The Sexagenarian: Or, The Recollections of a Literary Life ...F. C. and J. Rivington, 1817 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 42
עמוד 2
... introduced him to the notice of an excellent and venerable prelate , who has be fore been named , and who always eagerly sought oppor- opportunities of distinguishing and rewarding lite- rary exertions , particularly as a candidate for ...
... introduced him to the notice of an excellent and venerable prelate , who has be fore been named , and who always eagerly sought oppor- opportunities of distinguishing and rewarding lite- rary exertions , particularly as a candidate for ...
עמוד 3
... introduced to the Premier , and em- ployed by him in some confidential services . The consequence of this was preferment so considerable as to secure a perfect independence . His publications were very numerous , and he had obtained a ...
... introduced to the Premier , and em- ployed by him in some confidential services . The consequence of this was preferment so considerable as to secure a perfect independence . His publications were very numerous , and he had obtained a ...
עמוד 4
... introduced , not improbably brought to the recollec- tion of the Sexagenarian , another personage of still more eccentric and contradictory qualities . For immediately succeeding the above sketch , after the erasure of some lines , in ...
... introduced , not improbably brought to the recollec- tion of the Sexagenarian , another personage of still more eccentric and contradictory qualities . For immediately succeeding the above sketch , after the erasure of some lines , in ...
עמוד 7
... introduced . " You must acknowledge , my friend Wilkes , " ob → served Boswell one day , " that the approach to Edinburgh from the London road , presents a very picturesque and interesting picture . ” Why so it perhaps may , " returned ...
... introduced . " You must acknowledge , my friend Wilkes , " ob → served Boswell one day , " that the approach to Edinburgh from the London road , presents a very picturesque and interesting picture . ” Why so it perhaps may , " returned ...
עמוד 9
... introduced , treated both with the keenest ridi- cule . He called one morning upon a friend who resided in a very close and retired situation in the city , but who had a small opening before his house , of a few yards square , and two ...
... introduced , treated both with the keenest ridi- cule . He called one morning upon a friend who resided in a very close and retired situation in the city , but who had a small opening before his house , of a few yards square , and two ...
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Abyssinia acquaintance afterwards agreeable Alderman ALEXANDER DALRYMPLE amiable amusement anecdote appears became better Bishop Bishop of Landaff Bishop Porteus Bookseller brother cerned certainly CHAP CHAPTER character Cicero circumstances connections considerable considered dignity distinguished eccentric elevation enim excited exercise facetious feelings fortune gentleman Greek Herodotus honest honour house of Medici humble humour individuals introduced Khorasan kind knowledge labour Lacryma Christi learning less literary lived Lord manners manuscript means Member of Parliament ment merit mihi mind never nihil noble object observed obtained occasion particular parties Pegu perhaps Persian person personage poet political popular Porson PORSONIAN present printed profession published quæ quam quod racter rank reader Recollections remarkable respect scholar seems Sexagenarian sort surprize talents taste thing Tibet tion traveller venerable verse VIRG volumes Wilkes writer СНАР
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 349 - Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils. As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest; with, such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles...
עמוד 378 - Thus, loved associates, chiefs of elder art, Teachers of wisdom, who could once beguile My tedious hours, and lighten every toil, I now resign you; nor with fainting heart; For pass a few short years, or days, or hours, And happier seasons may their dawn unfold, And all your sacred fellowship restore: When, freed from earth, unlimited its powers, Mind shall with mind direct communion hold, And kindred spirits meet to part no more.
עמוד 346 - Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
עמוד 360 - ... quisnam igitur liber? sapiens sibi qui imperiosus, quem neque pauperies neque mors neque vincula terrent, responsare cupidinibus, contemnere honores 85 fortis, et in se ipso totus, teres, atque rotundus, externi ne quid valeat per leve morari, in quem manca ruit semper fortuna, potesne ex his ut proprium quid noscere?
עמוד 343 - Ascend my chariot, guide the rapid wheels That shake Heaven's basis, bring forth all my war, My bow and thunder, my almighty arms Gird on, and sword upon thy puissant thigh; Pursue these sons of darkness, drive them out From all Heaven's bounds into the utter deep : There let them learn, as likes them, to despise God, and Messiah his anointed King.
עמוד 340 - Highest, and fierce with grasped arms Clashed on their sounding shields the din of war, Hurling defiance toward the vault of Heaven.
עמוד 372 - And from thence can soar as soon To the corners of the moon. Mortals, that would follow me, Love Virtue ; she alone is free. She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.
עמוד 375 - » In all the dewy landscapes of the Spring, In the bright eye of Hesper, or the morn, In Nature's fairest forms, is aught so fair As virtuous friendship ? as the candid blush Of him who strives with fortune to be just ? The graceful tear that streams for others...
עמוד 377 - But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending virtue's friend ; Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While resignation gently slopes the way ; And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past.
עמוד 384 - ... latter days were spent in retirement from those busy scenes, in which he had formerly borne a conspicuous part. In the last two years of his life, he amused himself with the composition of the preceding Memoirs, which display an extensive knowledge of the events and the characters of a former day. Many of the personages there described, like the hand which records them, are now in the dust, and have left their name only and their memories behind.