Letters Concerning the English NationL. Davis and C. Reymers; R. Baldwin, and S. Crowder and Company, 1760 - 255 pàgines |
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Pàgina 46
... defign , and head of a defenceless party , cabal'd for caballing fake , and feem'd to foment the civil War merely out of diverfion . The Parliament did not know what he intended , nor what he did not intend He levied troops by act of ...
... defign , and head of a defenceless party , cabal'd for caballing fake , and feem'd to foment the civil War merely out of diverfion . The Parliament did not know what he intended , nor what he did not intend He levied troops by act of ...
Pàgina 52
... defign of which was indeed to make Kings dependent on the Lords ; but then the rest of the nation were a little favour'd in it , in order that they might join , on proper occafions , with their pretended Mafters . This great Char- ter ...
... defign of which was indeed to make Kings dependent on the Lords ; but then the rest of the nation were a little favour'd in it , in order that they might join , on proper occafions , with their pretended Mafters . This great Char- ter ...
Pàgina 62
... defign'd . These unhappy creatures repeat their leffon to their mothers , in the fame manner as little girls among us repeat their catechifm , without understanding one word they say . Now it often happened , that after a fa- ther and ...
... defign'd . These unhappy creatures repeat their leffon to their mothers , in the fame manner as little girls among us repeat their catechifm , without understanding one word they say . Now it often happened , that after a fa- ther and ...
Pàgina 161
... defign in this letter , being to display the genius of the English poets , and therefore I shall continue in the fame view ... THE celebrated Mr. Waller has been very much talked of in France , and Mr. de la Fontaine , St. Evremont and ...
... defign in this letter , being to display the genius of the English poets , and therefore I shall continue in the fame view ... THE celebrated Mr. Waller has been very much talked of in France , and Mr. de la Fontaine , St. Evremont and ...
Pàgina 185
... defign , in the latter end of the late Queen's reign , to found an Academy for the En- glish tongue upon the model of that of the French . This project was promoted by the late earl of Oxford , lord high treasurer , and much more by the ...
... defign , in the latter end of the late Queen's reign , to found an Academy for the En- glish tongue upon the model of that of the French . This project was promoted by the late earl of Oxford , lord high treasurer , and much more by the ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 171 - And screen'd in shades from day's detested glare, She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her, side, and Megrim at her head.
Pàgina 139 - Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Pàgina 149 - He spoke of his works as of trifles that were beneath him ; and hinted to me, in our first conversation, that I should visit him upon no other foot than that of a gentleman, who led a life of plainness and simplicity.
Pàgina 170 - For, that sad moment, when the sylphs withdrew, And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew, Umbriel, a dusky, melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, Repair'd to search the gloomy cave of Spleen.
Pàgina 18 - ... is both to God and man : If after all these warnings and advertisements, thou dost not turn unto the Lord with all thy heart, but forget him, who remembered thee in thy distress, and give up thyself to follow lust and vanity; surely great will be thy condemnation.
Pàgina 136 - No Traveller returns) puzzles the Will ; And makes us rather bear thofe Ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of. Thus...
Pàgina 148 - He was infirm and come to the verge of life when I knew him. Mr. Congreve had one defect, which was his entertaining too mean an idea of his first profession (that of a writer), though it was to this he owed his fame and fortune.
Pàgina 18 - Against which snare as well as the temptation of those that may or do feed thee, and prompt thee to evil, the most excellent and prevalent remedy will be, to apply thyself to that Light of Christ, which shineth in thy...
Pàgina 135 - To be, or not to be : that is the queftion— — — Whether 'tis nobler in the mind, to fuffer The flings and arrows of outragious fortune j Or to take arms againft a fea of troubles, * And by oppofing end them.
Pàgina 171 - She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her side, and Megrim at her head. Two handmaids wait the throne: alike in place, But differing far in figure and in face.