The Sexagenarian: Or, The Recollections of a Literary Life ...F. C. and J. Rivington, 1817 |
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... tion talents , talents he used to say not so much cultivated in this country as they ought , since they never fail to produce a powerful impression , and often outweigh more substantial and important en- dowments . Every man , he would ...
... tion talents , talents he used to say not so much cultivated in this country as they ought , since they never fail to produce a powerful impression , and often outweigh more substantial and important en- dowments . Every man , he would ...
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... tion of which will at least amuse myself . I hoarded my scanty allowance to subscribe to a circulating library , which I had heard was to be found at some four miles distance . It was occa- sionally expedient to send hither , to supply ...
... tion of which will at least amuse myself . I hoarded my scanty allowance to subscribe to a circulating library , which I had heard was to be found at some four miles distance . It was occa- sionally expedient to send hither , to supply ...
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... tion . I cannot say more , for perhaps the period of my life , which I look back upon with the smallest degree of satisfaction , is the time consumed in this seminary . Perhaps I should qualify the term , con- sumed . I became a good ...
... tion . I cannot say more , for perhaps the period of my life , which I look back upon with the smallest degree of satisfaction , is the time consumed in this seminary . Perhaps I should qualify the term , con- sumed . I became a good ...
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... tion , than it was by him . He possessed also ex- traordinary powers of eloquence ; his easy flow of words could only be equalled by his nervous , ap- propriate , and happy disposition of them . He was proud of this talent , and ...
... tion , than it was by him . He possessed also ex- traordinary powers of eloquence ; his easy flow of words could only be equalled by his nervous , ap- propriate , and happy disposition of them . He was proud of this talent , and ...
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... tion ; but he permitted himself to be hen - pecked by a crabbed old landlady , with whom he boarded , and made himself ridiculous , by the obsequiousness with which he submitted to her caprices . I intro- duced them in an Amoebæan ...
... tion ; but he permitted himself to be hen - pecked by a crabbed old landlady , with whom he boarded , and made himself ridiculous , by the obsequiousness with which he submitted to her caprices . I intro- duced them in an Amoebæan ...
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Страница 4 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath, and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; 'The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay. Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Страница 224 - ... of my time and family; 2. his gross addiction to that lowest and least excusable of all sensualities, immoderate drinking; and 3. the uninteresting insipidity of his society, as it is impossible to engage his mind on any topic of mutual inquiry, to procure his opinion on any author, or on any passage of an author, or to elicit any conversation of any kind to compensate for the time and attendance of his company.
Страница 334 - No anger find in thee, but pity and ruth. Thy care is fixed, and zealously attends To fill thy odorous lamp with deeds of light, And hope that reaps not shame.
Страница 366 - With too much spirit to be e'er at ease; With too much quickness ever to be taught; With too much thinking to have common thought: You purchase pain with all that joy can give, And die of nothing but a rage to live.
Страница 302 - Wara billi billi (a very large lion), said he, and made signs for me to ride away. But my horse was too much fatigued ; so we rode slowly past the bush from which the animal had given us the alarm. Not seeing anything myself, however, I thought my guide had been mistaken, when the Foulah suddenly put his hand to his mouth, exclaiming...
Страница 179 - Bestrew'd the boy like him to waste, And wither in their prime. But will he ne'er return, whose tongue Could tune the rural lay ? Ah, no ! his bell of peace is rung, His lips are cold as clay.
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Страница 302 - Shortly after this, as we were crossing a large open plain, where there were a few scattered bushes, my guide, who was a little way before me, wheeled his horse round in a moment, calling out something in the Foulah language which I did not understand. I inquired in Mandingo what he meant; "Wara billi billi\" ("A very large lion!") said he, and made signs for me to ride away.
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