The World ..R. and J. Dodsley, 1753 |
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... himself an hiftorian , Plus beau que la verité . I AM aware of the maxim of Polybius , " that hiftory void of truth , is an empty fhadow . " But the motto of this paper may ferve to convict that dogmatift of fin- gularity , by fhewing ...
... himself an hiftorian , Plus beau que la verité . I AM aware of the maxim of Polybius , " that hiftory void of truth , is an empty fhadow . " But the motto of this paper may ferve to convict that dogmatift of fin- gularity , by fhewing ...
第 648 頁
... himself from his neighbour ; the man of arrogance de- fpifes him ; the modest man is afraid of him ; and the penurious confiders a length of uninhabited fen as the beft fecurity for his beef and ale . If we trace this fpirit to it's ...
... himself from his neighbour ; the man of arrogance de- fpifes him ; the modest man is afraid of him ; and the penurious confiders a length of uninhabited fen as the beft fecurity for his beef and ale . If we trace this fpirit to it's ...
第 650 頁
... himself from detraction , as others are to acquire applaufe . Some weeks paffed away in that common dilemma into which an encrease of fortune throws every thinking man , who knows that by hoarding up he must become the averfion , and by ...
... himself from detraction , as others are to acquire applaufe . Some weeks paffed away in that common dilemma into which an encrease of fortune throws every thinking man , who knows that by hoarding up he must become the averfion , and by ...
第 651 頁
... himself and his attendants in the plainest man- ner , keeping religiously to the fole expence of a conftant good table , and avoiding in that , as well as in every thing else , whatever has the least appearance of oftenta- tion . Thus ...
... himself and his attendants in the plainest man- ner , keeping religiously to the fole expence of a conftant good table , and avoiding in that , as well as in every thing else , whatever has the least appearance of oftenta- tion . Thus ...
第 652 頁
... himself forward in accepting the vifits of all about him , confcious of his love of quiet , and fear- ing left he should be thought tardy in his returns of civi- lity . His defire of being alone with his family procures him the ...
... himself forward in accepting the vifits of all about him , confcious of his love of quiet , and fear- ing left he should be thought tardy in his returns of civi- lity . His defire of being alone with his family procures him the ...
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第 757 頁 - ... or instructed, and therefore seldom misses what she looks for. Walk with her, though it be but on a heath or a common, and she will discover numberless beauties, unobserved before, in the hills, the dales, the broom, the brakes, and the variegated flowers of weeds and poppies.
第 716 頁 - ... and goes and comes near him, according as that good man frequents the house. He entertains him, gives him gifts, feasts him, lodges him; his religion comes home at night, prays, is liberally supped, and sumptuously laid to sleep, rises, is saluted, and after the malmsey...
第 1078 頁 - In these two princely boys! They are as gentle As zephyrs, blowing below the violet, Not wagging his sweet head: and yet as rough, Their royal blood enchafd, as the rud'st wind, That by the top doth take the mountain pine, And make him stoop to the vale.
第 754 頁 - ... kinds of arms, and fo unwilling to return to it, that I will venture to promife, it will be very long before they can be overtaken or attacked ; but that here, and here only, they may enjoy their favourite fin* gularity, unmoleftecj for half a century to come.
第 1103 頁 - Where thou wilt, lad, I'll make one ; an I do not, call me villain, and baffle me.* P.
第 687 頁 - My friend was going on, and to say the truth, growing dull, when I took the liberty of interrupting him, by acknowledging that the cogency of his arguments, and the...
第 756 頁 - If a new poem or play makes its appearance, with a thousand brilliancies, and but one or two blemishes, she slightly skims over the passages that should give her pleasure, and dwells upon those only that fill her with dislike. If you show her a very excellent portrait, she looks at some part of the drapery which has been neglected, or to a hand or finger that has been left unfinished.
第 767 頁 - ... they would give him to quarrel with in the extremity of his fits ; for that he imagined, cursing one minute the Bologna sausages, and another the dried tongues he had eaten, was some mitigation of his pain. If all men, when they are either out of health, or out of humour, would vent their rage after the manner of this Frenchman, the world would be a much quieter one than we see it at present. But dried tongues and...
第 876 頁 - ... of the several counties of the united kingdom. That beautiful part of our species once engrossed my cares ; they still share them : I have been exceedingly affected all the summer with the thoughts * of their captivity, and have felt a sympathetic grief for them. In truth, what can be more moving, than to imagine a fine woman of the highest rank and fashion torn from all the elegant and refined...
第 920 頁 - ... too clofe and prefumptuous an imitation of her betters. Their behaviour affronted moft of the company, yet obtained the defired...