The Genuine Remains in Verse and Prose of Mr. Samuel Butler ...: Published from the Original Manuscripts, Formerly in the Possession of W. Longueville, Esq.; with Notes by R. Thyer, Band 2J. and R. Tonson, 1759 |
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GENUINE REMAINS IN VERSE & PRO Samuel 1612-1680 Butler,Robert 1709-1781 Thyer Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
GENUINE REMAINS IN VERSE & PRO Samuel 1612-1680 Butler,Robert 1709-1781 Thyer Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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Seite 182 - They are such as the fairies are said to drop in men's shoes, and when they are discovered to give them over and confer no more ; for when his gifts are discovered they vanish and come to nothing. He is but a puppet saint that moves he knows not how, and his ignorance is the dull, leaden weight that puts all his parts in motion.
Seite 198 - This double ignorance has made him set a value upon himself, as he that wants a great deal appears in a better condition than he that wants a little. This renders him confident and fit for any undertaking, and...
Seite 198 - ... miscarries and becomes ridiculous; yet this advantage he has, that as nothing can make him see his error, so nothing can discourage him that way, for he is fortified with his ignorance, as barren and rocky places are by their situation, and he will rather believe that all men want judgment than himself.
Seite 109 - There is no art in the world so rich in terms as poetry; a whole dictionary is scarce able to contain them; for there is hardly a pond, a sheep-walk, or a gravel-pit in all Greece, but the ancient name of it is become a term of art in poetry. By this means, small poets have such a stock of able hard words lying by them, as dryades, hamadryades, aonides, fauni, nymphae, sylvani, &c.
Seite 261 - A Romance Writer Pulls down old histories to build them up finer again, after a new model of his own designing. He takes away all the lights of truth in history to make it the fitter tutoress of life ; for Truth herself has little or nothing to do in the affairs of the world, although all matters of the greatest weight and moment are pretended and done in her name; like a weak Princess, that has only...
Seite 108 - When he writes, he commonly steers the sense of his lines by the rhyme that is at the end of them, as butchers do calves by the tail.
Seite 106 - ... epithets, he always avoids those that are near akin to the sense. Such matches are unlawful, and not fit to be made by a Christian poet; and therefore all his care is to...
Seite 78 - ... Reason why he will sometimes know you, and sometimes not. Nothing but want of Money or Credit puts him in mind that he is mortal; but then he trusts Providence that somebody will trust him; and in Expectation of that hopes for a better Life, and that his Debts will never rise up in Judgment against him. To get in debt is to labour in his Vocation; but to pay is to forfeit his Protection; for what's that worth to one that owes Nothing? His Employment being only to wear his Cloaths, the whole Account...
Seite 107 - Georgics — a trick of sowing wit like clover-grass on barren subjects, which would yield nothing before. This is very useful for the times, wherein, some men say, there is no room left for new invention. He will take three grains of wit, like the elixir, and, projecting it upon the iron age, turn it immediately into gold. All the business of mankind has presently vanished, the whole world has kept holiday ; there...
Seite 155 - ... believes it no Fault in himself to err in Judgment, because that part of the Law belongs to the Judge, and not to him. His best Opinions and his worst are all of a Price, like good Wine and bad in a Tavern, in which he does not deal so fairly as those, who, if they know what you are willing to bestow, can tell how to fit you accordingly. When his Law lies upon his Hands, he will afford a good Penyworth, and rather pettyfog and turn common Barreter, than be out or Employment. His Opinion is one...