 T is a hard and nice subject for a man to write of himself ;* it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praise from him. There is no danger from me of offending him in this kind ; neither my...  The Essays of Abraham Cowley - Page 118by Abraham Cowley - 1868 - 199 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 228 pages
...his own heart to fay any thing of difparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praife from him. There is no danger from me of offending him in this kind ; neither my mind, nor my tody, nor my fortune, allow me any materials for that vanity. It is fufficient for my own contentment,... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 298 pages
...when he heart to fay any thing of clrTparagemehr, and the reader's ears id hear any thing of praiie from him. There is no danger from me of offending him in this kind-, neither my.jmiud, nor my body, nor my fortune, allow me any materials for that vanity. It is fufficient for... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1772 - 300 pages
...all experience. A man of worth and name is never fo Jure to pleafe, as when he S 3 heart heart to fay any thing of disparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praiie from him. There is no danger from me of offending him in this kind v neither my mind, nor my... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 418 pages
...grates his own heart to fay anything of difparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praife .from him. There is no danger from me of offending him in this kind ; neither my mind, •f.or my body, nor my fortune, allow me any materials 38o ESSAYS IN VERSE AND PROSE and perhaps it... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 842 pages
...grates his own heart fay any thing of difparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any thing of paife from him. There is no danger from me of offending him in this kind ; neither •y mind, nor my body, nor my fortune, allow me any materials for that vanity. It It for my own contentment,... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 266 pages
...present as if absent. ' IT is a hard and nice subject for a man to speak of himself,' says Cowley ; ' it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement,...reader's ears to hear any thing of praise from him.' Let the tenour of his discourse be what it will upon this subject, it generally proceeds from vanity.... | |
 | 1803 - 342 pages
...present as if absent. " IT is a hard and nice subject for a man to speak of himself, says Cowley ; it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement,...reader's ears to hear any thing of praise from him." Let the tenour of his discourse be what it will upon this subject, it generally proceeds from vanity.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 pages
...ut iiei. TER. -•' ** JT is a hard and nice subject for a man to speak of himself, (says Cowley:) it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement, and the reader's cars to hear any thing of praise from him." Let the tenor of his discourse be what it will upon this... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 1152 pages
....The last is by far the most interesting; it is very simply and beautifully written. 4 Of My self. It is a hard and nice subject for a man to write of himself;...of disparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any \ lions, and became acquainted with many of the celebrated men of his time, particularly lord Falkland,... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...The last is by far the most interesting ; it is very simply and beautifully written. Of Myself. It is a hard and nice subject for a man to write of himself;...any thing of disparagement, and the reader's ears to bear any thing of praise from him. There is no danger from me of offending him in this kind; neither... | |
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