Dialogues on medals. Travels. Essay on Virgil's Georgics. Discourse on ancient and modern learning. Of the Christian religion. Letters. Political writingsJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1870 |
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... fancy , and the strokes of character and humor which give dis- tinctness and animation to the speakers , have as much of the peculiar zest of his genius as his best Spectators . Besides the two dialogues which strictly answer to the ...
... fancy , and the strokes of character and humor which give dis- tinctness and animation to the speakers , have as much of the peculiar zest of his genius as his best Spectators . Besides the two dialogues which strictly answer to the ...
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... fancy any charms in gold , but in the figures and inscriptions that adorn it . The in- trinsic value of an old coin does not consist in its metal , but its erudition . It is the device that has raised the species , so that at present an ...
... fancy any charms in gold , but in the figures and inscriptions that adorn it . The in- trinsic value of an old coin does not consist in its metal , but its erudition . It is the device that has raised the species , so that at present an ...
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... fancy it is this use of medals that has recommended them to several history painters , who , perhaps , without this assistance , would have found it very difficult to have invented such an airy species of beings , when they are obliged ...
... fancy it is this use of medals that has recommended them to several history painters , who , perhaps , without this assistance , would have found it very difficult to have invented such an airy species of beings , when they are obliged ...
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... fancy , if you please , that about a thou- sand years hence , some profound author shall write a learned treatise on the habits of the present age , distinguished into the following titles and chapters . Of the old British trowser . Of ...
... fancy , if you please , that about a thou- sand years hence , some profound author shall write a learned treatise on the habits of the present age , distinguished into the following titles and chapters . Of the old British trowser . Of ...
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... fancy they imposed upon me an emperor or empress at pleasure , rather than appear ignorant . All this , however , is easily learnt from medals , says Philander , where you may see likewise the plans of many of the most con- siderable ...
... fancy they imposed upon me an emperor or empress at pleasure , rather than appear ignorant . All this , however , is easily learnt from medals , says Philander , where you may see likewise the plans of many of the most con- siderable ...
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Addison Æneid ancient antiquities Antoninus Pius appear beautiful believe Cæsar Campania Christianity church Claudian DRYDEN Duke Duke of Anjou emperor enemy English fancy figure France French Georgic give hands head heathen Hesiod honor inscription Irenæus Italy Julius Cæsar kind king lake Latin learned letter lived look Lord Lord Halifax Lordship marble Marcus Aurelius medals mention modern mountains Naples nation nature never noble NONSENSE observed occasion Ovid Pagan palace particular passage passed persons Phaëton piece pleased pleasure poem poets present prince probably quæ reader reason religion republic Reverse rise river rocks Rome Saviour says Cynthio says Eugenius says Philander seen shew side Silius Italicus SIR-I Spain Spanish monarchy stands statues Stepney suppose tell thing thought tion town Trajan verse VIRG Virgil whole words writing
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Seite 443 - Whosoever . therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.
Seite 48 - Magnus ab integro saeclorum nascitur ordo ; Jam redit et Virgo, redeunt Saturnia regna: Et nova progenies coelo demittitur alto.
Seite 497 - Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Seite 178 - Antenor potuit mediis elapsus Achivis Illyricos penetrare sinus atque intima tutus regna Liburnorum et fontem superare Timavi, unde per ora novem vasto cum murmure montis 245 it mare proruptum et pelago premit arva sonanti. Hie tamen ille urbem Patavi sedesque locavit Teucrorum...
Seite 49 - Soles occidere et redire possunt: nobis cum semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda.
Seite 38 - The man resolved and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their senseless clamours and tumultuous cries ; The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles, And the stern brow, and the harsh voice defies, And with superior greatness smiles.
Seite 334 - And it would certainly be for the good of mankind, to have all the mighty empires and monarchies of the world cantoned out into petty states and principalities, that, like so many large families, might lie under the eye and...
Seite 537 - And now, sir, believe me, when I assure you, I never did nor ever will, on any pretence whatsoever, take more than the stated and customary fees of my office. I might keep the contrary practice concealed from the world, were I capable of it, but I could not from myself. And I hope I shall always fear the reproaches of my own heart more than those of all mankind.
Seite 236 - Within a long recess there lies a bay : An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride : Broke by the jutting land on either side, In double streams the briny waters glide, Betwixt two rows of rocks : a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green : A grot is form'd beneath, with mossy seats, To rest the Nereids, and exclude the heats.
Seite 69 - High as the Mother of the Gods in place, And proud, like her, of an immortal race. Then, when in pomp she makes the Phrygian round, With golden turrets on her temples crown'd; A hundred gods her sweeping train supply; Her offspring all, and all command the sky.