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... gives way to another , not so natural to him , yet sustained with equal grace , that of an un- forced gaiety ; which breaks out , every where , in many delicate sallies of wit and humour , but is most conspi- cuous in his imitations of ...
... gives way to another , not so natural to him , yet sustained with equal grace , that of an un- forced gaiety ; which breaks out , every where , in many delicate sallies of wit and humour , but is most conspi- cuous in his imitations of ...
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... give me leave to transcribe the character which Cicero * gives of this noble slave , because it is a general description of all ambitious men , and which Ma- chiavel perhaps would say ought to be the rule of their life and actions ...
... give me leave to transcribe the character which Cicero * gives of this noble slave , because it is a general description of all ambitious men , and which Ma- chiavel perhaps would say ought to be the rule of their life and actions ...
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... gives : nay , both sell , though for different things ; the one for plain money , the other for I know not what jewels , whose value is in custom and in fancy . If then his table be made a snare ( as the Scripture * speaks ) to his ...
... gives : nay , both sell , though for different things ; the one for plain money , the other for I know not what jewels , whose value is in custom and in fancy . If then his table be made a snare ( as the Scripture * speaks ) to his ...
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... give his belly just thanks for all his pleasures . " This , by the calumniators of Epicu- rus's philosophy , was objected as one of the most scandalous of all their sayings ; which , according to my charitable understanding , may admit ...
... give his belly just thanks for all his pleasures . " This , by the calumniators of Epicu- rus's philosophy , was objected as one of the most scandalous of all their sayings ; which , according to my charitable understanding , may admit ...
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... Give me ( great God ) but bread and liberty ; I'll beg no more : if more thou'rt pleased to give , I'll thankfully that overplus receive : If beyond this no more be freely sent , I'll thank for this , and go away content . MARTIAL , LIB ...
... Give me ( great God ) but bread and liberty ; I'll beg no more : if more thou'rt pleased to give , I'll thankfully that overplus receive : If beyond this no more be freely sent , I'll thank for this , and go away content . MARTIAL , LIB ...
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Page 121 - t depends Not on the number, but the choice of friends. Books should, not business, entertain the light, And sleep, as undisturbed as death, the night. My house a cottage, more Than palace, and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With Nature's hand, not Art's ; and pleasures yield, Horace might envy in his Sabine field.
Page 101 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 28 - Hail, old patrician trees, so great and good! Hail, ye plebeian under-wood ! Where the poetic birds rejoice, And for their quiet nests and plenteous food Pay, with their grateful voice. Hail, the poor Muses...
Page 116 - Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise : He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting stay Till the whole stream which stopp'd him should be gone, Which runs, and, as it runs, for ever will run on.
Page 121 - Even when I was a very young Boy at School, instead of running about on Holidays and playing with my fellows, I was wont to steal from them, and walk into the fields, either alone with a Book, or with some one Companion, if I could find any of the same temper.
Page 105 - I thought, when I went first to dwell in the country, that without doubt I should have met there with the simplicity of the old poetical golden age ; I thought to have found no inhabitants there, but such as the shepherds of Sir Philip Sidney in Arcadia, or of Monsieur d'Urfe...
Page 126 - Nothing shall separate me from a mistress which I have loved so long, and have now at last married, though she neither has brought me a rich portion, nor lived yet so quietly with me as I hoped from her.
Page 66 - Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
Page 29 - Here let me careless and unthoughtful lying, Hear the soft winds above me flying With all their wanton boughs dispute, And the more tuneful birds to both replying, Nor be myself too mute.