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Page xxxiii
... virtue , judge it prudent to withdraw from the city . To this period I have always inclined to fix his journey to Egypt . Two years afterwards the world was happily relieved from the tyranny of Domitian ; and Nerva , who succeeded ...
... virtue , judge it prudent to withdraw from the city . To this period I have always inclined to fix his journey to Egypt . Two years afterwards the world was happily relieved from the tyranny of Domitian ; and Nerva , who succeeded ...
Page xlv
... virtue to resume the rights of which they had been deprived ; but , after a timid debate , delivered up the state to a pedantic dotard , incapable of governing himself . To the vices of his predecessors , Nero added a frivolity which ...
... virtue to resume the rights of which they had been deprived ; but , after a timid debate , delivered up the state to a pedantic dotard , incapable of governing himself . To the vices of his predecessors , Nero added a frivolity which ...
Page xlvi
... virtue . Virtue , however , abstractedly considered , has few obli- gations to his zeal . ⚫ I doubt whether he was ever a good royalist at heart ; he frequently , perhaps un- consciously , betrays a lurking dissatisfaction ; but having ...
... virtue . Virtue , however , abstractedly considered , has few obli- gations to his zeal . ⚫ I doubt whether he was ever a good royalist at heart ; he frequently , perhaps un- consciously , betrays a lurking dissatisfaction ; but having ...
Page xlviii
... virtue . In the interval between Horace and Persius , despotism had changed its nature : the chains which the policy of Augustus con- cealed in flowers , were now displayed in all their hideousness . The arts were neglected , literature ...
... virtue . In the interval between Horace and Persius , despotism had changed its nature : the chains which the policy of Augustus con- cealed in flowers , were now displayed in all their hideousness . The arts were neglected , literature ...
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... virtue he recommends , he practised in the fullest extent ; and at an age when few have acquired a determinate character , left behind him an established reputation for genius , learning , and worth . JUVENAL wrote at a period still ...
... virtue he recommends , he practised in the fullest extent ; and at an age when few have acquired a determinate character , left behind him an established reputation for genius , learning , and worth . JUVENAL wrote at a period still ...
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Page 478 - Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years ; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their pilgrimage.
Page 204 - There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks ; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body. O, these encounterers, so glib of tongue, That give a coasting welcome ere it comes.
Page 218 - 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 xlii - Atque alii quorum comoedia prisca virorum est, Si quis erat dignus describi quod malus ac fur, Quod moechus foret aut sicarius aut alioqui Famosus, multa cum libertate notabant. Hinc omnis pendet Lucilius, hosce secutus Mutatis tantum pedibus numerisque, facetus, Emunctae naris, durus componere versus.
Page lxii - The general character of this translation will be given, when it is said to preserve the wit, but to want the dignity, of the original.
Page xiii - ... with favours more substantial : little collections were now and then made, and I have received sixpence in an evening. To one who had long lived in the absolute want of money, such a resource seemed a Peruvian mine : I furnished myself by degrees with paper, &c. and what was of more importance, with books of geometry, and of the higher branches of algebra, which I cautiously concealed. Poetry, even at this time, was no amusement of mine : it was subservient to other purposes ; and I only had...
Page 218 - They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Page 105 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Page vii - Brixham, and thither I went when little more than thirteen. • My master, whose name was Full, though a gross and ignorant, was not an ill-natured man; at least, not to me ; and my mistress used me with unvarying kindness ; moved perhaps by my weakness and tender years. In return, I did what I could to requite her, and my good will was not overlooked.
Page 342 - Fond fool ! six feet shall serve for all thy store, And he that cares for most shall find no more.