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第 338 頁 - Is that poor man, that hangs on princes' favours. There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, . . . That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.— {Enter Cromwell, amazedly.
第 346 頁 - Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor : suit the action to the word, and the word to the action...
第 369 頁 - He has much to undergo, and should have strength proportioned to it. Let his legs be straight as arrows, his feet round and not too large ; his shoulders back ; his breast rather wide than narrow ; his chest deep ; his back broad ; his head small ; his neck thin; his tail thick and bushy ; if he carry it well, so much the better.
第 356 頁 - ... the same passions among the descendants of the hostile tribes. In private life, every man, at least every family, was the judge and avenger of its own cause. The nice sensibility of honour, which weighs the insult rather than the injury, sheds its deadly venom on the quarrels of the Arabs ; the honour of their women, and of their beards, is most easily wounded ; an indecent action, a contemptuous word, can be expiated only by the blood of the offender ; and such is their patient inveteracy that...
第 338 頁 - O ! how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours. There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have ; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.
第 372 頁 - Never put an old dog to an old bitch. Be careful that they be healthy which you breed from, or you are not likely to have a healthy offspring. Should a favourite dog skirt a little, put him to a thorough line-hunting bitch, and such a cross may succeed.
第 100 頁 - The very furniture of his rooms describe the characters of the persons to whom they belong ; a lesson that might be of use to comic authors. It was reserved to Hogarth to write a scene of furniture. The rake's levee-room, the nobleman's dining-room, the apartments of the husband and wife in Marriage Alamode, the alderman's parlour, the poet's bedchamber, and many others, are the history of the manners of the age.
第 376 頁 - He should be young, strong, active, bold and enterprising; fond of the diversion, and indefatigable in the pursuit of it; , he should be sensible and good-tempered; he ought also to be sober; he should be exact, civil, and cleanly; he should be a good horseman and a good groom: his voice should be strong and clear; and he should have an eye so quick, as to perceive which of his hounds carries the scent, when all are running; and should have so excellent an ear, as always to distinguish the foremost...
第 171 頁 - Slack by the throat, and held him up against the rails, and grain'd him so much as to make him extremely black ; this continued for half a minute, before Slack could break Pettit's hold : after which for near ten minutes Pettit kept fighting and driving hard at Slack, when at length Slack clos'd with his antagonist, and gave him a very...
第 376 頁 - ... he ought also to be sober; he should be exact, civil, and cleanly; he should be a good horseman and a good groom: his voice should be strong and clear; and he should have an eye so quick, as to perceive which of his hounds carries the scent, when all are running; and should have so excellent an ear, as always to distinguish the foremost hounds, when he does not see them. He should be quiet, patient, and without conceit. Such are the...