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... obtained his end , which was to divert a corrupted populace , he would not have been lefs a bad man , nor lefs a despicable poet , notwithstanding the excufe of his defender . To be able in the highest degree to divert fools and ...
... obtained his end , which was to divert a corrupted populace , he would not have been lefs a bad man , nor lefs a despicable poet , notwithstanding the excufe of his defender . To be able in the highest degree to divert fools and ...
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... obtain that gentle influence , by which he ingratiates himself with the un- derstanding , and makes a fect in a commonwealth , his followers will facrifice themselves for him , and nobody will be pardoned that dares to attack him justly ...
... obtain that gentle influence , by which he ingratiates himself with the un- derstanding , and makes a fect in a commonwealth , his followers will facrifice themselves for him , and nobody will be pardoned that dares to attack him justly ...
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... obtained the preference over Plautus , though Cafar called him but a demi - Menander , because he appears to want that spirit and vivacity which he calls the vis comica . We are now weary of the manner of Menander and Terence , and ...
... obtained the preference over Plautus , though Cafar called him but a demi - Menander , because he appears to want that spirit and vivacity which he calls the vis comica . We are now weary of the manner of Menander and Terence , and ...
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... obtained , nor indulge myself too far in departing from the established reading ; yet I cannot but propose the rejection of this paffage , which I believe was an infertion of fome player , that having fo much learning as to dif- cover ...
... obtained , nor indulge myself too far in departing from the established reading ; yet I cannot but propose the rejection of this paffage , which I believe was an infertion of fome player , that having fo much learning as to dif- cover ...
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... obtained under the frowns of a perpetual dictator , I confidered religion as my enemy ; and proceeding to treat her with contempt and derifion , was not a little delighted , that the unfashionableness of her ap- pearance , and the ...
... obtained under the frowns of a perpetual dictator , I confidered religion as my enemy ; and proceeding to treat her with contempt and derifion , was not a little delighted , that the unfashionableness of her ap- pearance , and the ...
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Seite 100 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his loved mansionry that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed The air is delicate.
Seite 411 - ... by my direction ; the clouds, at my call, have poured their waters, and the Nile has overflowed at my command ; I have restrained the rage of the dog-star, and mitigated the fervours of the crab. The winds alone, of all the elemental powers, have hitherto refused my authority, and multitudes have perished by equinoctial tempests which I found myself unable to prohibit or restrain.
Seite 116 - It will have blood ; they say, blood will have blood : Stones have been known to move, and trees to speak ; Augurs, and understood relations, have By magot-pies, and choughs, and rooks, brought forth The secret'st man of blood.
Seite 107 - Put rancours in the vessel of my peace Only for them ; and mine eternal jewel Given to the common enemy of man, To make them kings, the seed of Banquo kings...
Seite 302 - The intermediate hours are tedious and gloomy ; I long again to be hungry, that I may again quicken my attention. The birds peck the berries or the corn, and fly away to the groves, where they sit in seeming happiness on the branches, and waste their lives in tuning one unvaried series of sounds.
Seite 95 - Implored your highness' pardon and set forth A deep repentance: nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it; he died As one that had been studied in his death, To throw away the dearest thing he owed As 'twere a careless trifle.
Seite 326 - I saw every thing with a new purpose ; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified : no kind of knowledge was to be overlooked. I ranged mountains and deserts for images and resemblances, and pictured upon my mind every tree of the forest and flower of the valley. I observed with equal care the crags of the rock and the pinnacles of the palace.
Seite 315 - But what would be the security of the good if the bad could at pleasure invade them from the sky? Against an army sailing through the clouds, neither walls nor mountains nor seas could afford any security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the wind and light at once with irresistible violence upon the capital of a fruitful region that was rolling under them.
Seite 311 - ... powers, who had contrived many engines both of use and recreation. By a wheel, which the stream turned, he forced the water into a tower, whence it was distributed to all the apartments of the palace. He erected a pavilion in the garden, around which he kept the air always cool by artificial showers.
Seite 436 - the choice of life is become less important; I hope hereafter to think only on the choice of eternity.