LettersJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... seem'd encompass'd with too many words ; and fome new express'd , or add- ed , where I thought there wanted heightning , ( as you'll fee particularly in the Simile of the clock - weights ) and the versification through- b This is ...
... seem'd encompass'd with too many words ; and fome new express'd , or add- ed , where I thought there wanted heightning , ( as you'll fee particularly in the Simile of the clock - weights ) and the versification through- b This is ...
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... seem'd not more unlike him- felf , in the severity of one part of his life and the clemency of the other , than you . I leave you to reflect on this , and hope that time ( which mollifies rocks , and of stiff things makes limber ) will ...
... seem'd not more unlike him- felf , in the severity of one part of his life and the clemency of the other , than you . I leave you to reflect on this , and hope that time ( which mollifies rocks , and of stiff things makes limber ) will ...
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... seem abfurd in the mouth of Priam , viz . He chear'd my forrows , and for fums of gold The bloodless carcafe of my Hector fold . I am Your , & c . LETTER XVI . July 20 , 1710 . Give you thanks for the verfion you fent me of Ovid's elegy ...
... seem abfurd in the mouth of Priam , viz . He chear'd my forrows , and for fums of gold The bloodless carcafe of my Hector fold . I am Your , & c . LETTER XVI . July 20 , 1710 . Give you thanks for the verfion you fent me of Ovid's elegy ...
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... seems to be agreeable enough . " Go " then to the shades , and tell Achilles how I < c degenerate from him : " granting the truth of what Priam had said of the difference be- tween them . Indeed Mr. Dryden's mention- ing here what ...
... seems to be agreeable enough . " Go " then to the shades , and tell Achilles how I < c degenerate from him : " granting the truth of what Priam had said of the difference be- tween them . Indeed Mr. Dryden's mention- ing here what ...
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... seems , fearch'd in Waller , but fearch'd in vain . Your judgment of them is ( I think ) very right , -- for it was my own opinion before . If you think ' em not worth the trouble of correcting , pray tell me fo freely , and it will ...
... seems , fearch'd in Waller , but fearch'd in vain . Your judgment of them is ( I think ) very right , -- for it was my own opinion before . If you think ' em not worth the trouble of correcting , pray tell me fo freely , and it will ...
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Seite 294 - ... me to live agreeably in the town, or contentedly in the country, which is really all the difference I set between an easy fortune and a small one.
Seite 252 - ... not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much ; and I...
Seite 331 - Pray tell me next how you deal with the critics? " Sir," said he,
Seite 96 - ... shade. In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away. In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day. Sound sleep by night; study and ease, Together mixt; sweet recreation: And innocence, which most does please With meditation.
Seite 354 - I should be glad the world knew you admitted me to your friendship, and since your affection is too hard for your judgment, I am contented to let the world know how well Mr.
Seite 260 - The Dying Christian to his Soul: Ode Vital spark of heav'nly flame! Quit, oh quit this mortal frame: Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying. Oh the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark! they whisper; Angels say. Sister spirit, come away.
Seite 330 - Pray, Mr. Lintot, (said I,) now you talk of Translators, what is your method of managing them? "Sir, (replied he,) those are the saddest pack of rogues in the world : in a hungry fit they'll swear they understand all the languages in the universe : I have known one of them take down a Greek book upon my counter, and cry, Ah, this is Hebrew, I must read it from the latter end.
Seite 254 - I could not but differ from this opinion : methinks it was by no means a gay, but a very serious soliloquy, to his soul at the point of its departure ; in which sense I naturally took the verses at my first reading them, when I was very young, and before I knew what interpretation the world generally put upon them.
Seite 329 - Nothing, says he, I can bear it well enough ; but since we have the day before us, methinks it would be very pleasant for you to rest awhile under the woods.
Seite 320 - ... and sweetmeats, out of devotion: in a word, were it not for this devotion of its inhabitants, Naples would have little else to recommend it besides the air and situation.