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... conversation or behaviour : or if he swerves from right reason , however common his kind of madness may be , we shall not excuse him for its being epidemical ; it being our present design to clap up all such as have the marks of madness ...
... conversation or behaviour : or if he swerves from right reason , however common his kind of madness may be , we shall not excuse him for its being epidemical ; it being our present design to clap up all such as have the marks of madness ...
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... conversations of the youth of this age . ' He then quoted an ingenious person , who would undertake to know by a man's writings the wine he most delighted in ; and on that occasion named a certain satirist , whom he had discovered to be ...
... conversations of the youth of this age . ' He then quoted an ingenious person , who would undertake to know by a man's writings the wine he most delighted in ; and on that occasion named a certain satirist , whom he had discovered to be ...
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... conversation , in proportion as it has lessen- ed my appetites of hunger and thirst . Sheer Lane , February 10 . AFTER having applied my mind with more than or- dinary attention to my studies , it is my usual custom to relax and unbend ...
... conversation , in proportion as it has lessen- ed my appetites of hunger and thirst . Sheer Lane , February 10 . AFTER having applied my mind with more than or- dinary attention to my studies , it is my usual custom to relax and unbend ...
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... conversation a - going , I took the best occasion I could to put him upon tell- ing us the story of old Gantlett , which he always does with very particular concern . He traced up his de- scent on both sides for several generations ...
... conversation a - going , I took the best occasion I could to put him upon tell- ing us the story of old Gantlett , which he always does with very particular concern . He traced up his de- scent on both sides for several generations ...
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... conversation , which we spun out until about ten of the clock , when my maid came with a lantern to light me home . I could not but reflect with my- self , as I was going out , upon the talkative humour of old men , and the little ...
... conversation , which we spun out until about ten of the clock , when my maid came with a lantern to light me home . I could not but reflect with my- self , as I was going out , upon the talkative humour of old men , and the little ...
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Page 17 - Come on, sir; here's the place: — stand still. — How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 124 - And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, With Ate by his side come hot from hell, Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war; That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men, groaning for burial.
Page 123 - O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment.
Page 186 - Before the angel, and of him to ask Chose rather : he, she knew, would intermix Grateful digressions, and solve high dispute With conjugal caresses : from his lip Not words alone pleas'd her.
Page 387 - Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell ! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O, you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Page 352 - ... before I was sensible of what it was to grieve, seized my very soul, and has made pity the weakness of my heart ever since. The mind in infancy is, methinks, like the body in embryo; and receives impressions so forcible, that they are as hard to be removed by reason, as any mark with which a child is born is to be taken away by any future application.
Page 218 - are Prince Menzikoff, and the Duchess of Mirandola." He backed his assertions with so many broken hints, and such a show of depth and wisdom, that we gave ourselves up to his opinions.
Page 171 - READING is to the mind what exercise is to the body. As by the one health is preserved, strengthened, and invigorated ; by the other virtue, which is the health of the mind, is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.
Page 261 - Dear Mr. Bickerstaff," says he, shaking me by the hand, " every body knows you to be a judge of these things : and to tell you truly, I read over Roscommon's translation of ' Horace's Art of Poetry* three several times, before I sat down to write the sonnet which I have shown you. But you shall hear it again, and pray observe every line of it; for not one of them shall pass without your approbation. When dress'd in laurel wreaths you shine, " That is," says he, " when you have your garland on ; when...
Page 260 - Softly has got all the bad ones without book ; which he repeats upon occasion, to show his reading, and garnish his conversation. Ned is indeed a true English reader, incapable of relishing the great and masterly strokes of this art ; but wonderfully pleased with the little Gothic ornaments of epigrammatical conceits, turns, points, and quibbles, which are so frequent in the most admired of our English poets...