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... the chriftians , which , for the name and authority of the man , and for the sharpness and learning with which they were written , were afterwards VOL . X. thought 1 B 7 . thought fo confiderable , as to be fuppreffed AN ...
... the chriftians , which , for the name and authority of the man , and for the sharpness and learning with which they were written , were afterwards VOL . X. thought 1 B 7 . thought fo confiderable , as to be fuppreffed AN ...
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... afterwards , the parts became fo miferably man- gled and torn , that he was obliged ever after to void his urine through the orifice , where the ftone was extracted . He was carried Cato's Let ters , no.121 . for Nov. 18 1721 . Preface ...
... afterwards , the parts became fo miferably man- gled and torn , that he was obliged ever after to void his urine through the orifice , where the ftone was extracted . He was carried Cato's Let ters , no.121 . for Nov. 18 1721 . Preface ...
الصفحة 17
... afterwards at Leyden in which laft city he profited by the lectures of Heinfius and Voffius . He went to Paris for the fake of seeing and con- fulting Grotius ; and afterwards to Padua , where he learned the opinions of Ariftotle and ...
... afterwards at Leyden in which laft city he profited by the lectures of Heinfius and Voffius . He went to Paris for the fake of seeing and con- fulting Grotius ; and afterwards to Padua , where he learned the opinions of Ariftotle and ...
الصفحة 18
... afterwards resto- red to the favor of his fovereign , he resolved to lead a private life , and to devote himself to study . It was at this time , and to divert his melancholy , that he wrote , without the least flattery or partiality ...
... afterwards resto- red to the favor of his fovereign , he resolved to lead a private life , and to devote himself to study . It was at this time , and to divert his melancholy , that he wrote , without the least flattery or partiality ...
الصفحة 19
... afterwards earl of Halifax and Mr. Dryden having published in 1686 , his poem , called , " The Hind and the " Panther , " our Poet , joined with Mr. Montague in writing that humorous piece , intitled , " The Hind and the Panther ...
... afterwards earl of Halifax and Mr. Dryden having published in 1686 , his poem , called , " The Hind and the " Panther , " our Poet , joined with Mr. Montague in writing that humorous piece , intitled , " The Hind and the Panther ...
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مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 348 - The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise! I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little further, to make thee a room: Thou art a monument without a tomb, And art alive still while thy book doth live And we have wits to read and praise to give.
الصفحة 501 - Caesar with a senate at his heels. In parts superior what advantage lies ? Tell (for you can) what is it to be wise ? 'Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others...
الصفحة 348 - Triumph, my Britain! Thou hast one to show To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time; And all the muses still were in their prime When, like Apollo, he came forth to warm Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm. Nature herself was proud of his designs And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines, Which were so richly spun and woven so fit As, since, she will vouchsafe no other wit.
الصفحة 341 - His characters are so much nature herself, that it is a sort of injury to call them by so distant a name as copies of her. Those of other poets have a constant resemblance, which...
الصفحة 501 - Oh ! while along the stream of Time thy name Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame, Say, shall my little bark attendant sail, Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale...
الصفحة 464 - Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to bide: To lose good days, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed today, to be put back tomorrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
الصفحة 483 - He Has vindicated Eloquence and Wit. His candid Stile like a clean Stream does slide, And his bright Fancy all the way Does like the Sun-shine in it play ; It does like Thames, the best of Rivers, glide, Where the God does not rudely overturn, But gently pour the Crystal Urn, And with judicious hand does the whole Current Guide. T' has all the Beauties Nature can impart, And all the comely Dress without the paint of Art.
الصفحة 345 - I believe they meant those which had lain ever since the author's days in the playhouse, and had from time to time been cut, or added to, arbitrarily.
الصفحة 344 - ... till after his death. The whole number of genuine plays, which we have been able to find printed in his lifetime, amounts but to eleven.
الصفحة 338 - He had, by a misfortune common enough to young fellows, fallen into ill company, and amongst them some that made a frequent practice of deerstealing engaged him with them more than once in robbing a park that belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy of Charlecote near Stratford.