Select British Classics, Volumen11J. Conrad, 1803 |
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... greater part of the Fourth Georgic upon Bees ; after which , says Dryden , my latter swarm is hardly worth the hiving . - About the same time he composed the arguments prefixed to the several books of Dryden's Virgil ; and produced an ...
... greater part of the Fourth Georgic upon Bees ; after which , says Dryden , my latter swarm is hardly worth the hiving . - About the same time he composed the arguments prefixed to the several books of Dryden's Virgil ; and produced an ...
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... greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified intellectual pleasure , se- parated mirth from indecency , and wit from licenti- ousness ; of having taught a sucession of writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the end ...
... greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified intellectual pleasure , se- parated mirth from indecency , and wit from licenti- ousness ; of having taught a sucession of writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the end ...
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... greater valetudinarian than any I had ever met with , even in her own sex , and subject to such momentary consumptions , that , in the twinkling of an eye , she would fall away from the most florid complexion , and the most healthful ...
... greater valetudinarian than any I had ever met with , even in her own sex , and subject to such momentary consumptions , that , in the twinkling of an eye , she would fall away from the most florid complexion , and the most healthful ...
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... greater force and vivacity . Thus my want of , or rather resignation of , speech , gives me all the advantage of a dumb man . I have , methinks , a more than ordinary penetration in seeing ; and flatter myself that I have looked into ...
... greater force and vivacity . Thus my want of , or rather resignation of , speech , gives me all the advantage of a dumb man . I have , methinks , a more than ordinary penetration in seeing ; and flatter myself that I have looked into ...
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... greater monster in being than a very ill man of great parts ; he lives like a man in a palsy , with one side of him dead : While perhaps he enjoys the sa- tisfaction of luxury , of wealth , of ambition , he has lost the taste of good ...
... greater monster in being than a very ill man of great parts ; he lives like a man in a palsy , with one side of him dead : While perhaps he enjoys the sa- tisfaction of luxury , of wealth , of ambition , he has lost the taste of good ...
Términos y frases comunes
acquaint Acrostics Addison admiration Æneid agreeable Anagrams appear APRIL 28 Aristotle audience beautiful behaviour called character club coffee-house consider conversation delight discourse diversion dress DRYDEN earl Douglas endeavour English entertainment eyes favour federacy genius gentleman give hand heard heart hero Honeycomb honour humble servant humour innocent Italian kind king lady laugh learned letter lion live look lover mankind manner March 15 means mind nature nerally never night observed occasion opera OVID paper particular passion person Pharamond Pict play pleased pleasure poem poet Porus present prince reader reason ridiculous ROSCOMMON scenes sense shew Sir Roger speak Spectator stage talk Tatler tell ther thing thou thought tion told town tragedy turn Venice Preserv'd verse VIRG Virgil virtue Whig whole woman women words writing young
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Página 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.
Página 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!
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.