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... poor when they abound with wealth , as obscure when they are of high rank , as weak when they have great influence , as ignorant and incapable of speaking when they are possessed of great eloquence . It is an ostentatious kind of vanity ...
... poor when they abound with wealth , as obscure when they are of high rank , as weak when they have great influence , as ignorant and incapable of speaking when they are possessed of great eloquence . It is an ostentatious kind of vanity ...
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... poor sermon he never let it out ; for as likely as not half his congre- gation might call it very good . Dr. Johnson advised Boswell , " Never speak ill of yourself , because , besides being exaggerated in repe- tition , it will ...
... poor sermon he never let it out ; for as likely as not half his congre- gation might call it very good . Dr. Johnson advised Boswell , " Never speak ill of yourself , because , besides being exaggerated in repe- tition , it will ...
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... poor poet but charming chronicler travelled much , and seems to have been as adroit as any interviewer employed by an American newspaper to make those he met tell him all they knew , and all for the benefit of the public . He was fully ...
... poor poet but charming chronicler travelled much , and seems to have been as adroit as any interviewer employed by an American newspaper to make those he met tell him all they knew , and all for the benefit of the public . He was fully ...
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... poor and humble as she was , came all radiant to embrace me through my window . She was delighted with my abode , and full of inspiration . " Again he says , " May I be permitted to mention myself as an instance ? " And in the next ...
... poor and humble as she was , came all radiant to embrace me through my window . She was delighted with my abode , and full of inspiration . " Again he says , " May I be permitted to mention myself as an instance ? " And in the next ...
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- other wealth than my own person , I am neverthe- less not poor . I am even richer than a man who has a thousand golden marks . I was born at Corbiac , where I have relatives and friends . My income is . moderate , but my courtesy and ...
- other wealth than my own person , I am neverthe- less not poor . I am even richer than a man who has a thousand golden marks . I was born at Corbiac , where I have relatives and friends . My income is . moderate , but my courtesy and ...
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Page xvi - Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana, he is almost lost that built it. Time hath spared the epitaph of Adrian's horse, confounded that of himself. In vain we compute our felicities by the advantage of our good names, since bad have equal durations, and Thersites is like to live as long as Agamemnon.
Page 93 - To hoarse or mute, though fallen on evil days, On evil days though fallen, and evil tongues. In darkness, and with dangers compassed round, And solitude ; yet not alone, while thou Visit'st my slumbers nightly, or when Morn Purples the East.
Page 119 - But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Page 100 - But why then publish? Granville the polite, And knowing Walsh, would tell me I could write; Well-natured Garth inflamed with early praise; And Congreve loved, and Swift endured my lays; The courtly Talbot, Somers, Sheffield read; Ev'n mitred Rochester would nod the head, And St. John's self (great Dryden's friends before) With open arms received one poet more.
Page 44 - There is Lowell, who's striving Parnassus to climb With a whole bale of isms tied together with rhyme, He might get on alone, spite of brambles and boulders, But he can't with that bundle he has on his shoulders, The top of the hill he will ne'er come nigh reaching Till he learns the distinction 'twixt singing and preaching...
Page 157 - JENNY kissed me when we met, Jumping from the chair she sat in; Time, you thief, who love to get Sweets into your list, put that in! Say I'm weary, say I'm sad, Say that health and wealth have missed me, Say I'm growing old, but add, Jenny kissed me.
Page 163 - What manner I mean, will be quite clear to the reader, who must soon perceive great inexperience, immaturity, and every error denoting a feverish attempt, rather than a deed accomplished. The two first books, and indeed the two last, I feel sensible are not of such completion as to warrant their passing the press...
Page 2 - But of those who seemed to be somewhat, whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person: for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me...
Page 80 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honors thick upon him ; The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost ; And — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 34 - ... Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings — yet the dead are there ; And millions in those solitudes...