The British Essayists: The AdventurerLittle, Brown, 1866 |
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Pàgina 10
... honour which is always due to an original au- thor , I am far from intending to depreciate Virgil ; of whom Horace justly declares , that the rural muses have appropriated to him their elegance and sweetness , and who , as he copied ...
... honour which is always due to an original au- thor , I am far from intending to depreciate Virgil ; of whom Horace justly declares , that the rural muses have appropriated to him their elegance and sweetness , and who , as he copied ...
Pàgina 33
... honour in some states has been only the reward of military achievements , in others it has been gained by noisy turbulence and popular clamours . Avarice has worn a different form as she actuated the usurer of Rome and the stock ...
... honour in some states has been only the reward of military achievements , in others it has been gained by noisy turbulence and popular clamours . Avarice has worn a different form as she actuated the usurer of Rome and the stock ...
Pàgina 45
... honours and preferments climb ? Be bold in mischief , dare some mighty crime , Which dungeons , death , or banishment deserves . DRYDEN . " TO THE ADVENTURER . 66 DEAR BROTHER , " THE thirst of glory is , I think , allowed even by the ...
... honours and preferments climb ? Be bold in mischief , dare some mighty crime , Which dungeons , death , or banishment deserves . DRYDEN . " TO THE ADVENTURER . 66 DEAR BROTHER , " THE thirst of glory is , I think , allowed even by the ...
Pàgina 48
... honours me with the name of brother , if I should cavil at his principles or refuse his request . According to the moral philosophy which is now in fashion , and adopted by many of the dull dogs who write books , ' the gratification of ...
... honours me with the name of brother , if I should cavil at his principles or refuse his request . According to the moral philosophy which is now in fashion , and adopted by many of the dull dogs who write books , ' the gratification of ...
Pàgina 49
... honoured with statues and panegyric , he has spent his life in doing mischief to others without procuring any real good to himself ; but he has not done mischief enough ; he has not sacked a city or fired a temple ; he acts only against ...
... honoured with statues and panegyric , he has spent his life in doing mischief to others without procuring any real good to himself ; but he has not done mischief enough ; he has not sacked a city or fired a temple ; he acts only against ...
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