The Satires of Decimus Junius JuvenalisW. Bulmer, 1806 - 473 страници |
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... common property of all the inha- bitants , it raised a murmur which my godfather found himself either unable or unwilling to en- counter : he therefore determined to recall me ; which he could easily do , as I wanted some months of ...
... common property of all the inha- bitants , it raised a murmur which my godfather found himself either unable or unwilling to en- counter : he therefore determined to recall me ; which he could easily do , as I wanted some months of ...
Страница x
... common use , and then to get by heart the sy- nonym , or periphrasis by which it was explained • My indenture , which now lies before me , is dated the 1st of January , 1772 . in the book ; this he constantly substituted for the X ...
... common use , and then to get by heart the sy- nonym , or periphrasis by which it was explained • My indenture , which now lies before me , is dated the 1st of January , 1772 . in the book ; this he constantly substituted for the X ...
Страница xi
... common drudge : this did not much disquiet me , for my spirits were now humbled . I did not however quite resign the hope of one day succeeding to Mr. Hugh Smerdon , and therefore secretly prosecuted my favourite study , at every ...
... common drudge : this did not much disquiet me , for my spirits were now humbled . I did not however quite resign the hope of one day succeeding to Mr. Hugh Smerdon , and therefore secretly prosecuted my favourite study , at every ...
Страница xv
... common lot , yet flattering my ambition with day - dreams which , perhaps , would never have been realized , I was found in the twentieth year of my age by Mr. William Cookesley , a name never to be pronounced by me without veneration ...
... common lot , yet flattering my ambition with day - dreams which , perhaps , would never have been realized , I was found in the twentieth year of my age by Mr. William Cookesley , a name never to be pronounced by me without veneration ...
Страница xxxvii
... common with his predecessors from the time of Germ . Cæsar ; and the former , in consequence of his pretended success in the Dacian war , for which he is bitterly sneered at by Pliny , as well as Dio . It is given to him , amongst ...
... common with his predecessors from the time of Germ . Cæsar ; and the former , in consequence of his pretended success in the Dacian war , for which he is bitterly sneered at by Pliny , as well as Dio . It is given to him , amongst ...
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Страница 455 - How many are the days of the years of thy life? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil have been the days of the years of my life...
Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница vii - a shipboy on the high and giddy mast,' but also in the cabin, where every menial office fell to my lot ; yet, if I was restless and discontented, I can safely say it was not so much on account of this, as of my being precluded from all possibility of reading; as my master did not possess, nor do I recollect seeing during the whole time of my abode with him. a single book of any description except the
Страница 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...
Страница 59 - Eye hath not seen, nor Ear heard, neither hath it entered into the Heart of Man, to conceive the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Страница xii - I recollect the occasion of my first attempt : it is, like all the rest of my non-adventures, of so unimportant a nature, that I should blush to call the attention of the idlest reader to it, but for the reason alleged in the introductory paragraph. A person, whose name escapes me, had undertaken to paint a sign for an ale-house : it was to have been a lion, but the unfortunate artist produced a dog. On this awkward affair, one of my acquaintance wrote a copy of what we called...
Страница vi - On seeing me, this great man observed, with a look of pity and contempt, that I was " too small,' and sent me away sufficiently mortified. I expected to be very ill received by my godfather, but he said nothing.
Страница 101 - 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.
Страница 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 Inew nothing of the matter.