History of English Literature, Том 3Chatto & Windus, 1883 |
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... passing noy ; although modified , the taste was to endure . All for Love , 4. 1 . In Dryden's Miranda , says , in the Tempest ( 2. 2 ) : " And if I can escape with life , I had rather be in pain nine months , as my ther threatened ...
... passing noy ; although modified , the taste was to endure . All for Love , 4. 1 . In Dryden's Miranda , says , in the Tempest ( 2. 2 ) : " And if I can escape with life , I had rather be in pain nine months , as my ther threatened ...
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... passing in review the various virtues of his great man , always finding that the last is the finest ; 1 after which he receives by way of recom- pense a purse of gold . Dryden in taking the money , is not more a flunkey than others ...
... passing in review the various virtues of his great man , always finding that the last is the finest ; 1 after which he receives by way of recom- pense a purse of gold . Dryden in taking the money , is not more a flunkey than others ...
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... passes them all in review : 1 The Earl of Shaftesbury : " Of these the false Achitophel was first , A name to all succeeding ages curst : For close designs and crooked counsels fit , Sagacious , bold and turbulent of wit- Restless ...
... passes them all in review : 1 The Earl of Shaftesbury : " Of these the false Achitophel was first , A name to all succeeding ages curst : For close designs and crooked counsels fit , Sagacious , bold and turbulent of wit- Restless ...
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... passing through the Court of 1 See Walpole's terrible speech against him , 1734 . 3 2 See , for the truth of this statement , Memoirs of Horace Walpole , 2 vols . , ed . E. Warburton , 1851 , i . 381 , note.—TR. 3 Notes during a journey ...
... passing through the Court of 1 See Walpole's terrible speech against him , 1734 . 3 2 See , for the truth of this statement , Memoirs of Horace Walpole , 2 vols . , ed . E. Warburton , 1851 , i . 381 , note.—TR. 3 Notes during a journey ...
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... passes to coarse and enthusiastic hands . From the lustre of the drawing- room they make a brand and a torch . Such is the current on which the French mind floated for two centuries , caressed by the refinements of an exquisite ...
... passes to coarse and enthusiastic hands . From the lustre of the drawing- room they make a brand and a torch . Such is the current on which the French mind floated for two centuries , caressed by the refinements of an exquisite ...
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Стр. 321 - WE were now treading that illustrious Island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible.
Стр. 124 - Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by...
Стр. 174 - It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven, to inhabit among Men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-Tables and in CoffeeHouses.
Стр. 70 - Now strike the golden lyre again; A louder yet, and yet a louder strain. Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark, the horrid sound Has raised up his head; As awaked from the dead, And, amazed, he stares around. "Revenge, revenge!
Стр. 417 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Стр. 53 - Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to all succeeding ages curst : For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit, Restless, unfixed in principles and place, 7° In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace; A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay And o'er-informed the tenement of clay.
Стр. 357 - Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between ; in doubt to act, or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a God or beast...
Стр. 54 - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Стр. 69 - Flush'd with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes ! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain ; Bacchus...
Стр. 193 - I had ever heard. They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.