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... means . This work has proved useful : it has been reprinted abroad , and it has been translated ; and the honour which many writers at home have conferred on it , by referring to it , has exhilarated the zealous labour which seven ...
... means . This work has proved useful : it has been reprinted abroad , and it has been translated ; and the honour which many writers at home have conferred on it , by referring to it , has exhilarated the zealous labour which seven ...
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... means pure . The Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius and the Deipnoso- phists of Athenæus , while they have been extolled by one party , have been degraded by another . They have been considered as botchers of rags and remmants ; their dili ...
... means pure . The Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius and the Deipnoso- phists of Athenæus , while they have been extolled by one party , have been degraded by another . They have been considered as botchers of rags and remmants ; their dili ...
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... means he is said to have ingratiated himself with the minister . The great Samuel Clarke was fond of robust exercise ; and this profound logician has been found leaping over tables and chairs : once perceiving a pedantic fellow , he ...
... means he is said to have ingratiated himself with the minister . The great Samuel Clarke was fond of robust exercise ; and this profound logician has been found leaping over tables and chairs : once perceiving a pedantic fellow , he ...
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... means of the fatal triangle ; that is , he hanged himself ; for the long letter of Erasmus is the Greek phi which is imagined to bear some resemblance to the suspen- sion of an unlucky mortal . IMITATORS . Some writers , usually pedants ...
... means of the fatal triangle ; that is , he hanged himself ; for the long letter of Erasmus is the Greek phi which is imagined to bear some resemblance to the suspen- sion of an unlucky mortal . IMITATORS . Some writers , usually pedants ...
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... means clear the moderns would become ancients . The dispute extended to England ; Sir William Temple raised even his gentie indolence against the bold attacks of the rough Wotton . The literary world was pestered and tir- ed with this ...
... means clear the moderns would become ancients . The dispute extended to England ; Sir William Temple raised even his gentie indolence against the bold attacks of the rough Wotton . The literary world was pestered and tir- ed with this ...
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Page 150 - The birds their quire apply ; airs, vernal airs, Breathing the smell of field and grove, attune The trembling leaves, while universal Pan, Knit with the Graces and the Hours in dance, Led on the eternal Spring.
Page 152 - O thou, whose glory fills th' ethereal throne, And all ye deathless powers, protect my son ! Grant him like me to purchase just renown, To guard the Trojans, to defend the crown ; Against his country's foes the war to wage, And rise the Hector of the future age ! So when, triumphant from successful toils Of heroes slain, he bears the reeking spoils, Whole hosts may hail him, with deserv'd acclaim, And say, this chief transcends his father's fame : While pleas'd amidst the general shouts of Troy,...
Page 243 - Western nations at the close of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century.
Page 100 - Many were the wit-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances.
Page 100 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Page 152 - This chief transcends his father's fame : While pleased amidst the general shouts of Troy, His mother's conscious heart o'erflows with joy.' He spoke, and fondly gazing on her charms, Restored the pleasing burden to her arms; Soft on her fragrant breast the babe she laid, Hush'd to repose, and with a smile survey'd.
Page 98 - A dungeon horrible on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed ; yet from those flames No light ; but rather darkness visible, Served only to discover sights of woe...
Page 137 - Till the Ledaean stars, so famed for love, Wonder'd at us from above! We spent them not in toys, in lusts, or wine; But search of deep philosophy, Wit, eloquence, and poetry — Arts which I loved, for they, my friend, were thine.
Page 113 - J'arrache quelquefois leurs applaudissements ; Là, content du succès que le mérite donne, Par d'illustres avis je n'éblouis personne ; Je satisfais ensemble et peuple et courtisans , Et mes vers en tous lieux sont mes seuls partisans : Par leur seule beauté ma plume est estimée : Je ne dois qu'à moi seul toute ma renommée; Et pense toutefois n'avoir point de rival A qui je fasse tort en le traitant d'égal.
Page 248 - I'll tell you, now, what I do. If I am to write familiar things, as sonnets to Armida, and the like, I make use of stewed prunes only; but, when I have a grand design in hand, I ever take physic, and let blood, for, when you would have pure swiftness of thought and fiery flights of fancy, you must have a care of the pensive part. In fine, you must purge the belly.