Moral and Political Dialogues: With Letters on Chivalry and Romance, Band 1T. Cadell, 1776 |
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... tell you the truth , was my example on that occafion . It was the bufinefs of both of us to elude the malice of our enemies , and referve ourselves for the future fervice of our respective countries . BUT all I have told you was only a ...
... tell you the truth , was my example on that occafion . It was the bufinefs of both of us to elude the malice of our enemies , and referve ourselves for the future fervice of our respective countries . BUT all I have told you was only a ...
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... tell you my whole mind on this fubject : and , to give what I have to say the greater confequence with you , I must not conceal from you , that I come com- miffioned by the excellent lord you ho- nour fo much , and have just now men ...
... tell you my whole mind on this fubject : and , to give what I have to say the greater confequence with you , I must not conceal from you , that I come com- miffioned by the excellent lord you ho- nour fo much , and have just now men ...
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... tell me what inducements I can poffibly have to quit it for any thing you can promise me in ex- change ? Is there in that vaft labyrinth , you call the world , where so many thoufands lofe themselves in endless wanderings and ...
... tell me what inducements I can poffibly have to quit it for any thing you can promise me in ex- change ? Is there in that vaft labyrinth , you call the world , where so many thoufands lofe themselves in endless wanderings and ...
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... Tell me , in a word , is there not fome- thing like enchantment about us ? Do you not find your defires more compofed , your purposes more pure , your thoughts . more elevated , and more active , fince your entrance into this scene ...
... Tell me , in a word , is there not fome- thing like enchantment about us ? Do you not find your defires more compofed , your purposes more pure , your thoughts . more elevated , and more active , fince your entrance into this scene ...
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... tell you all I know of myself , though it expofe me ever fo much to the charge of folly , or even vanity ) I was not born for courts and general con- verfation . Befides the unconquerable averfion I have to knaves and fools ( though ...
... tell you all I know of myself , though it expofe me ever fo much to the charge of folly , or even vanity ) I was not born for courts and general con- verfation . Befides the unconquerable averfion I have to knaves and fools ( though ...
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ADDISON addrefs againſt almoſt amufements ancient anſwer ARBUTHNOT becauſe befides BEN JOHNSON beſt bufinefs buſineſs cafe caft cauſe character CICERO cifely circumftances compofition confequence confideration converfation court COWLEY deferve defign Dialogue eafily eſpecially expreffion exprefs faid fame fancy feem felf fenfe ferve fervice feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fituation fociety fome fomething fpeak fpirit ftill ftudied fubject fuch fuppofe fure genius hath higheſt himſelf honour houſe humour inftance intereft itſelf juft laft leaft leaſt logue Lord Lord CLARENDON manner matter ment mind moft moſt Mufe muſe muſt myſelf obferved occafion paſs perfons philofophic pleaſe pleaſure poetry poets prefent prefume purpoſe purſue queftion racter reaſon reſpect retirement ſay ſcene ſchool ſeen ſhall ſome ſpeak ſpeakers ſtate ſtill ſtudies thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion truth underſtand uſe virtue WALLER wiſdom writer yourſelf
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 113 - Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to bide: To lose good days, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed today, to be put back tomorrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Seite 129 - Ah ! wanton foe, dost thou upbraid The ills which thou thyself hast made ? When in the cradle innocent I lay, Thou, wicked spirit, stolest me away, And my abused soul didst bear Into thy new-found worlds, I know not where...
Seite 85 - Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head : And this our life, exempt from publick haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in ftones, and good in every thing.
Seite 131 - Kings have long hands (they say) and though I be So distant, they may reach at length to me. However, of all Princes, thou...
Seite 186 - I'll have Italian masks by night, Sweet speeches, comedies, and pleasing shows; And in the day, when he shall walk abroad, Like sylvan nymphs my pages shall be clad; My men, like satyrs grazing on the lawns, Shall with their goat-feet dance an antic hay.
Seite 126 - Thy foolish gains by quitting me: The sale of knowledge, fame, and liberty, The fruits of thy unlearn'd apostasy. Thou thought'st, if once the public storm were past, All thy remaining life should sun-shine be; Behold, the public storm is spent at last, The sovereign is tost at sea no more, And thou, with all the noble company, Art got at last to shore.
Seite 124 - A wondrous hieroglyphick robe she wore, In which all colours and all figures were, That nature or that fancy can create, That art can never imitate; And with loose pride it wanton'd in the air. In such a dress, in such a well-cloth'd dream, She us'd, of old, near fair Ismenus' stream, Pindar, her Theban favourite, to meet ; A crown was on her head, and wings were on her feet.
Seite 127 - As a fair morning of the blessed spring, After a tedious stormy night, Such was the glorious entry of our king; Enriching...
Seite 125 - Art thou return'd here, to repent too late ? And gather hufks of learning up at laft, Now the rich harveft-time of life is paft, And winter marches on fo faft ? But, when I meant t...
Seite 130 - The heaven under which I live is fair, The fertile soil will a full harvest bear : Thine, thine is all the barrenness ; if thou...