The Works of Sir William Temple, Bart: An essay upon the advancement of trade in Ireland. Of popular discontents. An introduction to the history of England. Of gardening. An essay upon the cure of the gout by moxa. Of health and long life. Of heroic virtue. Of poetry. An essay upon ancient and modern learning. Thoughts upon reviewing that essay. Of the excesses of grief. Of the different conditions of life and fortune. Heads of an essay on conversation. PoetryF.C. and J. Rivington, 1814 |
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... fruit , which prospers among all our neighbours , will not grow here . Besides , there needs no more than to make such a registry only voluntary , to avoid all the difficul- ties that can be raised , and which are not too cap- tious ...
... fruit , which prospers among all our neighbours , will not grow here . Besides , there needs no more than to make such a registry only voluntary , to avoid all the difficul- ties that can be raised , and which are not too cap- tious ...
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... fruits of peace and quiet , but left much feli- city , as well as greatness , to many succeeding ge- nerations , both of Prince and people . Yet such is the instability of human affairs , and the weakness of their best conjectures ...
... fruits of peace and quiet , but left much feli- city , as well as greatness , to many succeeding ge- nerations , both of Prince and people . Yet such is the instability of human affairs , and the weakness of their best conjectures ...
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... fruits and advantages he had there- by gained ( which is often done ) for want of speed or vigour in the prosecution , wherein celerity is sometimes of more consequence than force . There- fore , after the pursuit of his broken enemies ...
... fruits and advantages he had there- by gained ( which is often done ) for want of speed or vigour in the prosecution , wherein celerity is sometimes of more consequence than force . There- fore , after the pursuit of his broken enemies ...
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... fruits of so many dangers and toils as his life had been engaged in , resolving to spend the remainder of it in England , as the nobler scene and greater dominion , and to cultivate with care an acquisition he had gained himself with ...
... fruits of so many dangers and toils as his life had been engaged in , resolving to spend the remainder of it in England , as the nobler scene and greater dominion , and to cultivate with care an acquisition he had gained himself with ...
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... fruits of a peace , to which they had both contributed by their equal temper and prudence , as well as by their equal preparations for a war . Soon after the King's return , Edgar repaired in- to England , where he was very favourably ...
... fruits of a peace , to which they had both contributed by their equal temper and prudence , as well as by their equal preparations for a war . Soon after the King's return , Edgar repaired in- to England , where he was very favourably ...
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Страница 482 - That among so many things as are by men possessed or pursued in the course of their lives, all the rest are baubles, besides old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to converse with, and old books to read.
Страница 414 - ... lana Tarentino violas imitata veneno. Ac ne forte putes me, quae facere ipse recusem, cum recte tractent alii, laudare maligne, ille per extentum funem mihi posse videtur 210 ire poeta, meum qui pectus inaniter angit, irritat, mulcet, falsis terroribus implet, ut magus, et, modo me Thebis, modo ponit Athenis.
Страница 514 - The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new ? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
Страница 420 - Sidney, whom I esteem both the greatest Poet and the Noblest Genius of any that have left Writings behind them, and published in ours or any other modern Language; a Person born capable not only of forming the greatest Ideas, but of leaving the noblest Examples, if the length of his Life had been equal to the excellence of his Wit and his Virtues.
Страница 269 - Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. Let him drink and forget his poverty and remember his misery no more.
Страница 439 - When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.
Страница 232 - ... fountains and waterworks. If the hill had not ended with the lower garden, and the wall were not bounded by a common way that goes through the park, they might have added a third quarter of all greens ; but this want is supplied by a garden on the other side of the house, which is all of that sort, very wild, shady, and adorned with rough rockwork and fountains.
Страница 432 - The academy set up by Cardinal Richelieu, to amuse the wits of that age and country, and divert them from raking into his politics and ministry, brought this into vogue ; and the French wits have, for this last age, been wholly turned to the refinement of their style and language ; and, indeed, with such success, that it can hardly be equalled, and runs equally through their verse and their prose.
Страница 519 - God before, as now your extreme affliction is ; and your loss may have been a punishment for your faults in the manner of enjoying what you had. It is at least pious to ascribe all the ill that befalls us to our own demerits, rather than to injustice in God.
Страница 239 - The measure of choosing well is whether a man likes what he has chosen, which, I thank God, has befallen me; and though among the follies of my life, building and planting have not been the least, and have cost me...