Letters written by the...earl of Chesterfield to his son; with some account of his life. 1st complete Amer. ed. [Sig. N2,5 of vol. 2 are mutilated], Volumen 3 |
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Página 27 - And you, who never fell from pride : You who in different sects were shamm'd, And come to see each other damn'd ; (So some folk told you, but they knew No more of Jove's designs than you;) — The world's mad business now is o'er, And I resent these pranks no more. — I to such blockheads set my wit ! I damn such fools ! — Go, go, you're bit.
Página 175 - ... are made up; I have seen them; and what do you think they amount to ? No less than twelve millions three hundred thousand pounds! A most incredible sum, and yet already all subscribed, and even more offered. The unanimity in the House of Commons, in voting such a sum and such forces, both by sea and land, is not less astonishing. This is Mr. Pitt's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes.
Página 85 - Wherever you are, inform yourself minutely of, and attend particularly to, the affairs of France; they grow serious, and, in my opinion, will grow more and more so every day. The King is despised, and I do not wonder at it ; but he has brought it about to be hated at the same time, which seldom happens to the same man. His Ministers are known to be as disunited as -incapable...
Página 46 - But what will you say, when I tell you truly, that I cannot possibly read our countryman Milton through. I acknowledge him to have some most sublime passages, some prodigious flashes of light ; but then you must acknowledge that light is often followed by darkness visible, to use his own expression.
Página 47 - Massacre, and then of the Famine, at Paris ? Was love ever painted with more truth and morbidezza than in the ninth book ? Not better, in my mind, even in the fourth of Virgil. Upon the whole, with all your classical rigour, if you will but suppose St.
Página 27 - Offending race of human kind, By nature, reason, learning, blind; You who, through frailty...
Página 94 - I used to write down the shining passages, and then translate them, as well and as elegantly as ever I could; if Latin or French, into English; if English, into French. This, which I practised for some years, not only improved and formed my style, but imprinted in my mind and memory the best thoughts of the best authors.
Página 27 - Jove, arm'd with terrors, bursts the skies, And thunder roars and lightning flies ! Amaz'd, confus'd, its fate unknown, The world stands trembling at his throne ! While each pale sinner hung his head, Jove, nodding, shook the heavens, and said : " Offending race of human kind, By nature, reason, learning, blind ; You who, through...
Página 278 - Patience is a most necessary qualification for business ; many a man would rather you heard his story, than granted his request.
Página 277 - A man who tells nothing, or who tells all, will equally have nothing told him If a fool knows a secret, he tells it because he is a fool ; if a knave knows one, he tells it wherever it is his interest to tell it. But women, and young men, are very apt to tell what secrets they know, from the vanity of having been trusted. Trust none of these, whenever you can help it.