Letters Concerning the English NationL. Davis and C. Reymers; R. Baldwin, and S. Crowder and Company, 1760 - 255 страници |
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... ; this is the only refem- blance . Befides , the two nations appear to me quite oppofite in character , with re- gard both to good and evil . The Romans never knew the dreadful folly of religious Wars , an never 42 LETTERS concerning.
... ; this is the only refem- blance . Befides , the two nations appear to me quite oppofite in character , with re- gard both to good and evil . The Romans never knew the dreadful folly of religious Wars , an never 42 LETTERS concerning.
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... character . He had by his mistress a daughter called Fron- cine , who died young , and was very much regretted by him . Thus he experienc'd every paffion incident to mankind . He was a long time of opinion , that it would be neceffary ...
... character . He had by his mistress a daughter called Fron- cine , who died young , and was very much regretted by him . Thus he experienc'd every paffion incident to mankind . He was a long time of opinion , that it would be neceffary ...
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... character would have been confpicuous in every part ; but his great fault is his having endeavour'd to be uni- verfal THE paffage in question is as follows : When I confider Life , ' tis all a Cheat , Yet fool'd by Hope , Men favour the ...
... character would have been confpicuous in every part ; but his great fault is his having endeavour'd to be uni- verfal THE paffage in question is as follows : When I confider Life , ' tis all a Cheat , Yet fool'd by Hope , Men favour the ...
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... character of Cato is , in my opinion , vaftly fuperior to that of Cornelia in the POMPEY of Corneille : For Cato is great without any thing like fuftian , and Cornelia , who befides is not a neceffary character , tends fometimes to ...
... character of Cato is , in my opinion , vaftly fuperior to that of Cornelia in the POMPEY of Corneille : For Cato is great without any thing like fuftian , and Cornelia , who befides is not a neceffary character , tends fometimes to ...
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... character fo as to adapt it to the manners of the age ; and from an endeavour to pleafe quite ruin'd a mafter - piece in its kind . Since his time , the drama is become more regular , the au- dience more difficult to be pleas'd , and ...
... character fo as to adapt it to the manners of the age ; and from an endeavour to pleafe quite ruin'd a mafter - piece in its kind . Since his time , the drama is become more regular , the au- dience more difficult to be pleas'd , and ...
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Страница 171 - And screen'd in shades from day's detested glare, She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her, side, and Megrim at her head.
Страница 139 - Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Страница 149 - He spoke of his works as of trifles that were beneath him ; and hinted to me, in our first conversation, that I should visit him upon no other foot than that of a gentleman, who led a life of plainness and simplicity.
Страница 170 - For, that sad moment, when the sylphs withdrew, And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew, Umbriel, a dusky, melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, Repair'd to search the gloomy cave of Spleen.
Страница 18 - ... is both to God and man : If after all these warnings and advertisements, thou dost not turn unto the Lord with all thy heart, but forget him, who remembered thee in thy distress, and give up thyself to follow lust and vanity; surely great will be thy condemnation.
Страница 136 - No Traveller returns) puzzles the Will ; And makes us rather bear thofe Ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of. Thus...
Страница 148 - He was infirm and come to the verge of life when I knew him. Mr. Congreve had one defect, which was his entertaining too mean an idea of his first profession (that of a writer), though it was to this he owed his fame and fortune.
Страница 18 - Against which snare as well as the temptation of those that may or do feed thee, and prompt thee to evil, the most excellent and prevalent remedy will be, to apply thyself to that Light of Christ, which shineth in thy...
Страница 135 - To be, or not to be : that is the queftion— — — Whether 'tis nobler in the mind, to fuffer The flings and arrows of outragious fortune j Or to take arms againft a fea of troubles, * And by oppofing end them.
Страница 171 - She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her side, and Megrim at her head. Two handmaids wait the throne: alike in place, But differing far in figure and in face.