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Pàgina 16
... taken notice of . It is where Sisyphus is represented lifting his stone up the hill , which is no sooner carried to the top of it , but it immediately tumbles to the bottom . This double motion of the stone is admirably de- scribed in ...
... taken notice of . It is where Sisyphus is represented lifting his stone up the hill , which is no sooner carried to the top of it , but it immediately tumbles to the bottom . This double motion of the stone is admirably de- scribed in ...
Pàgina 27
... taken him in the worst and most disadvantageous light . There are many who find a pleasure in contradicting the common reports of fame , and in spreading abroad the weaknesses of an exalted character . They publish their ill - natur- ed ...
... taken him in the worst and most disadvantageous light . There are many who find a pleasure in contradicting the common reports of fame , and in spreading abroad the weaknesses of an exalted character . They publish their ill - natur- ed ...
Pàgina 28
... taken down and humbled in his reputation , and in some measure reduced to our own rank , who had so far raised himself above us in the reports and opinions of mankind . Thus we see how many dark and intricate motives there are to ...
... taken down and humbled in his reputation , and in some measure reduced to our own rank , who had so far raised himself above us in the reports and opinions of mankind . Thus we see how many dark and intricate motives there are to ...
Pàgina 43
... taken up as to forget his old friend . With a man who is not so well formed for courtship and elegant behaviour , such a gentle- man as this seldom finds his account in the return of his compliments , but he will still go on , for he is ...
... taken up as to forget his old friend . With a man who is not so well formed for courtship and elegant behaviour , such a gentle- man as this seldom finds his account in the return of his compliments , but he will still go on , for he is ...
Pàgina 54
... taken more than ordinary , care not to give offence to those who ap- pear in the higher figures of life . I would not make myself merry even with a piece of pasteboard that is invested with a public character : for which reason I have ...
... taken more than ordinary , care not to give offence to those who ap- pear in the higher figures of life . I would not make myself merry even with a piece of pasteboard that is invested with a public character : for which reason I have ...
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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.