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Pagina 1
... praise , and even to form a posthumous friendship with the author . In reviewing the life of such a writer , there is , besides , a rule of justice to which the public have an undoubted claim . Fond admiration and partial friendship ...
... praise , and even to form a posthumous friendship with the author . In reviewing the life of such a writer , there is , besides , a rule of justice to which the public have an undoubted claim . Fond admiration and partial friendship ...
Pagina 2
... praise is unnecessary . It is an observation of the younger Pliny , in his epistle to his friend Tacitus , that his- tory ought never to magnify matters of fact , because worthy actions require nothing but the truth . Nam nec historia ...
... praise is unnecessary . It is an observation of the younger Pliny , in his epistle to his friend Tacitus , that his- tory ought never to magnify matters of fact , because worthy actions require nothing but the truth . Nam nec historia ...
Pagina 15
... praise the hermit , but regret the friend ; Resolved at length , from vice and London far , To breathe in distant fields a purer air ; And fix'd on Cambria's solitary shore , Give to St. David one true Briton more . " Johnson at that ...
... praise the hermit , but regret the friend ; Resolved at length , from vice and London far , To breathe in distant fields a purer air ; And fix'd on Cambria's solitary shore , Give to St. David one true Briton more . " Johnson at that ...
Pagina 20
... praise subsided , he opened with these words ; " That speech I wrote in a garret in Exeter Street . " The company was struck with astonishment . After staring at each other in silent amaze , Dr. Francis asked , " How that speech could ...
... praise subsided , he opened with these words ; " That speech I wrote in a garret in Exeter Street . " The company was struck with astonishment . After staring at each other in silent amaze , Dr. Francis asked , " How that speech could ...
Pagina 25
... praise , in the Life of Savage . With the same spirit of independence with which he wished to live , it was now his pride to write . He communicated his plan to none of his friends ; he desired no assistance , relying entirely on his ...
... praise , in the Life of Savage . With the same spirit of independence with which he wished to live , it was now his pride to write . He communicated his plan to none of his friends ; he desired no assistance , relying entirely on his ...
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Pagina 27 - but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and send out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases." Having invoked the special protection of Heaven, and
Pagina 322 - have died hereafter , There would have been a time for such a word. To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to-day. To the last syllable of (2) recorded time ; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle ! Life's but
Pagina 321 - Macbeth. I have liv'd long enough ; my -way of life, Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf. As there is no relation between the way of life, and fallen into the sear, I am inclined to think, that the W is only an M inverted, and that it was originally written, My May of life.
Pagina 304 - whose plan obliged him to make Macbeth yield, has not confuted, though he might easily have shown that a former obligation could not be vacated by a latter. NOTE XVII. LETTING I dare not, wait upon I would, Like the poor cat i' th' adage. The adage alluded to is, The cat loves fish, but dares not
Pagina 309 - Put rancours in the vessel of my peace Only for them, and mine eternal jewel Given to the (2) common enemy of man, To make them kings—the seed of Banquo kings. Rather than so, come fate into the list, (3) And champion me to th' utterance (1) As it is said, Anthony's was by
Pagina 371 - and insipid ; his comic wit degenerating into clenches, his serious swelling into bombast. But he is always great, when some great occasion is presented to him ; no man can say, he ever had a lit subject for his wit, and did not then raise himself as high above the rest of
Pagina 346 - an hour should not be a century in that calenture of the brain that can make the stage a field. The truth is, that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the players are only players. They
Pagina 309 - him father to a line of kings. Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown, And put a barren sceptre in my gripe, Thence to be wrench'd with an unlineal hand, No son of mine succeeding. If 'tis so, For Banquo's issue have I
Pagina 35 - MY LoRD, " When upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish, that I might boast myself It vainqueur du vainqueur de
Pagina 107 - Safe in his pow'r, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r ; Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet, when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth