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... never have suspected that they were training a genius who would rival in letters the renown of Marlborough in arms . When little Laurence was in his eighth year he fell under the water - wheel of a mill while it was going , and was ...
... never have suspected that they were training a genius who would rival in letters the renown of Marlborough in arms . When little Laurence was in his eighth year he fell under the water - wheel of a mill while it was going , and was ...
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... never be erased . It might have been expected that Sterne , in requital , would have recorded , with the anecdote , the name of the master who had done him such homage . Sterne states that his cousin , the heir of Elvington , became a ...
... never be erased . It might have been expected that Sterne , in requital , would have recorded , with the anecdote , the name of the master who had done him such homage . Sterne states that his cousin , the heir of Elvington , became a ...
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... never once wished to crown his head with more glory and honour than what GEORGE or EDWARD would have spread around it . " But neither his own graceful compliments , nor the influence of his friends , if it had ever been exerted , would ...
... never once wished to crown his head with more glory and honour than what GEORGE or EDWARD would have spread around it . " But neither his own graceful compliments , nor the influence of his friends , if it had ever been exerted , would ...
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... never , he said , suffer him to think for two moments together upon any grave subject.1 Hair - brained , light- hearted , and sanguine - pleased with himself , his follies , and his vices - he treated misfortune when it came as a ...
... never , he said , suffer him to think for two moments together upon any grave subject.1 Hair - brained , light- hearted , and sanguine - pleased with himself , his follies , and his vices - he treated misfortune when it came as a ...
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... never seen an atheist , and did not believe that one existed . " You have been unfortunate , " replied the baron ; " you now see seven- teen at table for the first time . " To the historian , who had reduced his creed to the single ...
... never seen an atheist , and did not believe that one existed . " You have been unfortunate , " replied the baron ; " you now see seven- teen at table for the first time . " To the historian , who had reduced his creed to the single ...
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Página 171 - E'en now, perhaps, as there some pilgrim strays Through tangled forests, and through dangerous ways, Where beasts with man divided empire claim, And the brown Indian marks with murderous aim; There, while above the giddy tempest flies, And all around distressful yells arise, The pensive exile, bending with his woe, To stop too fearful, and too faint to go, Casts a long look where England's glories shine, And bids his bosom sympathize with mine.
Página 149 - THE MEMOIRS OF A PROTESTANT, CONDEMNED TO THE GALLEYS OF FRANCE FOR HIS RELIGION.
Página 58 - I praise the Frenchman*, his remark was shrewd—. How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude ! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper — solitude is sweet.
Página 434 - Where'er the oak's thick branches stretch A broader browner shade; Where'er the rude and moss-grown beech O'er-canopies the glade, Beside some water's rushy brink With me the Muse shall sit, and think (At ease reclined in rustic state) How vain the ardour of the crowd, How low, how little are the proud, How indigent the great...
Página 389 - Some time in March I finished the ' Lives of the Poets,' which I wrote in my usual way, dilatorily and hastily, unwilling to work, and working with vigour and haste.
Página 184 - Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out." Goldsmith's abridgment is better than that of Lucius Florus or Eutropius ; and I will venture to say, that if you compare him with Vertot, in the same places of the Roman History, you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying everything he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing a Natural History, and will make it as entertaining...
Página 273 - I will further tell you, that all my endeavours, from a boy, to distinguish myself, were only for want of a great title and fortune, that I might be used like a Lord by those who have an opinion of my parts — whether right or wrong, it is no great matter, and so the reputation of wit or great learning does the office of a blue ribbon, or of a coach and six horses.
Página 406 - At supper this night he talked of good eating with uncommon satisfaction. " Some people," said he, " have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully ; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.
Página 427 - Alas, I cannot see in the dark; nature has not furnished me with the optics of a cat. Must I pore upon mathematics ? Alas, I cannot see in too much light; I am no eagle. It is very possible that two and two make four, but I would not give four farthings to demonstrate this ever so clearly; and if these be the profits of life, give me the amusements of it.