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... Gibbon took a different view of this ' writing in con- cert , ' which Colman and Thornton carried out fully in the Connoisseur . V. GIBBON'S MEMOIRS , p . 86.-G. ] going to speak ; for since fame was the only 34 [ No. 81 . THE TATLER .
... Gibbon took a different view of this ' writing in con- cert , ' which Colman and Thornton carried out fully in the Connoisseur . V. GIBBON'S MEMOIRS , p . 86.-G. ] going to speak ; for since fame was the only 34 [ No. 81 . THE TATLER .
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Joseph Addison George Washington Greene. going to speak ; for since fame was the only end of all their en- terprises and studies , a man cannot be too scrupulous in allotting them their due proportion of it . " It was this consideration ...
Joseph Addison George Washington Greene. going to speak ; for since fame was the only end of all their en- terprises and studies , a man cannot be too scrupulous in allotting them their due proportion of it . " It was this consideration ...
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... going to sit down himself , had not the latter whispered him , That whatever pretence he might otherwise have had , he forfeited his claim to it , by coming in as one of the historians . Lucan was so exasperated with the repulse , that ...
... going to sit down himself , had not the latter whispered him , That whatever pretence he might otherwise have had , he forfeited his claim to it , by coming in as one of the historians . Lucan was so exasperated with the repulse , that ...
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... going out , he told them , that they did not know whom they dismissed ; that he was now Pythago- ras , the first of philosophers , and that formerly he had been a very brave man at the siege of Troy . That may be very true , said ...
... going out , he told them , that they did not know whom they dismissed ; that he was now Pythago- ras , the first of philosophers , and that formerly he had been a very brave man at the siege of Troy . That may be very true , said ...
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... going up with coals made us halt , and put us into such confusion , that we stood all in a heap , without any visible possi- bility of recovering our order : for the young jackanapes seemed to make a jest of this matter , and had so ...
... going up with coals made us halt , and put us into such confusion , that we stood all in a heap , without any visible possi- bility of recovering our order : for the young jackanapes seemed to make a jest of this matter , and had so ...
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Página 100 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Página 374 - LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father : and I am but a little child : I know not how to go out or come in.
Página 110 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Página 100 - But neither breath of Morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew ; nor fragrance, after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent Night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
Página 93 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Página 438 - What choice to choose for delicacy best, What order, so contrived as not to mix Tastes not well join'd, inelegant, but bring Taste after taste upheld with kindliest change...
Página 219 - As one who long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air, Forth issuing on a summer's morn, to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoined, from each thing met conceives delight; The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Página 374 - Ask what I shall give thee. And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
Página 237 - That from their noyance he no where can rest, But with his clownish hands their tender wings He brusheth oft, and oft doth mar their murmurings.
Página 177 - I found him to be the greatest newsmonger in our quarter ; that he rose before day to read the " Postman, and that he would take two or three turns to the other end of the town before his neighbours were up, to see if there were any Dutch mails come in. He had a wife and several children, but was much more inquisitive to know what passed in Poland than in his own family, and was in greater pain and anxiety of mind for King Augustus's welfare than that of his nearest relations.