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... things , out of spite to what was expected of them by common sense . But excess of animal spirits helps to account for it . Should health enough be spared him ( as change of air and scene has enabled him to hope ) , it is the Editor's ...
... things , out of spite to what was expected of them by common sense . But excess of animal spirits helps to account for it . Should health enough be spared him ( as change of air and scene has enabled him to hope ) , it is the Editor's ...
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... things glanced at , but which still includes a modest confession of incompleteness . " It may be demanded , " says he , " what the thing we speak of is , and what this facetiousness doth import ; to which question I might reply , as ...
... things glanced at , but which still includes a modest confession of incompleteness . " It may be demanded , " says he , " what the thing we speak of is , and what this facetiousness doth import ; to which question I might reply , as ...
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... things , a counterfeit speech , a mimical look or gesture , passeth for it . Sometimes an affected simplicity , sometimes a presumptuous bluntness , gives it being . Sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange ...
... things , a counterfeit speech , a mimical look or gesture , passeth for it . Sometimes an affected simplicity , sometimes a presumptuous bluntness , gives it being . Sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange ...
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... things ; for where the likeness is obvious , it gives no surprise . " - No . 62 . Upon this hint of the great master , all the subsequent critics have spoken ; such as Campbell in his Philosophy of Rhetoric , Beattie in his Essay on ...
... things ; for where the likeness is obvious , it gives no surprise . " - No . 62 . Upon this hint of the great master , all the subsequent critics have spoken ; such as Campbell in his Philosophy of Rhetoric , Beattie in his Essay on ...
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... thing that it is always " new " ) ; and agreeable , because the jar against us is not so violent as to hinder us from recurring " The passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from a sudden conception of some eminency ...
... thing that it is always " new " ) ; and agreeable , because the jar against us is not so violent as to hinder us from recurring " The passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from a sudden conception of some eminency ...
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Page 249 - Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining; Though equal to all things, for all things unfit, Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit : For a patriot, too cool ; for a drudge, disobedient ; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd, or in place, Sir, To eat mutton cold, and...
Page 216 - Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise...
Page 106 - Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance commits his body To painful labour both by sea and land, To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, Whilst thou liest warm at home, secure and safe; And craves no other tribute at thy hands But love, fair looks, and true obedience; Too little payment for so great a debt.
Page 209 - Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last ; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes ; At every word a reputation dies.
Page 179 - Twas Presbyterian true blue, For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks...
Page 250 - If they were not his own by finessing and trick: He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back.
Page 178 - twixt south and south-west side ; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute He'd undertake to prove by force Of argument a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl, A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees ; He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination.
Page 206 - The rest the winds dispers'd in empty air. But now secure the painted vessel glides, The sun-beams trembling on the floating tides : While melting music steals upon the sky, And soften'd sounds along the waters die : •Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play, Belinda smil'd, and all the world was gay.
Page 4 - For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy...
Page 206 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike.