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... matters in fuch various forts of style , who lefs wants the correction of his friends , or has lefs reafon to fear the feverity of ftrangers . 10 ACCORDING to his defire and his own in- tention , I have now fet forth his Latin and ...
... matters in fuch various forts of style , who lefs wants the correction of his friends , or has lefs reafon to fear the feverity of ftrangers . 10 ACCORDING to his defire and his own in- tention , I have now fet forth his Latin and ...
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... matter or words . I only therefore intreat you to give me leave to make you a party in this relation , by ufing your name and your testimony . For by this means , though the memory of our friend fhall not be deliver- ed to pofterity ...
... matter or words . I only therefore intreat you to give me leave to make you a party in this relation , by ufing your name and your testimony . For by this means , though the memory of our friend fhall not be deliver- ed to pofterity ...
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... ought rather to be efteemed as a problem of his fancy and invention , than as the real image of his judgement . But his de- fence in this matter may be laid on a furer furer foundation . This is the true rea- fon that 112 THE LIFE OF.
... ought rather to be efteemed as a problem of his fancy and invention , than as the real image of his judgement . But his de- fence in this matter may be laid on a furer furer foundation . This is the true rea- fon that 112 THE LIFE OF.
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... matters , that are fo wide afunder , he ftill proportions a due figure of fpeech , and a proper measure of wit . This indeed is most remarkable , that a man who was fo conftant and fixed in the 1 the moral ideas of his mind , fhould yet ...
... matters , that are fo wide afunder , he ftill proportions a due figure of fpeech , and a proper measure of wit . This indeed is most remarkable , that a man who was fo conftant and fixed in the 1 the moral ideas of his mind , fhould yet ...
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... matters , when they come to them . " For the exercifes of all mens wits must be always proper for their age , and never too much above it and by practice and ufe in lighter arguments , they grow up at last to excel in the most weighty ...
... matters , when they come to them . " For the exercifes of all mens wits must be always proper for their age , and never too much above it and by practice and ufe in lighter arguments , they grow up at last to excel in the most weighty ...
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Página 215 - Ah ! wanton foe, dost thou upbraid The ills which thou thyself hast made ? When in the cradle innocent I lay, Thou, wicked spirit, stolest me away, And my abused soul didst bear Into thy new-found worlds, I know not where...
Página 218 - His long misfortunes' fatal end ; " How cheerfully, and how exempt from fear, " On the Great Sovereign's will he did depend ; " I ought to be accurst, if I refuse " To wait on his, O thou fallacious Muse ! " Kings have long hands, they say; and, though I be " So distant, they may reach at length to me. " However, of all princes, thou...
Página 116 - By friendship giv'n of old to fame. None but his brethren he, and sisters knew, Whom the kind youth preferr'd to me ; And ev'n in that we did agree, For much above myself I lov'd them too. Say, for you saw us, ye immortal lights, How oft unwearied have we spent the nights?
Página 139 - THE thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks and gapes for drink again; The plants suck in the earth, and are With constant drinking fresh and fair; The sea itself (which one would think Should have but little need of drink) Drinks ten thousand rivers up, So fill'd that they o'erflow the cup.
Página 153 - Wisdom itself they should not hear, When it presumes to be severe : Beauty alone they should admire, Nor look at Fortune's vain attire, Nor ask what parents it can shew ; With dead or old 't has nought to do.
Página 157 - Another Mary then arose, And did rigorous laws impose ; A mighty tyrant she ! Long, alas ! should I have been Under that iron-sceptred queen, Had not Rebecca set me free.
Página 149 - To thee of all things upon earth, Life is no longer than thy mirth. Happy insect! happy thou, Dost neither age nor winter know! But when thou'st drunk, and danced, and sung Thy fill, the flowery leaves among, (Voluptuous and wise withal, Epicurean animal!) Sated with thy summer feast, Thou retir'st to endless rest.
Página 116 - Nor shall I know hereafter what to do If once my griefs prove tedious too. Silent and sad I walk about all day, As sullen ghosts stalk speechless by Where their hid treasures lie; Alas! my treasure's gone, why do I stay? He was my friend, the truest friend on earth; A strong and mighty influence joined our birth.
Página 180 - Th' emboldened snow next to the flame does sleep. And if we weigh, like thee, Nature, and causes, we shall see That thus it needs must be : To things immortal time can do no wrong, And that which never is to die, for ever must be young.
Página 115 - Why hast thou left me thus unkindly here, Thy end for ever, and my life to moan ? O thou hast left me all alone ! Thy soul and body, when death's agony Besieged around thy noble heart, Did not with more reluctance part Than I, my dearest friend, do part from thee.