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... actions , concealed the most accom- plished jilt of her time . Her negligence had to me a charm in it like that of chastity , and want of desires seemed as great a merit as the conquest of them . The air she gave herself was that of a ...
... actions , concealed the most accom- plished jilt of her time . Her negligence had to me a charm in it like that of chastity , and want of desires seemed as great a merit as the conquest of them . The air she gave herself was that of a ...
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... actions of great men by honest and wise historians . It is a frivolous pleasure to be the ad- miration of gaping crowds ; but to have the approba- tion of a good man in the cool reflections of his clo- set , is a gratification worthy an ...
... actions of great men by honest and wise historians . It is a frivolous pleasure to be the ad- miration of gaping crowds ; but to have the approba- tion of a good man in the cool reflections of his clo- set , is a gratification worthy an ...
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... actions and gentleman - like inclinations ) is the companion of drunken clowns , and knows no sense of praise but in the flattery he receives from his own servants , his pleasures are mean and inordinate , his language base and filthy ...
... actions and gentleman - like inclinations ) is the companion of drunken clowns , and knows no sense of praise but in the flattery he receives from his own servants , his pleasures are mean and inordinate , his language base and filthy ...
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... lation he has to another . A man's very honor re- ceives a new value to him , when he thinks that when lie is in his grave , it will be had in remembrance that such an action was done by such a one's father 28 No. 192 . THE SPECTATOR .
... lation he has to another . A man's very honor re- ceives a new value to him , when he thinks that when lie is in his grave , it will be had in remembrance that such an action was done by such a one's father 28 No. 192 . THE SPECTATOR .
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Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele. such an action was done by such a one's father . Such considerations sweeten the old man's evening , and his soliloquy delights him when he can say to him- self , No man can tell my child , his father ...
Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele. such an action was done by such a one's father . Such considerations sweeten the old man's evening , and his soliloquy delights him when he can say to him- self , No man can tell my child , his father ...
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Page 304 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 287 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe...
Page 164 - A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon: Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 275 - It has been said in the praise of some men, that they could talk whole hours together upon any thing ; but it must be owned to the honour of the other sex, that there are many among them who can talk whole hours together upon nothing.
Page 295 - I am always pleased with that particular time of the year which is proper for the pickling of dill and cucumbers; but, alas! this cry, like the song of the nightingale, is not heard above two months. It would therefore be worth while to consider, whether the same air might not in some cases be adapted to other words.
Page 133 - Education, after the same manner, when it works upon a noble mind, draws out to view every latent virtue and perfection, which, without such helps, are never able to make their appearance.
Page 287 - And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And, if I give thee honor due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew To live with her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
Page 304 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Page 231 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate— Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute — And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Page 286 - Dame, as Waller has translated it, and is represented by Horace as the goddess who delights in laughter. Milton, in a joyous assembly of imaginary persons, has given us a very poetical figure of laughter. His whole band of mirth is so finely described, that I shall set down the passage at length.