The Champion: containing a series of papers, humourous, moral, political, and critical1741 |
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Página 95 - Whereby their actions all he mote command, And rule with hidden influence the land. Yet to his lord he outwardly did bend, And thofe...
Página 342 - There is a mood, (I sing not to the vacant and the young) There is a kindly mood of melancholy, That wings the soul, and points her to the skies...
Página 311 - He had a perfect Knowledge of Human Nature, though his Contempt of all base Means of Application, which are the necessary Steps to great Acquaintance, restrained his Conversation within very narrow bounds: He had the Spirit of an old Roman, joined to the Innocence of a primitive Christian; he was content with his little State of Life, in which his excellent Temper of Mind, gave him an Happiness beyond the Power of Riches, and it was necessary for his Friends, to have a sharp insight into his Want...
Página 187 - As when in tumults rise the ignoble crowd, Mad are their motions and their tongues are loud ; And stones and brands in rattling volleys fly, And all the rustic arms that fury can supply. If then some grave and pious man appear, They hush their noise and lend a listening ear ; He soothes with sober words their angry mood, And quenches their innate desire of blood.
Página 10 - I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better or heavier. Your lord is a leaden shilling, which you bend every way, and debases the stamp he bears, instead of being raised by it.
Página 343 - Here flow'd his fountain ; here his laurels grew ; Here oft the meek good man, the lofty bard Fram'd the...
Página 311 - He had a perfect knowledge of human nature, though his contempt of all base means of application, which are the necessary steps to great acquaintance, restrained his conversation within very narrow bounds. He had the spirit of an old Roman, joined to the innocence of a primitive Christian ; he was content with his little state of life, in which his excellent temper of mind gave him an happiness beyond the power of riches, and it...
Página 182 - till To-morrow what you can do to Day; you may die before you attain that by a Change in the Government, which you may perhaps get now by a Change in your own Principles.
Página 339 - The folitary landfkip, hills and woods, And boundlefs wilds; while the vine-mantled brows The pendent goats unveil, regardlefs they Of hourly peril, though the clefted domes Tremble to every wind. The pilgrim oft At dead of night, 'mid his oraifon hears Aghaft the voice of time, difparting tow'rs, Tumbling all precipitate...
Página 195 - For he that shall well consider the errors and obscurity, the mistakes and confusion, that are spread in the world by an ill use of words, will find some reason to doubt whether language, as it has been employed, has contributed more to the improvement or hindrance of knowledge amongst mankind.