Noctes Atticæ, or Reveries in a garret; containing observations on men and books |
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... Sentiments Obscurely Expressed ... Leveller in the Church Legislators Life , its Sameness Literary Shylock Locke John ... ... ......... ......... ...... 101 93 ...... 144 66 ... ...... 37 .......... 43 ...... 136 ............ .
... Sentiments Obscurely Expressed ... Leveller in the Church Legislators Life , its Sameness Literary Shylock Locke John ... ... ......... ......... ...... 101 93 ...... 144 66 ... ...... 37 .......... 43 ...... 136 ............ .
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... sentiments of our Gallic neighbours it may be said , in the language of the shrewd poet of Twickenham , It may be reason , but it is not man . The Superb , ' a French Phrase . This expression of manner , both in the work and composition ...
... sentiments of our Gallic neighbours it may be said , in the language of the shrewd poet of Twickenham , It may be reason , but it is not man . The Superb , ' a French Phrase . This expression of manner , both in the work and composition ...
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... classical imagery is in the power of any pedant with a memory , and of course ranks him among dull plagiarisms ; but an applica- tion of the words or sentiments to a new meaning 58 Characters formed by situation Classical Allusion.
... classical imagery is in the power of any pedant with a memory , and of course ranks him among dull plagiarisms ; but an applica- tion of the words or sentiments to a new meaning 58 Characters formed by situation Classical Allusion.
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Paul Ponder (pseud.) tion of the words or sentiments to a new meaning is pregnant with delight . Dr. Young , laughing at the self - admiring habits of the Dandies of his time , has applied the story of Narcissus in a most happy style of ...
Paul Ponder (pseud.) tion of the words or sentiments to a new meaning is pregnant with delight . Dr. Young , laughing at the self - admiring habits of the Dandies of his time , has applied the story of Narcissus in a most happy style of ...
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... sentiments . The beautiful and honourable woman , ' says Don Quixote , whose husband is poor , deserves to be crowned with laurels , and palms of victory and triumph . Beauty , of itself alone , attracts the incli- nations of all that ...
... sentiments . The beautiful and honourable woman , ' says Don Quixote , whose husband is poor , deserves to be crowned with laurels , and palms of victory and triumph . Beauty , of itself alone , attracts the incli- nations of all that ...
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Términos y frases comunes
admire Æsop amusing ancient anecdote Aristotle bard beauty Cæsar called censure character Cicero common composition critic David Hume described disputes Don Quixote dull elegant eminent endeavoured English Essay Euripides excellent fancy favourite fool French genius Gothic Architecture Greek Greek language happiness hero historian honour Hudibras humour idle IMITATED ingenious intellect John Locke Johnson Julius Cæsar ladies language learned letters lines lively Lord Lord Monboddo lover matter Milton mind mode modern moral nature never observed opinion orator passage passion perhaps persons philosopher Plato Platonic Love pleasure Plutarch poem poet poetical poetry Pope powers praise pride prose Quintilian racter reader reason rhyme ridicule Roman satire says scene scholar seems sense sentiments Shakespeare shew singular speak style Tacitus talents taste Theocritus things thought truth virtue Voltaire whilst wise wish words writer young
Pasajes populares
Página 96 - I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry : be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.
Página 153 - FRIENDS. Friendship, like love, is but a name, Unless to one you stint the flame. The child, whom many fathers share, Hath seldom known a father's care. Tis thus in friendships; who depend On many, rarely find a friend. A hare, who in a civil way, Complied with everything, like Gay, Was known by all the bestial train Who haunt the wood, or graze the plain.
Página 21 - Pillag'd from slaves to purchase slaves at home; Fear, pity, justice, indignation start, Tear off reserve, and bare my swelling heart ; Till half a patriot, half a coward grown, I fly from petty tyrants to the throne.
Página 28 - twixt south and southwest side; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute. He'd undertake to prove by force Of argument, a man's no horse; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl; A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees.
Página 45 - How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a dullness to my trembling heart.
Página 129 - For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.
Página 153 - The purest treasure mortal times afford Is spotless reputation ; that away, Men are but gilded loam or painted clay.
Página 5 - I do not know whether I am singular in my opinion, but, for my own part, I would rather look upon a tree in all its luxuriancy and diffusion of boughs and branches, than when it is thus cut and trimmed into a mathematical figure; and cannot but fancy that an orchard in flower looks infinitely more delightful than all the little labyrinths of the most finished parterre.
Página 68 - In that bright eminence, and with his good Upbraided none; nor was his service hard. What could be less than to afford him praise, The easiest recompense, and pay him thanks, How due! yet all his good...
Página 38 - Or, like a mountebank, did wound And stab herself with doubts profound, Only to show with how small pain The sores of faith are cured again; Although by woeful proof we find They always leave a scar behind.