Lives of English poetsNichols and Son, 1801 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 58
עמוד 52
... should have added with modern ap- plications and , when he difcovers that Gay Bacchus is tranflated from Augurellus , he ought to have re- marked that the latter part is purely Parnell's . An- other poem , When Spring comes on , is , he ...
... should have added with modern ap- plications and , when he difcovers that Gay Bacchus is tranflated from Augurellus , he ought to have re- marked that the latter part is purely Parnell's . An- other poem , When Spring comes on , is , he ...
עמוד 55
... should be extended , the College answered , that it should be fufficient to bring a teftimonial from the clergyman officiating in the parish where the pa- tient refided . After a year's experience , the phyficians found their charity ...
... should be extended , the College answered , that it should be fufficient to bring a teftimonial from the clergyman officiating in the parish where the pa- tient refided . After a year's experience , the phyficians found their charity ...
עמוד 56
... should diftribute the medicines , and who should fettle their prices . The phyficians procured fome apothecaries to undertake the difpenfation , and offered that the warden and company of the Apothecaries fhould adjust the price . This ...
... should diftribute the medicines , and who should fettle their prices . The phyficians procured fome apothecaries to undertake the difpenfation , and offered that the warden and company of the Apothecaries fhould adjust the price . This ...
עמוד 70
... should keep out of the way of one another . Rowe is chiefly to be confidered as a tragick writer and a tranflator . In his attempt at comedy he failed fo fo ignominioufly , that his Biter is not inferted in 70 ROWE .
... should keep out of the way of one another . Rowe is chiefly to be confidered as a tragick writer and a tranflator . In his attempt at comedy he failed fo fo ignominioufly , that his Biter is not inferted in 70 ROWE .
עמוד 80
... - ploy those whofe appearance might do honour to their country . To this Godolphin replied , that fuch abuses should in time be rectified ; and that , if a man man could be found capable of the task then pro- 80 ADDISON .
... - ploy those whofe appearance might do honour to their country . To this Godolphin replied , that fuch abuses should in time be rectified ; and that , if a man man could be found capable of the task then pro- 80 ADDISON .
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 144 - ... always equable, and always easy, without glowing words or pointed sentences. Addison never deviates from his track to snatch a grace; he seeks no ambitious ornaments, and tries no hazardous innovations. His page is always luminous, but never blazes in unexpected splendour.
עמוד 110 - He taught us how to live ; and, oh ! too high The price of knowledge, taught us how to die.
עמוד 30 - James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend. But what are the hopes of man ? I am disappointed by that stroke of death which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.
עמוד 285 - IT has been observed in all ages, that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that those whom the splendour of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, have placed upon the summits of human life, have not often given any just occasion to envy in those who look up to them from a lower station...
עמוד 91 - The danger was soon over. The whole nation was at that time on fire with faction. The Whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned, as a satire on the Tories ; and the Tories echoed every clap, to show that the satire was unfelt.
עמוד 44 - Sir, I have brought a mouse to wait on your Majesty." To which the King is said to have replied, " You do well to put me in the way of making a man of him ;" and ordered him a pension of five hundred pounds.
עמוד 59 - Whether what Temple says be true, that physicians have had more learning than the other faculties, I will not stay to inquire; but, I believe, every man has found in physicians great liberality and dignity of sentiment, very prompt effusion of beneficence, and willingness to exert a lucrative art where there is no hope of lucre.
עמוד 296 - ... but his expectations deceived him, for Sir Richard told him that he was without money, and that the pamphlet must be sold before the dinner could be paid for; and Savage was therefore obliged to go and offer their new production to sale for two guineas, which with some difficulty he obtained.
עמוד 116 - He has dissipated the prejudice that had long connected gaiety with vice, and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character " above all Greek, above all Roman fame.
עמוד 366 - WANDERER, the man of exalted sentiments, extensive views, and curious observations ; the man whose remarks on life might have assisted the statesman, whose ideas of virtue might have enlightened the moralist, whose eloquence might have influenced senates, and whose delicacy might have polished courts.