Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most eminent prose writers, Volume 41812 |
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... present worthy of you and of me . The only return I ask of you for this favour is , that you will be a friend to the Roman people ; and that if you believe me to be a man of worth , as the states of Spain formerly experienced my father ...
... present worthy of you and of me . The only return I ask of you for this favour is , that you will be a friend to the Roman people ; and that if you believe me to be a man of worth , as the states of Spain formerly experienced my father ...
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... present ; pro- testing they would acknowledge it as a favour , as much as they did the restoring the virgin without injury offered to her . Scipio , unable to resist their importunate solicitations , told them , he accepted it ; and ...
... present ; pro- testing they would acknowledge it as a favour , as much as they did the restoring the virgin without injury offered to her . Scipio , unable to resist their importunate solicitations , told them , he accepted it ; and ...
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... present war ; but in this ruin of his fortunes , what gratitude was there to be expected from a court governed by eunuchs and mercenary Greeks ? all whose politics turned , not on the honour of the king , but the establishment of their ...
... present war ; but in this ruin of his fortunes , what gratitude was there to be expected from a court governed by eunuchs and mercenary Greeks ? all whose politics turned , not on the honour of the king , but the establishment of their ...
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... which the annals of any age or any nation can present to us . He seems , indeed , to be the complete model of that perfect character , which , under the denomination of a BOOK VII . 35 HISTORICAL . Character of Alfred, King of England Hume.
... which the annals of any age or any nation can present to us . He seems , indeed , to be the complete model of that perfect character , which , under the denomination of a BOOK VII . 35 HISTORICAL . Character of Alfred, King of England Hume.
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... present convenience , to sacrifice the lasting ad- vantages arising from the trust and confidence of his people . Hence were derived his profusion to favourites , his attachment to strangers , the variableness of his conduct , his hasty ...
... present convenience , to sacrifice the lasting ad- vantages arising from the trust and confidence of his people . Hence were derived his profusion to favourites , his attachment to strangers , the variableness of his conduct , his hasty ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
admiration affable affection agreeable ambition appeared arts ASPASIO avarice beauty Boil Cæsar character Charles Chesterfield Cicero conduct countess of Somerset court crown danger death desired dignity disposition earl Edward Edward VI elegant enemies England equally errours Europe execution father favour favourite fortune give glory hand happy heart Henry Henry VIII honour house of lords human Hume Iago king kingdom lady Jane LADY JANE GREY learning less lived lord LORD BOLINGBROKE LORD TOWNSHEND mankind manners Mary matter ment mind minister monarch moral narch nation nature neral never noble passions perfect person philosopher Plato pleasure Pompey Pope possessed prince princess qualities queen racter reason regard reign religion rendered replied Rizio Roger Ascham seemed Sir John soul sovereign spirit Sterl subjects talents temper thing thou thought throne tion truth uncle Toby vices vigour violence virtue writers zeal
Passagens conhecidas
Página 254 - Give you a reason on compulsion ! if reasons were as plenty as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion, I. P.
Página 77 - I am in presence either of father or mother ; whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry, or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing anything else ; I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure and number, even so perfectly, as God made the world ; or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea presently sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs, and other ways (which I will not name for the honour I bear them) so without measure mis-ordered, that I think...
Página 257 - I will ask him for my place again ; he shall tell me I am a drunkard ! Had I as many mouths as Hydra, such an answer would stop them all. To be now a sensible man, by and by a fool, and presently a beast ! O strange ! Every inordinate cup is unblessed and the ingredient is a devil.
Página 246 - Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?
Página 256 - O thou invisible spirit of wine! if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.
Página 241 - Then, if they die unprovided, no more is the King guilty of their damnation than he was before guilty of those impieties for the which they are now visited. Every subject's duty is the King's, but every subject's soul is his own.
Página 173 - And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
Página 141 - Here this extraordinary man, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, found himself in great straits. To please universally was the object of his life; but to tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.
Página 256 - As I am an honest man, I thought you had received some bodily wound; there is more sense in that than in reputation. Reputation is an idle and most false imposition ; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving : you have lost no reputation at all, unless you repute yourself such a loser.
Página 96 - The fame of this princess, though it has surmounted the prejudices both of faction and of bigotry, yet lies still exposed to another prejudice, which is more durable, because more natural ; and which, according to the different views in which we survey her, is capable either of exalting beyond measure, or diminishing the lustre of her character.