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... true theatre of the world . There it was that , before the twentieth year of his age , he laid the design of divers of his most masculine works , that he finished long after : in which I know not whether I should most commend , that a ...
... true theatre of the world . There it was that , before the twentieth year of his age , he laid the design of divers of his most masculine works , that he finished long after : in which I know not whether I should most commend , that a ...
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... true reason that is to be given of his delivering that opinion . Upon his coming over , he found the state of the royal party very desperate . He perceived the strength of their enemies so united , that , till it xii THE LIFE OF.
... true reason that is to be given of his delivering that opinion . Upon his coming over , he found the state of the royal party very desperate . He perceived the strength of their enemies so united , that , till it xii THE LIFE OF.
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... true magna- nimity . He was now weary of the vexations and formalities of an active condition . He had been perplexed with a long compliance to foreign manners . He was sati- ated with the arts of court : which sort of life , though his ...
... true magna- nimity . He was now weary of the vexations and formalities of an active condition . He had been perplexed with a long compliance to foreign manners . He was sati- ated with the arts of court : which sort of life , though his ...
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... true of them all , that in all the several shapes of his style , there is still very much of the likeness and impression of the same mind ; the same unaffected modesty , and natural freedom , and easy vigour , and cheerful passions ...
... true of them all , that in all the several shapes of his style , there is still very much of the likeness and impression of the same mind ; the same unaffected modesty , and natural freedom , and easy vigour , and cheerful passions ...
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... poets of antiquity . To perform this according to the dignity of the attempt , he had , as it was neces- sary he should have , not only the elegance of both the languages , but the true spirit of both the xxii THE LIFE OF.
... poets of antiquity . To perform this according to the dignity of the attempt , he had , as it was neces- sary he should have , not only the elegance of both the languages , but the true spirit of both the xxii THE LIFE OF.
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 171 - Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
Seite 226 - This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high. Some honour I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone. The unknown are better than ill known. Rumour can ope the grave; Acquaintance I would have, but when it depends Not on the number, but the choice of friends.
Seite 203 - And they said : Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Seite 227 - Thus would I double my life's fading space, For he that runs it well, twice runs his race. And in this true delight, These unbought sports, that happy state, I would not fear nor wish my fate, But boldly say each night, To-morrow let my sun his beams display, Or in clouds hide them; I have lived to-day.
Seite 83 - Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
Seite 130 - Odi et amo. Quare id faciam, fortasse requiris. Nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.
Seite 133 - Here let me careless and unthoughtful lying, Hear the soft winds above me flying With all their wanton boughs dispute, And the more tuneful birds to both replying, Nor be myself too mute.
Seite 231 - Nor by me e'er shall you, You of all names the sweetest, and the best, You Muses, books, and liberty, and rest; You gardens, fields, and woods forsaken be, As long as life itself forsakes not me.
Seite 58 - ... to usurp three kingdoms without any shadow of the least pretensions, and to govern them as unjustly as he got them ? to set himself up as an idol (which we know, as St. Paul says, in itself is nothing), and make the very streets of London like the valley of Hinnon, by burning the bowels of men as a sacrifice to his Molochship...
Seite 181 - If e'er ambition did my fancy cheat, With any wish so mean as to be great, Continue, Heaven, still from me to remove The humble blessings of that life I love.