The Spectator, Volumen4William Durell and Company, 1810 |
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... poets and philosophers ; but I do not remember to have met with any author who has treated of those ill habits men are subject to , not so much by reason of their different ages and tempers , as the particular profession or business in ...
... poets and philosophers ; but I do not remember to have met with any author who has treated of those ill habits men are subject to , not so much by reason of their different ages and tempers , as the particular profession or business in ...
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... poet , who was con- temporary with Menander , which is full of humor , as follows : Thou mayest shut up thy doors , says he , with bars and bolts ; it will be impossible for the black- smith to make them so fast , but a cat and a ...
... poet , who was con- temporary with Menander , which is full of humor , as follows : Thou mayest shut up thy doors , says he , with bars and bolts ; it will be impossible for the black- smith to make them so fast , but a cat and a ...
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... Poet . v . 25 . ROSCOMMON . HEN I meet with any vicious character that is not generally known , in order to prevent its doing mischief , I draw it at length , and set it up as a scare- crow ; by which means I do not only make an exam ...
... Poet . v . 25 . ROSCOMMON . HEN I meet with any vicious character that is not generally known , in order to prevent its doing mischief , I draw it at length , and set it up as a scare- crow ; by which means I do not only make an exam ...
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... poet , in mak- ing the murderer form fears to himself from the mo- deration of the prince whose life he was going to take away . He says of the king , He bore his facul- ties so meekly ; and justly inferred from thence , that all divine ...
... poet , in mak- ing the murderer form fears to himself from the mo- deration of the prince whose life he was going to take away . He says of the king , He bore his facul- ties so meekly ; and justly inferred from thence , that all divine ...
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... poet composed for the use of his friends , in the following words : " O Jupiter , give us those things which are good for us , whether they are such things as we pray for , or such things as we do not pray for ; and remove from us those ...
... poet composed for the use of his friends , in the following words : " O Jupiter , give us those things which are good for us , whether they are such things as we pray for , or such things as we do not pray for ; and remove from us those ...
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Página 304 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Página 287 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe...
Página 164 - A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon: Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Página 275 - It has been said in the praise of some men, that they could talk whole hours together upon any thing ; but it must be owned to the honour of the other sex, that there are many among them who can talk whole hours together upon nothing.
Página 295 - I am always pleased with that particular time of the year which is proper for the pickling of dill and cucumbers; but, alas! this cry, like the song of the nightingale, is not heard above two months. It would therefore be worth while to consider, whether the same air might not in some cases be adapted to other words.
Página 133 - Education, after the same manner, when it works upon a noble mind, draws out to view every latent virtue and perfection, which, without such helps, are never able to make their appearance.
Página 287 - And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And, if I give thee honor due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew To live with her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
Página 304 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Página 231 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate— Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute — And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Página 286 - Dame, as Waller has translated it, and is represented by Horace as the goddess who delights in laughter. Milton, in a joyous assembly of imaginary persons, has given us a very poetical figure of laughter. His whole band of mirth is so finely described, that I shall set down the passage at length.