Stultifera Navis; ...: The Modern Ship of FoolsW. Miller, 1807 - 295 páginas |
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... certainly to be included these pests of society , whom I would render indictable by men of common sense , subjecting them to the public lash of the ri- dicule they so richly deserve . At night the man of ton , prepar'd for rout 20 THE ...
... certainly to be included these pests of society , whom I would render indictable by men of common sense , subjecting them to the public lash of the ri- dicule they so richly deserve . At night the man of ton , prepar'd for rout 20 THE ...
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... certainly crowded with wigs on blocks ; for out of the number of their wearers , half a dozen only ren- der themselves conspicuous : the rest being merely auto- matons : and of them it may indeed , with truth be said , The Say what's ...
... certainly crowded with wigs on blocks ; for out of the number of their wearers , half a dozen only ren- der themselves conspicuous : the rest being merely auto- matons : and of them it may indeed , with truth be said , The Say what's ...
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... certainly will another : and thence we find , that among the many , some will propo- gate bad , and others , good . But instead of watching these several propensities which should constitute the leading principle of tutors , they , on ...
... certainly will another : and thence we find , that among the many , some will propo- gate bad , and others , good . But instead of watching these several propensities which should constitute the leading principle of tutors , they , on ...
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... certainly , could not have hit upon a discove- ry more easily to be made , at the present period ; and the disgrace of which is more likely to be attachable to the discoverer ; for the wives of his age afford an ample field for the ...
... certainly , could not have hit upon a discove- ry more easily to be made , at the present period ; and the disgrace of which is more likely to be attachable to the discoverer ; for the wives of his age afford an ample field for the ...
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... certainly a fact , that fools are the favoured of Fortune , but not that race which studies to court her ; for the caprice of the lady is so notorious , that she will only force herself upon those who either treat her with contempt , or ...
... certainly a fact , that fools are the favoured of Fortune , but not that race which studies to court her ; for the caprice of the lady is so notorious , that she will only force herself upon those who either treat her with contempt , or ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
aëre Alexander Barclay Alice Pearce bard bells boast brain Canst thou cause certainly CHORUS TO FOOLS common sense conceived Crowds flock dame death decency disgrace display doth ev'ry exclaim eyes fam'd fame famous fashion feel folly FOOLISH fortune frequently give Goddess of Fools gold harlot's hath head hear Heaven honour Horace human idiot instance irreligion John Perrot justly King L'ENVOY labour ladle lady laugh lines live Lord mind nature naught ne'er never noble o'er pain passion pleasure POET POET'S CHORUS Praise of Folly present prove quod rage Rara Avis reader reason respect score scorn SECTION Shakspeare shame Ship of Fools smile SOLOMON speaking species stanza Stultifera Navis thee thine thing thro thyself tion tongue trim the boat truth vice Voltaire votaries wear wearers wisdom wise words youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 12 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Página 133 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Página 196 - All murder'd: for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
Página 245 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Página 164 - ... we make guilty of our disasters, the sun, the moon, and the stars : as if we were villains by necessity; fools, by heavenly compulsion; knaves, thieves, and treachers, by spherical predominance; drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on : An admirable evasion of whore-master man, to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star!
Página 164 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, — often the surfeit of our own behaviour, — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars...
Página xx - Quid verum atque decens euro et rogo, et omnis in hoc sum ; Condo et compono quae mox depromere possim.
Página 207 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly dress'd, Fresh as a bridegroom ; and his chin, new reap'd, Show'd like a stubble-land at harvest-home ; He was perfumed like a milliner ; And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box...
Página 196 - For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings : How some have been depos'd; some slain in war...
Página 171 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend.