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... mind ; these then , with the Imitation of Thomas à Kempis , which I used to read to my mother on her death - bed , constituted the whole of my literary acquisitions . As I hated my new profession with a perfect hatred , I made no ...
... mind ; these then , with the Imitation of Thomas à Kempis , which I used to read to my mother on her death - bed , constituted the whole of my literary acquisitions . As I hated my new profession with a perfect hatred , I made no ...
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... mind , I had recourse to other pursuits . I en- deavoured to become more intimately acquainted with the Classics , and to acquire some of the modern languages : by permission too , or rather recommendation , of the Rector and Fellows ...
... mind , I had recourse to other pursuits . I en- deavoured to become more intimately acquainted with the Classics , and to acquire some of the modern languages : by permission too , or rather recommendation , of the Rector and Fellows ...
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... mind . At parting , he informed me that he charged himself with my present support , and future establishment ; and that till this last could be effected to my wish , I should come and reside with him . These were not words of course ...
... mind . At parting , he informed me that he charged himself with my present support , and future establishment ; and that till this last could be effected to my wish , I should come and reside with him . These were not words of course ...
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... minds so very dissimilar . Some one , it seems , had accused the epigrammatist to our author , not improbably , of making too free with his thoughts and expressions . He was seriously offended ; and Martial , instead of justifying ...
... minds so very dissimilar . Some one , it seems , had accused the epigrammatist to our author , not improbably , of making too free with his thoughts and expressions . He was seriously offended ; and Martial , instead of justifying ...
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... mind , too , that Juvenal is a satirist , and a poet : in the latter capacity , the minute accuracy of an annalist cannot be expected at his hands ; and in the former - as his object was to shew the general discouragement of literature ...
... mind , too , that Juvenal is a satirist , and a poet : in the latter capacity , the minute accuracy of an annalist cannot be expected at his hands ; and in the former - as his object was to shew the general discouragement of literature ...
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Страница 478 - Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years ; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their pilgrimage.
Страница 204 - There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks ; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body. O, these encounterers, so glib of tongue, That give a coasting welcome ere it comes.
Страница 218 - He burneth part thereof in the fire, with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast and is satisfied; yea, he warmeth himself and saith, "Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire." And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image; he falleth down unto it and worshippeth it and prayeth unto it and saith, "Deliver me; for thou art my God.
Страница xlii - Atque alii quorum comoedia prisca virorum est, Si quis erat dignus describi quod malus ac fur, Quod moechus foret aut sicarius aut alioqui Famosus, multa cum libertate notabant. Hinc omnis pendet Lucilius, hosce secutus Mutatis tantum pedibus numerisque, facetus, Emunctae naris, durus componere versus.
Страница lxii - The general character of this translation will be given, when it is said to preserve the wit, but to want the dignity, of the original.
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 218 - They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Страница 105 - 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 vii - Brixham, and thither I went when little more than thirteen. • My master, whose name was Full, though a gross and ignorant, was not an ill-natured man; at least, not to me ; and my mistress used me with unvarying kindness ; moved perhaps by my weakness and tender years. In return, I did what I could to requite her, and my good will was not overlooked.
Страница 342 - Fond fool ! six feet shall serve for all thy store, And he that cares for most shall find no more.