The Miscellaneous Works: The bee. Essays. An inquiry into the present state of polite learning in Europe. Prefaces and introductionsPutnam, 1856 |
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... consider myself in the country which was once so formidable in war , and spread terror and desolation over the whole Roman empire , I can hardly account for the present wretchedness and pusillanimity of its inhabitants - a prey to every ...
... consider myself in the country which was once so formidable in war , and spread terror and desolation over the whole Roman empire , I can hardly account for the present wretchedness and pusillanimity of its inhabitants - a prey to every ...
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... considers that money was never so scarce as it is now , she seems resolved to keep what she has to herself . She is ugly enough you see ; yet , I assure you , she has refused several offers to my own knowledge , within this twelvemonth ...
... considers that money was never so scarce as it is now , she seems resolved to keep what she has to herself . She is ugly enough you see ; yet , I assure you , she has refused several offers to my own knowledge , within this twelvemonth ...
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... consider whether he is contented to lose the esteem of the person he solicits , and whether he is willing to give up friendship only to excite com- passion . Pity and friendship are passions incompatible with each other , and it is ...
... consider whether he is contented to lose the esteem of the person he solicits , and whether he is willing to give up friendship only to excite com- passion . Pity and friendship are passions incompatible with each other , and it is ...
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... considering the delicacy and discern- ment of those readers I have , and in ascribing my want of popu- larity to the ignorance or inattention of those I have not . All the world may forsake an author , but vanity will never forsake him ...
... considering the delicacy and discern- ment of those readers I have , and in ascribing my want of popu- larity to the ignorance or inattention of those I have not . All the world may forsake an author , but vanity will never forsake him ...
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... considering things in a prudential light , perhaps I was mistaken in designing my paper as an agreeable relaxation to the studious , or a help to conversation among the gay ; instead of addressing it to such , I should have written down ...
... considering things in a prudential light , perhaps I was mistaken in designing my paper as an agreeable relaxation to the studious , or a help to conversation among the gay ; instead of addressing it to such , I should have written down ...
Términos y frases comunes
absurdity acquainted admiration Æneid amusement ancient appear applause Asem beauty Broom of Cowdenknows character comedy continental connections continued criticism David Rizzio Demetrius Phalereus elector of Saxony eloquence empire endeavor enemies England English entertainment ESSAY Europe excellence expect eyes fame fancy fortune France French friends friendship genius give happiness honor humor imagination imitation improvement Italy king king of Prussia labor lady language liberty lived Lysippus Manetho mankind manner means ment merit mind nation nature neighbors never obliged observed occasion once orator passion perceived perhaps philosopher Planxty pleasing pleasure poet poetry polite learning possessed praise present prince proper Quintilian reader regard reputation ridiculous says scarcely seems seldom sense sentiments society Spain spirit spondee taste Thespis thing thought tion truth Virgil virtue vulgar whole words writer
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Página 324 - She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...
Página ix - The life of Dr. Parnell is a task which I should very willingly decline, since it has been lately written by Goldsmith, a man of such variety of powers, and such felicity of performance, that he always seemed to do best that which he was doing; a man who had the art of being minute without tediousness, and general without confusion; whose language was copious without exuberance, exact without constraint, and easy without weakness.
Página 306 - The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make, With a bare bodkin?
Página 329 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Página 306 - tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; No more ; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep...
Página 280 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Página 379 - If they happen to have faults or foibles, the spectator is taught, not only to pardon, but to applaud them, in consideration of the goodness of their hearts; so that folly, instead of being ridiculed, is commended, and the comedy aims at touching our passions without the power of being truly pathetic.
Página 306 - To die ; — to sleep ; — To sleep ! perchance to dream ; — ay, there's the rub: For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause...
Página 78 - In three days the web was with incredible diligence completed ; nor could I avoid thinking that the insect seemed to exult in its new abode. It frequently traversed it round, examined the strength of every part of it, retired into its hole, and came out very frequently.
Página 306 - With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear, To groan and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death — That undiscovered country, from whose bourne No traveller returns! — puzzles the will; And makes us rather bear those ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of.