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Pàgina vi
... hours , such vessels as dropt into Torbay . On attempting to get on board one of these , which I did at mid- night , I missed my footing , and fell into the sea . The floating away of the boat alarmed the man on deck , who came to the ...
... hours , such vessels as dropt into Torbay . On attempting to get on board one of these , which I did at mid- night , I missed my footing , and fell into the sea . The floating away of the boat alarmed the man on deck , who came to the ...
Pàgina xv
... hours in translations from the Classics ; and indeed I do not know a single school - book , of which I did not render some portion into English verse . Among others , JUVENAL engaged my attention , or rather my master's , and ...
... hours in translations from the Classics ; and indeed I do not know a single school - book , of which I did not render some portion into English verse . Among others , JUVENAL engaged my attention , or rather my master's , and ...
Pàgina xx
... that has known neither diminution nor interruption , from that hour to this , a period of twenty years ! In his Lordship's house I proceeded with Juvenal , till I was called upon to accompany his son , ( one of the XX INTRODUCTION .
... that has known neither diminution nor interruption , from that hour to this , a period of twenty years ! In his Lordship's house I proceeded with Juvenal , till I was called upon to accompany his son , ( one of the XX INTRODUCTION .
Pàgina 7
... hour : Now I resume my pen ; for since we meet Such swarms of desperate bards in every street , - The poem very Satire : fleece , is a manifest allusion to the Argonauts of Valerius Flaccus . is , by no means , a bad one ; and yet he ...
... hour : Now I resume my pen ; for since we meet Such swarms of desperate bards in every street , - The poem very Satire : fleece , is a manifest allusion to the Argonauts of Valerius Flaccus . is , by no means , a bad one ; and yet he ...
Pàgina 14
... hours , And laughs , in exile , at the offended powers ; VER . 74. Or stood prepared at Lyons to declaim , & c . ] It was here that Caligula instituted games of oratory . The meed of the conqueror is no where mentioned , but the ...
... hours , And laughs , in exile , at the offended powers ; VER . 74. Or stood prepared at Lyons to declaim , & c . ] It was here that Caligula instituted games of oratory . The meed of the conqueror is no where mentioned , but the ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 478 - Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years ; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their pilgrimage.
Pàgina 204 - There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks ; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body. O, these encounterers, so glib of tongue, That give a coasting welcome ere it comes.
Pàgina 218 - He burneth part thereof in the fire, with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast and is satisfied; yea, he warmeth himself and saith, "Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire." And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image; he falleth down unto it and worshippeth it and prayeth unto it and saith, "Deliver me; for thou art my God.
Pàgina xlii - Atque alii quorum comoedia prisca virorum est, Si quis erat dignus describi quod malus ac fur, Quod moechus foret aut sicarius aut alioqui Famosus, multa cum libertate notabant. Hinc omnis pendet Lucilius, hosce secutus Mutatis tantum pedibus numerisque, facetus, Emunctae naris, durus componere versus.
Pàgina lxii - The general character of this translation will be given, when it is said to preserve the wit, but to want the dignity, of the original.
Pàgina xiii - ... with favours more substantial : little collections were now and then made, and I have received sixpence in an evening. To one who had long lived in the absolute want of money, such a resource seemed a Peruvian mine : I furnished myself by degrees with paper, &c. and what was of more importance, with books of geometry, and of the higher branches of algebra, which I cautiously concealed. Poetry, even at this time, was no amusement of mine : it was subservient to other purposes ; and I only had...
Pàgina 218 - They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Pàgina 105 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Pàgina vii - Brixham, and thither I went when little more than thirteen. • My master, whose name was Full, though a gross and ignorant, was not an ill-natured man; at least, not to me ; and my mistress used me with unvarying kindness ; moved perhaps by my weakness and tender years. In return, I did what I could to requite her, and my good will was not overlooked.
Pàgina 342 - Fond fool ! six feet shall serve for all thy store, And he that cares for most shall find no more.