Select British Classics, Svazek 11J. Conrad, 1803 |
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Strana xxi
... endeavour to avoid all harshness and severity of diction , he is there- fore sometimes verbose in his transitions and connec- tions , and sometimes descends too much to the lan- guage of conversation ; yet if his language had been less ...
... endeavour to avoid all harshness and severity of diction , he is there- fore sometimes verbose in his transitions and connec- tions , and sometimes descends too much to the lan- guage of conversation ; yet if his language had been less ...
Strana 11
... endeavour at the same end with himself , the favour of a commander . He will however in his way of talk excuse generals , for not disposing according to men's desert , or enquiring into it ; for , says he , that great man who has a mind ...
... endeavour at the same end with himself , the favour of a commander . He will however in his way of talk excuse generals , for not disposing according to men's desert , or enquiring into it ; for , says he , that great man who has a mind ...
Strana 22
... endeavour at a style and air suitable to their understanding . When I say this , I must be understood to mean , that I shall not lower but exalt the subjects I treat upon . Discourse for their enter- tainment , is not to be debased but ...
... endeavour at a style and air suitable to their understanding . When I say this , I must be understood to mean , that I shall not lower but exalt the subjects I treat upon . Discourse for their enter- tainment , is not to be debased but ...
Strana 45
... endeavour to enliven morality with wit , and to tem- per wit with morality , that my readers may , if possible , both ways find their account in the speculation of the day . And to the end that their virtue and discretion may not be ...
... endeavour to enliven morality with wit , and to tem- per wit with morality , that my readers may , if possible , both ways find their account in the speculation of the day . And to the end that their virtue and discretion may not be ...
Strana 48
... endeavour to make an proving entertainment , and by vert the minds of my female reader agonists , is like least de lowed di up arn greater trifles . At the same time , as I would all - not be give some finishing touches to those which ...
... endeavour to make an proving entertainment , and by vert the minds of my female reader agonists , is like least de lowed di up arn greater trifles . At the same time , as I would all - not be give some finishing touches to those which ...
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Strana 46 - It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven, to inhabit among Men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-Tables and in CoffeeHouses.
Strana 196 - Angels and ministers of grace defend us! Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damn'd, Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane, O, answer me!
Strana 3 - 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.
Strana 4 - I had not been long at the university, before I distinguished myself by a most profound silence ; for during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of an hundred words ; and indeed do not remember that I ever spoke three sentences together in my whole life.
Strana 5 - There is no place of general resort, wherein I do not often make my appearance; sometimes I am seen thrusting my head into a round of politicians at Will's, and listening with great attention to the narratives that are made in those little circular audiences.
Strana 9 - He is now in his fifty-sixth year, cheerful, gay, and hearty; keeps a good house both in town and country ; a great lover of mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied, all the young women profess love to him, and the young men are glad of his company...
Strana 4 - ... whether this might proceed from a law-suit which was then depending in the family, or my father's being a justice of the peace, I cannot determine; for I am not so vain as to think it presaged any dignity that I should arrive at in.
Strana 10 - ... he calls the sea the British Common. He is acquainted with commerce in all its parts, and will tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms, for true power is to be got by arts and industry. He will often argue, that if this part of our trade were well cultivated, we should gain from one nation, — and if another, from another.
Strana 215 - Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me : the brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to invent any thing that tends to laughter*, more than I invent, or is invented on me : I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.
Strana 12 - With this candour does the gentleman speak of himself and others. The same frankness runs through all his conversation. The military part of his life has furnished him with many adventures, in the relation of which he is very agreeable to the company ; for he is never over-bearing, though accustomed to command men in the utmost degree below him ; nor ever too obsequious, from an habit of obeying men highly above him.