1730-1784Charles Wells Moulton H. Malkan, 1910 - American literature |
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... story : When he was with me at Sturston he often fished ; this gave him an opportunity of sitting still , and being silent ; but he left it off because the fish bit . He could not bear the fatigue of pulling up the rod and baiting the ...
... story : When he was with me at Sturston he often fished ; this gave him an opportunity of sitting still , and being silent ; but he left it off because the fish bit . He could not bear the fatigue of pulling up the rod and baiting the ...
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... story been so misunderstood as this apparition of Mrs. Veal . The idle tradition that it was writ- ten to promote the sale of Drelincourt's work on " The Fear of Death , " has been conclusively disposed of by Mr. Lee , who proves that ...
... story been so misunderstood as this apparition of Mrs. Veal . The idle tradition that it was writ- ten to promote the sale of Drelincourt's work on " The Fear of Death , " has been conclusively disposed of by Mr. Lee , who proves that ...
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... story of any private man's adventures in the world were worth mak- ing public , and were acceptable when pub- lished , the Editor on this account thinks this will be so . The wonders of this man's life exceed all that ( he thinks ) is ...
... story of any private man's adventures in the world were worth mak- ing public , and were acceptable when pub- lished , the Editor on this account thinks this will be so . The wonders of this man's life exceed all that ( he thinks ) is ...
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... story we possess but De Foe himself . Had De Foe not written " Robinson Crusoe , " the name and story of Selkirk had been passed over like others of the same sort ; yet Selkirk has the merit of having detailed his own history , in a man ...
... story we possess but De Foe himself . Had De Foe not written " Robinson Crusoe , " the name and story of Selkirk had been passed over like others of the same sort ; yet Selkirk has the merit of having detailed his own history , in a man ...
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... story may be believed , and with how little merit a book may be popular . Of the romance of Defoe , he entertains the highest opinion . He perceives the hand of a master in ten thousand touches , which formerly he passed by without ...
... story may be believed , and with how little merit a book may be popular . Of the romance of Defoe , he entertains the highest opinion . He perceives the hand of a master in ten thousand touches , which formerly he passed by without ...
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Page 127 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks, Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad...
Page 547 - I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper.
Page 8 - God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.
Page 328 - After we came out of the church, we stood talking for some time together of bishop Berkeley's ingenious sophistry to prove the non-existence of matter, and that every thing in the universe is merely ideal. I observed, that though we are satisfied his doctrine is not true, it is impossible to refute it. I never shall forget the alacrity with which Johnson answered, striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it —
Page 127 - A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust; Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.
Page 5 - Sir, he hath never fed of the dainties that are bred in a book ; he hath not eat paper, as it were ; he hath not drunk ink : his intellect is not replenished ; he is only an animal, only sensible in the duller parts...
Page 53 - Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end. These are thy honours ! not that here thy bust Is mix'd with heroes, or with...
Page 200 - He reads much ; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men ; he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony ; he hears no music ; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing.
Page 164 - Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a Papist), who had begun a translation of Homer into English verse, for which he must have them all subscribe. "For," says he, "the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.
Page 217 - He from the taste obscene reclaims our youth, And sets the passions on the side of Truth, Forms the soft bosom with the gentlest Art, And pours each human virtue in the heart.