxi
... heart . We say this with the more unction now , that we have the personal proof of it in his public and private intercourse while he was here . The popular Thackeray - theory , before his arrival , was of a severe satirist , who ...
... heart . We say this with the more unction now , that we have the personal proof of it in his public and private intercourse while he was here . The popular Thackeray - theory , before his arrival , was of a severe satirist , who ...
Strana xxxiv
... heart to inquire , here , whether the portrait , as a whole - length , is not too flattering in its proportions , and too bright in coloring . But doubtless the lecturer might , and many , we surmise , expected that he would , take a ...
... heart to inquire , here , whether the portrait , as a whole - length , is not too flattering in its proportions , and too bright in coloring . But doubtless the lecturer might , and many , we surmise , expected that he would , take a ...
Strana 14
... heart was English and in England , his habits English , his logic eminently English ; his statement is elaborately simple ; he shuns tropes and metaphors , 5 and uses his ideas and words with a wise thrift and economy , as he used his ...
... heart was English and in England , his habits English , his logic eminently English ; his statement is elaborately simple ; he shuns tropes and metaphors , 5 and uses his ideas and words with a wise thrift and economy , as he used his ...
Strana 20
... heart , and has not a kind word even for little Hester Johnson ? 20 Perhaps , for the Irish secretary , his Excellency's condescension was even more cruel than his frowns . Sir William would perpetually quote Latin and the ancient ...
... heart , and has not a kind word even for little Hester Johnson ? 20 Perhaps , for the Irish secretary , his Excellency's condescension was even more cruel than his frowns . Sir William would perpetually quote Latin and the ancient ...
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Strana 186 - And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers load, On wings of winds came flying all abroad?
Strana 287 - 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 out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
Strana 287 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, 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...
Strana 274 - 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.
Strana 186 - Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Strana 274 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, ' • But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Strana 287 - How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly...
Strana 166 - He began on it ; and when first he mentioned it to Swift, the doctor did not much like the project. As he carried it on, he showed what he wrote to both of us, and we now and then gave a correction, or a word or two of advice ; but it was wholly of his own writing. — When it was done, neither of us thought it would succeed. We showed it to Congreve ; who, after reading it over, said, it would either take greatly, or be damned confoundedly.
Strana 136 - When I look upon the Tombs of the Great, every Emotion of Envy dies in me; when I read the Epitaphs of the Beautiful, every inordinate Desire goes out...
Strana 86 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it.