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Page 47
... meet them in their own way , perhaps we can " split the difference " with them . I once read a book , by a member of the French Academy , intended to demonstrate the mutual con- nexion and dependence of all the arts and sciences . Now I ...
... meet them in their own way , perhaps we can " split the difference " with them . I once read a book , by a member of the French Academy , intended to demonstrate the mutual con- nexion and dependence of all the arts and sciences . Now I ...
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... meet the gloomy account of his bookseller with an exulting anticipation of posthumous fame , and write thus to his indulgent and consoling friend the author of Clarissa : " For my part , I am afraid to be popular . I see so many who ...
... meet the gloomy account of his bookseller with an exulting anticipation of posthumous fame , and write thus to his indulgent and consoling friend the author of Clarissa : " For my part , I am afraid to be popular . I see so many who ...
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... meets with the pitching - block of a moment . But ye shall not know him by any of these signs o ' Monday : he is then a creature changed , -a man not himself , and yet not another ask the moon why she changes , or the camelion what was ...
... meets with the pitching - block of a moment . But ye shall not know him by any of these signs o ' Monday : he is then a creature changed , -a man not himself , and yet not another ask the moon why she changes , or the camelion what was ...
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... meet him , like so many small winds , at every corner of every street ; they tempt him not : in vain does Mr. Tomkins in- vite him to a share in his pictorial lottery ; he has no chance with him : in vain does the crippled sailor shew ...
... meet him , like so many small winds , at every corner of every street ; they tempt him not : in vain does Mr. Tomkins in- vite him to a share in his pictorial lottery ; he has no chance with him : in vain does the crippled sailor shew ...
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... meet his dull intellect half way across the board , with an intellect lowered down to the altitude of his com- prehension . But if you have a literary taste , or a gusto for higher matters , -for the bettering of the condition of your ...
... meet his dull intellect half way across the board , with an intellect lowered down to the altitude of his com- prehension . But if you have a literary taste , or a gusto for higher matters , -for the bettering of the condition of your ...
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Page 164 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit that might warrant be For the whole City to talk foolishly Till that were cancell'd ; and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone...
Page 225 - Than those of age, thy forehead wrapp'd in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms along its slippery way, I love thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st, And dreaded as thou art...
Page 67 - What had / done in this? — I was unborn: I sought not to be born; nor love the state To which that birth has brought me. Why did he Yield to the serpent and the woman? or, Yielding, why suffer? What was there in this? The tree was planted, and why not for him? If not, why place him near it, where it grew, The fairest in the centre? They have but One answer to all questions, '"Twas His will And He is good.
Page 72 - May the grass wither from thy feet! the woods Deny thee shelter ! earth a home! the dust A grave! the sun his light! and heaven her God!
Page 400 - By Heaven ! it is a splendid sight to see (For one who hath no friend, no brother there) Their rival scarfs of mix'd embroidery, Their various arms that glitter in the air!
Page 286 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Page 164 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Page 68 - Souls who dare use their immortality — Souls who dare look the Omnipotent tyrant in His everlasting face, and tell him, that His evil is not good...
Page 245 - ... his ever having a fool to his master. He must read many, but ever the best and choicest: those that can teach him...
Page 96 - The first of the above subjects is intended for those gentlemen of the University who have not exceeded four years from the time of their matriculation ; and the other two for such as have exceeded four, but not completed seven years. Sir Roger...