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... things . " In the later periods of his life Richard did not cast behind him classical reading . He spoke copiously and powerfully about Cicero . He had read , and he had understood the four orations of Demosthenes read and taught in our ...
... things . " In the later periods of his life Richard did not cast behind him classical reading . He spoke copiously and powerfully about Cicero . He had read , and he had understood the four orations of Demosthenes read and taught in our ...
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... thing , and in the event was made happy by obtaining forgiveness for my brother . **** You may perceive , dear sister , that very little indeed have I to say on a subject so near your heart , and near mine also . That for years I lost ...
... thing , and in the event was made happy by obtaining forgiveness for my brother . **** You may perceive , dear sister , that very little indeed have I to say on a subject so near your heart , and near mine also . That for years I lost ...
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... things were at last to be compromised between Jupiter and Juno ; Am- phitryon was to be comforted in the birth of so mighty a son ; Ixion , for his presumption , in- stead of being fixed to a torturing wheel , was to have been fixed to ...
... things were at last to be compromised between Jupiter and Juno ; Am- phitryon was to be comforted in the birth of so mighty a son ; Ixion , for his presumption , in- stead of being fixed to a torturing wheel , was to have been fixed to ...
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... thing that occurred to me ( and certainly a very na- tural one ) was to examine my common - place book . So I went ... things that struck my eyes was the following memorandum , legibly written , and on one of my best sheets of vellum ...
... thing that occurred to me ( and certainly a very na- tural one ) was to examine my common - place book . So I went ... things that struck my eyes was the following memorandum , legibly written , and on one of my best sheets of vellum ...
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... things they did at Harrow out of Theocritus , " might , with a little pruning , form a useful contribution . The loss of the volume of Crazy Tales is little to be regretted , as from its title we may con- clude it was written in ...
... things they did at Harrow out of Theocritus , " might , with a little pruning , form a useful contribution . The loss of the volume of Crazy Tales is little to be regretted , as from its title we may con- clude it was written in ...
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Página 484 - Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive Against thy mother aught; leave her to heaven, And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge To prick and sting her.
Página 215 - Well, I'll not debate how far scandal may be allowable ; but in a man, I am sure, it is always contemptible. We...
Página 462 - Ere the blabbing eastern scout, The nice morn on the Indian steep, From her cabin'd loophole peep, And to the tell-tale sun descry Our conceal'd solemnity.
Página 328 - ... tis only when he states his facts that you admire the flights of his imagination.
Página 178 - And scorn assumes compassion's doubtful mien, To warn me off from the encumber'd scene. This must not be ; — and higher duties crave Some space between the theatre and the grave ; That, like the Roman in the Capitol, I may adjust my mantle ere I fall : My life's brief act in public service flown, The last, the closing scene, must be my own.
Página 448 - All that he had ever heard — all that he had ever read — when compared with it dwindled into nothing, and vanished like vapour before the sun.
Página 176 - Cheeks of rose, untouched by art ? I will own the colour true, When yielding blushes aid their hue. Is her hand so soft and pure ? I must press it, to be sure; Nor can I be certain then, Till it, grateful, press again. Must I, with attentive eye, Watch her heaving bosom sigh ? I will do so, when I see That heaving bosom sigh for me.
Página 175 - I ne'er could any lustre see In eyes that would not look on me ; I ne'er saw nectar on a lip, But where my own did hope to sip.
Página 237 - ... phaeton, she desired me to write some verses on her ponies; upon which, I took out my pocketbook, and in one moment produced the following : " Sure never were seen two such beautiful ponies ; Other horses are clowns, but these macaronies : To give them this title I'm sure can't be wrong, Their legs are so slim, and their tails are so long.
Página 276 - There new-born plays foretaste the town's applause, There dormant patterns pine for future gauze. A moral essay now is all her care, A satire next, and then a bill of fare. A scene she now projects, and now a dish, Here Act the First, and here 'Remove with Fish.