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... perhaps the follies and weaknesses that have marked the one , with the wisdom and excellence shown in the other . To this agreeable department of literature , Ireland , though not de- ficient in eminent names , has contributed less than ...
... perhaps the follies and weaknesses that have marked the one , with the wisdom and excellence shown in the other . To this agreeable department of literature , Ireland , though not de- ficient in eminent names , has contributed less than ...
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... perhaps the largest space in the public eye ; and even be- fore death took his stand by common consent as a great English classic . No writer , excepting perhaps Voltaire , has written so variously , and , in such departments as he ...
... perhaps the largest space in the public eye ; and even be- fore death took his stand by common consent as a great English classic . No writer , excepting perhaps Voltaire , has written so variously , and , in such departments as he ...
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... perhaps in the natural order of things , that the spot where an admired poet first drew breath , should be the scene of popular fiction . The place of his birth , notwithstanding the statement of his near- est relatives , is still ...
... perhaps in the natural order of things , that the spot where an admired poet first drew breath , should be the scene of popular fiction . The place of his birth , notwithstanding the statement of his near- est relatives , is still ...
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... perhaps , because it has not been imitated in the neighbourhood . † MS . Correspondence , communicated by J. C. Walker , Esq . , of Dublin , nephew to the author of " Memoirs of the Irish Bards . " # Known to the late Dr. M'Veagh M ...
... perhaps , because it has not been imitated in the neighbourhood . † MS . Correspondence , communicated by J. C. Walker , Esq . , of Dublin , nephew to the author of " Memoirs of the Irish Bards . " # Known to the late Dr. M'Veagh M ...
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... perhaps , too much studied at our universities . This seems a science to which the meanest intellects are equal . I forget who it is that says , ' All men might understand mathematics if they would . ' " † Displeasure , arising from the ...
... perhaps , too much studied at our universities . This seems a science to which the meanest intellects are equal . I forget who it is that says , ' All men might understand mathematics if they would . ' " † Displeasure , arising from the ...
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Page 521 - And steady Loyalty, and faithful Love. And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid Still first to fly where sensual joys invade! Unfit, in these degenerate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride; Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so; Thou guide by which the nobler arts excel, Thou nurse of every virtue, fare thee well!
Page 383 - For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still ; While words of learned length and thundering sound Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around. And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew.
Page 387 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime ; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain : Teach him, that states of native strength...
Page 276 - But when contending chiefs blockade the throne.. Contracting regal power to stretch their own ; When I behold a factious band agree To call it freedom when themselves are free ; Each wanton judge new penal statutes draw, Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law ; The wealth of climes, where savage nations roam, Pillag'd from slaves to purchase slaves at home.
Page 267 - Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly great; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by...
Page 365 - Well, let me tell you, (said Goldsmith), when my tailor brought home my bloomcoloured coat, he said, ' Sir, I have a favour to beg of you. When any body asks you who made your clothes, be pleased to mention John Filby, at the Harrow, in Water-lane.
Page 365 - Goldsmith, to divert the tedious minutes, strutted about, bragging of his dress, and I believe was seriously vain of it, for his mind was wonderfully prone to such impressions. " Come, come (said Garrick), talk no more of that. You are, perhaps, the worst — eh, eh...
Page 308 - THERE are a hundred faults in this thing, and a hundred things might be said to prove them beauties. But it is needless. A book may be amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity.
Page 503 - He died of a fever, exasperated, as I believe, by the fear of distress. He had raised money and squandered it, by every artifice of acquisition and folly of expense. But let not his frailties be remembered ; he was a very great man.
Page 352 - Whether, indeed, we take him as a poet, — as a comic writer, — or as an historian, he stands in the first class.