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... ideas of support at this time were of no very extravagant nature . I had , besides , ano- ther object in view . Mr. Hugh Smerdon ( my first master ) was now grown old and infirm ; it seemed unlikely that he should hold out above three ...
... ideas of support at this time were of no very extravagant nature . I had , besides , ano- ther object in view . Mr. Hugh Smerdon ( my first master ) was now grown old and infirm ; it seemed unlikely that he should hold out above three ...
Page xix
... idea of going through the whole , and publishing it by subscription , as a scheme for increasing my means of subsistence . To this I rea- dily acceded , and finished the thirteenth , eleventh , and fifteenth Satires : the remainder were ...
... idea of going through the whole , and publishing it by subscription , as a scheme for increasing my means of subsistence . To this I rea- dily acceded , and finished the thirteenth , eleventh , and fifteenth Satires : the remainder were ...
Page xx
... me at every repetition of his name . + Many of these papers were d stributed ; the terms , which I extract from one of them , were these : The work shall be 66 to obviate any idea of selection , a sheet was XX INTRODUCTION .
... me at every repetition of his name . + Many of these papers were d stributed ; the terms , which I extract from one of them , were these : The work shall be 66 to obviate any idea of selection , a sheet was XX INTRODUCTION .
Page xxi
... idea , which was perpetually recur- ring to me , brought such bitter anguish with it , that I shut up the work with feelings bordering on distraction . To relieve my mind , I had recourse to other pursuits . I endeavoured to become more ...
... idea , which was perpetually recur- ring to me , brought such bitter anguish with it , that I shut up the work with feelings bordering on distraction . To relieve my mind , I had recourse to other pursuits . I endeavoured to become more ...
Page xxv
... idea that there were people of the description I have already mentioned , who had just and forcible claims on me for the due performance of my en- gagement , forbad the thought ; and I slowly pro ceeded towards the completion of a work ...
... idea that there were people of the description I have already mentioned , who had just and forcible claims on me for the due performance of my en- gagement , forbad the thought ; and I slowly pro ceeded towards the completion of a work ...
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Page 326 - When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound; But now two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough.
Page 394 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am the LORD.
Page 423 - If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry...
Page 20 - As this is the first passage, in which the names of patron and client occur, it may not be amiss to say a few words on the relative situation of two classes of men, which comprehended nearly all the citizens of Rome.
Page 230 - Till grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid some bards with port, and some with praise ; To some a dry rehearsal was assign'd, And others (harder still) he paid in kind.
Page 229 - I, that spend half my nights and all my days Here, in a cell, to get a dark, pale face, To come forth worth the ivy or the bays, And in this age can hope no other grace Leave me ! There's something come into my thought That must and shall be sung, high and aloof, Safe from the wolfs black jaw, and the dull ass's hoof.
Page 18 - tis so concluded on. Ham. There's letters seal'd: and my two schoolfellows, — Whom I will trust, as I will adders fang'd, — They bear the mandate; they must sweep my way, And marshal me to knavery: Let it work; For 'tis the sport, to have the engineer Hoist with his own petar...
Page xii - Algebra, given to me by a young woman, who had found it in a lodginghouse. I considered it as a treasure; but it was a treasure locked up; for it supposed the reader to be well acquainted with simple equation, and I knew nothing of the matter.
Page 207 - He burneth part thereof in the fire, with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast and is satisfied; yea, he warmeth himself and saith, "Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire." And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image; he falleth down unto it and worshippeth it and prayeth unto it and saith, "Deliver me; for thou art my God.
Page xi - As I hated my new profession with a perfect hatred, I made no progress in it ; and was consequently little regarded in the family, of which I sunk by degrees into the common drudge : this did not much disquiet me, for my spirits were now humbled.