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... seems , no legal property in it . But if I had , would you advise me to go to law for a property unattended by any profit ? A certain philosopher , when his gouty shoes were stolen , only wished that they might fit the thief as well as ...
... seems , no legal property in it . But if I had , would you advise me to go to law for a property unattended by any profit ? A certain philosopher , when his gouty shoes were stolen , only wished that they might fit the thief as well as ...
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... seems to be an affectation of ease and carelessness , as if it were not suitable to his character to be very serious about the matter . " - JOHNSON , SAMUEL , 1778 , Life by Boswell , ed . Hill , vol . III . , p . 327 . A work of very ...
... seems to be an affectation of ease and carelessness , as if it were not suitable to his character to be very serious about the matter . " - JOHNSON , SAMUEL , 1778 , Life by Boswell , ed . Hill , vol . III . , p . 327 . A work of very ...
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... seem to have been neither so frequent or prolonged as they are com- monly represented . Samuel Rogers spent most of a ... seems to have had more to do with the business of the College , petty or important , than any other professor , and ...
... seem to have been neither so frequent or prolonged as they are com- monly represented . Samuel Rogers spent most of a ... seems to have had more to do with the business of the College , petty or important , than any other professor , and ...
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... seems itself to live and harmonize with those noble sen- timents which it adorns . It is chiefly in its minor analyses , however , that I con- ceive the excellence of this admirable work to consist . Its leading doctrine I am far from ...
... seems itself to live and harmonize with those noble sen- timents which it adorns . It is chiefly in its minor analyses , however , that I con- ceive the excellence of this admirable work to consist . Its leading doctrine I am far from ...
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... seems more unentertaining than the former . . . . I have very near finished Warton , but , antiquary as I am , it was a tough achieve- ment . He has dipped into an incredible ocean of dry and obsolete authors of the dark ages , and has ...
... seems more unentertaining than the former . . . . I have very near finished Warton , but , antiquary as I am , it was a tough achieve- ment . He has dipped into an incredible ocean of dry and obsolete authors of the dark ages , and has ...
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Seite 197 - He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
Seite 9 - Poetry is not like reasoning, a power to be exerted according to the determination of the will. A man cannot say, "I will compose poetry." The greatest poet even cannot say it; for the mind in creation is as a fading coal, which some invisible influence, like an inconstant wind, awakens to transitory brightness...
Seite 182 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berccau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Seite 82 - The Body Of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn out, And stript of its lettering and gilding,) Lies here, food for worms. But the work shall not be lost, For it will, as he believed, appear once more, In a new and more elegant edition, Revised and corrected By THE AUTHOR.
Seite 290 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ; Who, born for the Universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Seite 8 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense...
Seite 465 - He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the Public Credit, and it sprang upon its feet...
Seite 9 - We are aware of evanescent visitations of thought and feeling, sometimes associated with place or person, sometimes regarding our own mind alone, and always arising unforeseen and departing unbidden, but elevating and delightful beyond all expression...
Seite 375 - And now, what time ye all may read through dimming tears his story, How discord on the music fell, and darkness on the glory, And how when, one by one, sweet sounds and wandering lights departed, He wore no less a loving face because so broken-hearted...
Seite 194 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.