Memoirs of the forty-five first years of the life of James Lackington, bookseller. Written by himself, in 47 letters to a friendWhittaker Treacher & Arnot, 1827 |
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第 1 到 5 筆結果,共 70 筆
第 vii 頁
... reason bids us chuse , " Whether the whim's a monkey or a muse . ' WORTHY PATRONS , CHURCHILL . WERE I to address you in the accustomed declama- tory strain which has long been adopted as the uni- versal language of dedications , viz ...
... reason bids us chuse , " Whether the whim's a monkey or a muse . ' WORTHY PATRONS , CHURCHILL . WERE I to address you in the accustomed declama- tory strain which has long been adopted as the uni- versal language of dedications , viz ...
第 xii 頁
... reasons with due precision for intruding himself on his readers ( whether true or otherwise is not always material to enquire , ) bespeak- ing their candour towards his weaknesses and imper- fections ( which by the bye , few authors are ...
... reasons with due precision for intruding himself on his readers ( whether true or otherwise is not always material to enquire , ) bespeak- ing their candour towards his weaknesses and imper- fections ( which by the bye , few authors are ...
第 xx 頁
... Reason may drown , may die , but envy's rage , Improves with time , and gathers strength from age . " It seems that several of those liberal - minded men , being prodigiously mortified at the increasing sale of my Life , applied to ...
... Reason may drown , may die , but envy's rage , Improves with time , and gathers strength from age . " It seems that several of those liberal - minded men , being prodigiously mortified at the increasing sale of my Life , applied to ...
第 25 頁
... reason , and man ; While no libertine motives their secrets dispense , But propriety joins hand - in - hand with good sense , Oh ! with thee , could the crowd view each sanctified scene , Where the hypocrite oft wears simplicity's mien ...
... reason , and man ; While no libertine motives their secrets dispense , But propriety joins hand - in - hand with good sense , Oh ! with thee , could the crowd view each sanctified scene , Where the hypocrite oft wears simplicity's mien ...
第 28 頁
... reason for my asking this question is , I last year observed that a certain bookseller published his first catalogue with this introduction : " As this is the first catalogue ever the author made , and is done in great haste , he hopes ...
... reason for my asking this question is , I last year observed that a certain bookseller published his first catalogue with this introduction : " As this is the first catalogue ever the author made , and is done in great haste , he hopes ...
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第 344 頁 - The burden of them is intolerable. Have mercy upon us, Have mercy upon us, most merciful Father; For thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake, Forgive us all that is past; And grant that we may ever hereafter Serve and please thee In newness of life, To the honour and glory of thy name; Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
第 93 頁 - Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
第 105 頁 - Some place the bliss in action, some in ease, Those call it Pleasure, and Contentment these...
第 158 頁 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
第 165 頁 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
第 291 頁 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my...
第 240 頁 - Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, Our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain. Awake but one, and lo, what myriads rise ! * Each stamps its image as the other flies.
第 220 頁 - Mankind's dishonest; if you think it fair Amongst known cheats to play upon the square, You'll be undone — Nor can weak truth your reputation save: The knaves will all agree to call you knave. Wrong'd shall he live, insulted o'er, opprest, Who dares be less a villain than the rest.
第 110 頁 - She never feels the spleen's imagin'd pains, Nor melancholy stagnates in her veins ; She never loses life in thoughtless ease, Nor on the velvet couch invites disease ; Her home-spun dress in simple neatness lies, And for no glaring equipage she sighs : Her reputation, which is all her boast, In a malicious visit ne'er was lost ; No midnight masquerade her beauty wears, And health, not paint, the fading bloom repairs.
第 50 頁 - For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right...