The Sexagenarian: Or, The Recollections of a Literary Life ...F. C. and J. Rivington, 1817 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 46
עמוד 2
... obtained from labo- rioas curacies , and from the not much more tole- rable labour of pen - drudgery for booksellers . With his entrance into holy orders , the spirit of orthodoxy and loyalty did not immediately accom- pany him . His ...
... obtained from labo- rioas curacies , and from the not much more tole- rable labour of pen - drudgery for booksellers . With his entrance into holy orders , the spirit of orthodoxy and loyalty did not immediately accom- pany him . His ...
עמוד 3
... obtained a sort of name among publishers , which occasioned many manuscripts of authors to be con- fided to him for revision and correction . Among others , he superintended the very popular work by Colonel Drinkwater , on the siege of ...
... obtained a sort of name among publishers , which occasioned many manuscripts of authors to be con- fided to him for revision and correction . Among others , he superintended the very popular work by Colonel Drinkwater , on the siege of ...
עמוד 9
... obtained a great number of curious editions . But he was nevertheless consistent in his profligacy , and whenever the subject of religion or scripture was introduced , treated both with the keenest ridi- cule . He called one morning ...
... obtained a great number of curious editions . But he was nevertheless consistent in his profligacy , and whenever the subject of religion or scripture was introduced , treated both with the keenest ridi- cule . He called one morning ...
עמוד 23
... birth and fortune , but little connected with commerce , who used their influence to obtain the Aldermanic gown , entirely from poli- tical views and purposes ; such was Mr. T. and tical 23 quire of the landlord how to get a letter to ...
... birth and fortune , but little connected with commerce , who used their influence to obtain the Aldermanic gown , entirely from poli- tical views and purposes ; such was Mr. T. and tical 23 quire of the landlord how to get a letter to ...
עמוד 37
... obtained the sanction of public approbation and esteem . This feeling na- turally led him to seek the personal acquaintance of all those among his contemporaries , who had made themselves eminent , either by their geogra phical ...
... obtained the sanction of public approbation and esteem . This feeling na- turally led him to seek the personal acquaintance of all those among his contemporaries , who had made themselves eminent , either by their geogra phical ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
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.