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... admirable . Had a man come from such a country as Brobdingnag , he would have blundered so . But the best stroke of humour , if there be a best 15 in that abounding book , is that where Gulliver , in the unpronounceable country ...
... admirable . Had a man come from such a country as Brobdingnag , he would have blundered so . But the best stroke of humour , if there be a best 15 in that abounding book , is that where Gulliver , in the unpronounceable country ...
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... neglect of himself . " - STEELE [ of himself ] : The Theatre . No. 12 , Feb. 1719-20 . ↑ The Funeral supplies an admirable stroke of humour , -one which partnership to remember ? Can't one fancy Steele full of 116 ENGLISH HUMOURISTS.
... neglect of himself . " - STEELE [ of himself ] : The Theatre . No. 12 , Feb. 1719-20 . ↑ The Funeral supplies an admirable stroke of humour , -one which partnership to remember ? Can't one fancy Steele full of 116 ENGLISH HUMOURISTS.
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... admirable 66 prologue , and heading the victorious procession as Io it were . Not content with this act of homage and admiration , he wanted to distinguish himself by assaulting Addison's enemies , and attacked John Dennis with a prose ...
... admirable 66 prologue , and heading the victorious procession as Io it were . Not content with this act of homage and admiration , he wanted to distinguish himself by assaulting Addison's enemies , and attacked John Dennis with a prose ...
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... admirable career , I am forced into similitudes drawn from other cour- 30 * " Mr . Langton informed me that he once related to Johnson ( on the authority of Spence ) , that Pope himself admired these lines so much that when he repeated ...
... admirable career , I am forced into similitudes drawn from other cour- 30 * " Mr . Langton informed me that he once related to Johnson ( on the authority of Spence ) , that Pope himself admired these lines so much that when he repeated ...
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... admirable works must be invaluable , as they give us the most com- plete and truthful picture of the manners , and even 10 the thoughts , of the past century . We look , and see pass before us the England of a hundred years ago the peer ...
... admirable works must be invaluable , as they give us the most com- plete and truthful picture of the manners , and even 10 the thoughts , of the past century . We look , and see pass before us the England of a hundred years ago the peer ...
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Página 186 - And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers load, On wings of winds came flying all abroad?
Página 287 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs — and God has given my share — I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
Página 287 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learned skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt and all I saw...
Página 274 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.
Página 186 - Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Página 274 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, ' • But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Página 287 - How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly...
Página 166 - He began on it ; and when first he mentioned it to Swift, the doctor did not much like the project. As he carried it on, he showed what he wrote to both of us, and we now and then gave a correction, or a word or two of advice ; but it was wholly of his own writing. — When it was done, neither of us thought it would succeed. We showed it to Congreve ; who, after reading it over, said, it would either take greatly, or be damned confoundedly.
Página 136 - When I look upon the Tombs of the Great, every Emotion of Envy dies in me; when I read the Epitaphs of the Beautiful, every inordinate Desire goes out...
Página 86 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it.