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... able Opinion of him ; and cannot condemn the Errors of one , who has the art of making himself so very agreeable . THE Account he gives us of his being admitted a Citizen of Rome , is perhaps one of the strongest Inftances to be met ...
... able Opinion of him ; and cannot condemn the Errors of one , who has the art of making himself so very agreeable . THE Account he gives us of his being admitted a Citizen of Rome , is perhaps one of the strongest Inftances to be met ...
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... able to equal fuch illuftrious Originals , damps all our Ambition , and checks every Attempt to follow them . Add to this , that they have exhausted most of those Subjects which are capable of making Writings at once entertaining and ...
... able to equal fuch illuftrious Originals , damps all our Ambition , and checks every Attempt to follow them . Add to this , that they have exhausted most of those Subjects which are capable of making Writings at once entertaining and ...
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... able to come up to the Poetry , than that he should mifs the precife Meaning of his Original . A Rea- der at least will be much better satisfied with a Tranflation , where the Author's Senfe is beauti- beautifully expreffed , tho not ...
... able to come up to the Poetry , than that he should mifs the precife Meaning of his Original . A Rea- der at least will be much better satisfied with a Tranflation , where the Author's Senfe is beauti- beautifully expreffed , tho not ...
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... able to make good their own Claim to it . They as well as other Men have fuffered themfelves to be too much guided by Appearances in this Science , no lefs than in others ; and have frequently had fo little Wisdom , as to imagine ...
... able to make good their own Claim to it . They as well as other Men have fuffered themfelves to be too much guided by Appearances in this Science , no lefs than in others ; and have frequently had fo little Wisdom , as to imagine ...
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... Happiness , have not been able to ex- tinguish this powerful Inclination in the Hearts of those , who having been born to Greatness Vol . II . E and and Empire , have looked on themselves as a fuperior HIBERNICUS's Letters . 49.
... Happiness , have not been able to ex- tinguish this powerful Inclination in the Hearts of those , who having been born to Greatness Vol . II . E and and Empire , have looked on themselves as a fuperior HIBERNICUS's Letters . 49.
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Página 234 - ... observation. On the contrary, we shall find, that all our attempts to prescribe bounds to the activity of this so powerful agent will end only in surprise at the extent of its authority ; in astonishment at the universality of its influence. Its claim to an undisputed empire over language is asserted by the author from whom I have taken the motto of this paper; with what justice, the testimony of a succeeding age may declare ; when a Caesar who made and unmade the laws of the world at his pleasure,...
Página 65 - Ever long, and ever late, Full of meats, and full of wine ; This takes his temper from the swine.
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Página 65 - Twas hence in drinking on the lawns New turns of humour seiz'd the Fauns. Here one was crying out, " By Jove !" Another, " Fight me in the grove ;" This wounds a friend, and that the trees; The lion's temper reign'd in these.
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Página 60 - And all her sweet companions sons of light. Straight as I gaz'd, my fear and wonder grew, Fear barr'd my voice, and wonder fix'd my view ; When lo ! a cherub of the...
Página 83 - ... in innocency, a far better wearing. She doth not, with lying long abed, spoil both her complexion and conditions.