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الصفحة v
... thought chargeable . It is his purpose in this work , on the one hand , to exhibit , he does not say a correct map , but a tolerable sketch of the human mind ; and , aided by the lights which the poet and the orator so amply furnish ...
... thought chargeable . It is his purpose in this work , on the one hand , to exhibit , he does not say a correct map , but a tolerable sketch of the human mind ; and , aided by the lights which the poet and the orator so amply furnish ...
الصفحة vi
... thought too minute and particular , if just , they will not , he hopes , on a re - examination , be deemed of no consequence . Those may serve to illustrate a gener- al observation , which are scarcely worth notice as subjects either of ...
... thought too minute and particular , if just , they will not , he hopes , on a re - examination , be deemed of no consequence . Those may serve to illustrate a gener- al observation , which are scarcely worth notice as subjects either of ...
الصفحة x
... Thought ib . Part II . From Affectation of Excellence ..... 268 .... Part III . From Want of Meaning ... 270 Under this the various Kinds of Nonsense : 1. The Puerile 271 2. The Learned 272 3. The Profound .... ..... 275 4. The ...
... Thought ib . Part II . From Affectation of Excellence ..... 268 .... Part III . From Want of Meaning ... 270 Under this the various Kinds of Nonsense : 1. The Puerile 271 2. The Learned 272 3. The Profound .... ..... 275 4. The ...
الصفحة 14
... thought to supersede the study of anything farther . But their utility reaches a very little way , compared with that which results from the knowledge of the foundations of the art , and of what has been , not unfitly , styled ...
... thought to supersede the study of anything farther . But their utility reaches a very little way , compared with that which results from the knowledge of the foundations of the art , and of what has been , not unfitly , styled ...
الصفحة 39
... thought . " * The pathetic and the facetious differ not only in subject and effect , as will appear upon the most superficial review of what hath been said , but also in the manner of imitation . In this the man of humour descends to a ...
... thought . " * The pathetic and the facetious differ not only in subject and effect , as will appear upon the most superficial review of what hath been said , but also in the manner of imitation . In this the man of humour descends to a ...
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الصفحة 48 - He reads much; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing.
الصفحة 407 - Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
الصفحة 251 - For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, saying, Fear not, Paul ; thou must be brought before Caesar : and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
الصفحة 309 - For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell, Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
الصفحة 363 - Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock : and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell not : for it was founded upon a rock.
الصفحة 334 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
الصفحة 14 - H' had hard words ready to show why, And tell what rules he did it by ; Else, when with greatest art he spoke, You'd think he talked like other folk.
الصفحة 379 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil ; my lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
الصفحة 289 - Every one knew how laborious the usual method is of attaining to arts and sciences ; whereas by his contrivance, the most ignorant person, at a reasonable charge, and with a little bodily labour, may write books in philosophy, poetry, politics, law, mathematics, and theology, without the least assistance from genius or study.
الصفحة 57 - Men suffer all their life long under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time.