The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, כרך 15 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 59
עמוד 7
We live in an age , ( says he , ) in which it is a kind of public sport to refuse all
respect that cannot be enforced . The edicts of an English academy ( he thinks )
would probably be read by many , only that they might be sure to disobey them .
We live in an age , ( says he , ) in which it is a kind of public sport to refuse all
respect that cannot be enforced . The edicts of an English academy ( he thinks )
would probably be read by many , only that they might be sure to disobey them .
עמוד 17
... too much , and condescending too far , he may injure his own cause , and
become a kind of felo de se ; and by pleading and asserting too boldly , he may
displease the court that sits upon him : his apology may only heighten his
accusation .
... too much , and condescending too far , he may injure his own cause , and
become a kind of felo de se ; and by pleading and asserting too boldly , he may
displease the court that sits upon him : his apology may only heighten his
accusation .
עמוד 18
... the profound reasonings upon human actions , and excellent precepts for the
government of life , which are found in the Proverbs , Ecclesiastes , and other
books commonly attributed to Solomon , afford subjects for finer poems in every
kind ...
... the profound reasonings upon human actions , and excellent precepts for the
government of life , which are found in the Proverbs , Ecclesiastes , and other
books commonly attributed to Solomon , afford subjects for finer poems in every
kind ...
עמוד 23
If striking out into blank verse , as Milton did , los ( and in this kind Mr . Philips ,
had he lived , would nt have excelled ) or running the thought into alteri nate and
stanza , which allows a greater variety , - į and still preserves the dignity of the ...
If striking out into blank verse , as Milton did , los ( and in this kind Mr . Philips ,
had he lived , would nt have excelled ) or running the thought into alteri nate and
stanza , which allows a greater variety , - į and still preserves the dignity of the ...
עמוד 24
... came to be unlocked before my coffin was nailed , is the question . The true
reason I take to be the best : many of my friends , of the first quality , finest
learning , and greatest understanding , have wrested the key from my hands by a
very kind ...
... came to be unlocked before my coffin was nailed , is the question . The true
reason I take to be the best : many of my friends , of the first quality , finest
learning , and greatest understanding , have wrested the key from my hands by a
very kind ...
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לא מצאנו ביקורות במקומות הרגילים
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 48 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
עמוד 25 - And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
עמוד 82 - I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever : nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
עמוד 81 - All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
עמוד 24 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
עמוד 48 - I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees...
עמוד 24 - Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
עמוד 49 - DEAD flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour : so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
עמוד 140 - I mention'd different ways of breeding: Begin we in our children's reading. To master John the English maid A hornbook gives of gingerbread; And, that the child may learn the better, As he can name, he eats the letter. Proceeding thus with vast delight, He spells, and gnaws, from left to right.