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Pàgina 5
... give him a more delightful entertainment , than what can be found in the following , or any other book . One cannot , indeed , without offence to yourself , observe , that you excel the rest of mankind in the least , as well as the ...
... give him a more delightful entertainment , than what can be found in the following , or any other book . One cannot , indeed , without offence to yourself , observe , that you excel the rest of mankind in the least , as well as the ...
Pàgina 9
... Certain it is , that the whole ' strength of the mind is sometimes seated there ; ' that a kind look imparts all that a year's discourse ' could give you , in one moment . What matters it ' what she says to you ? see how she THE ...
... Certain it is , that the whole ' strength of the mind is sometimes seated there ; ' that a kind look imparts all that a year's discourse ' could give you , in one moment . What matters it ' what she says to you ? see how she THE ...
Pàgina 10
... give her hand , and say , " I do , ” ' with a languishing air , to the man she is obliged by cruel parents to take for mercenary reasons , but at the same time she cannot look as if she loved ; her eye is full of sorrow , and reluctance ...
... give her hand , and say , " I do , ” ' with a languishing air , to the man she is obliged by cruel parents to take for mercenary reasons , but at the same time she cannot look as if she loved ; her eye is full of sorrow , and reluctance ...
Pàgina 12
... give us the anatomy of the female eye , and ' explain the springs and sluices which feed it with ' such ready supplies of moisture ; and likewise ' show by what means , if possible , they may be stop . ' ped at a reasonable expence ; or ...
... give us the anatomy of the female eye , and ' explain the springs and sluices which feed it with ' such ready supplies of moisture ; and likewise ' show by what means , if possible , they may be stop . ' ped at a reasonable expence ; or ...
Pàgina 15
... give me leave to mention what Monsieur Boileau has so very well enlarged upon in the pre- face to his works , that wit and fine writing do not consist so much in advancing things that are new , as in giving things that are known , an ...
... give me leave to mention what Monsieur Boileau has so very well enlarged upon in the pre- face to his works , that wit and fine writing do not consist so much in advancing things that are new , as in giving things that are known , an ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 16 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Pàgina 240 - Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Pàgina 335 - O thou, that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Pàgina 243 - Though without number still, amidst the hall Of that infernal court. But far within, And in their own dimensions like themselves, The great seraphic lords and cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat, A thousand demigods on golden seats, Frequent and full.
Pàgina 240 - Hail, horrors! hail, Infernal World! and thou, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor — one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time.
Pàgina 244 - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple...
Pàgina 244 - Had to impose : he through the armed files Darts his experienced eye, and soon traverse The whole battalion views, their order due, Their visages and stature as of gods ; Their number last he sums. And now his heart Distends with pride, and, hardening in his strength, Glories...
Pàgina 242 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Pàgina 132 - For joy of offer'd peace : But I suppose, If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result.
Pàgina 242 - That this stream, at certain seasons of the year, especially about the feast of Adonis, is of a bloody colour; which the heathens looked upon as proceeding from a kind of sympathy in the river for the death of Adonis, who was killed by a wild boar in the mountains, out of which this stream rises.