 There are but three ways for a man to revenge himself of the censure of the world ; to despise it, to return the like, or to endeavour to live so as to avoid it : the first of these is usually pretended, the last is almost impossible, the universal practice...  Herbert Lacy - Seite 4von Thomas Henry Lister - 1828Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 486 Seiten
...to revenge himself of the censure of the world ; to despise it, to return the like, or to endeavour to live so as to avoid it : the first of these is...impossible, the universal practice is for the second. Herodotus tells us, that in cold countries beasts very seldom have horns, but in hot they have very... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 438 Seiten
...revenge himself of the censure of the world; to despise it, to return the like, or to endeavour to Jive so as to avoid it : the first of these is usually...impossible, the universal practice is for the second. Herodotus tells us, that in cold countries beasts very seldom have horns, but in hot they have very... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 Seiten
...to revenge himself of the censure of the world ; to despise it, to return the like, or to endeavour to live so as to avoid it : the first of these is usually pretended ; the last is ahuost impossible; the universal practice is for the second. I never heard a finer piece of satire... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 562 Seiten
...to revenge himself of the censure of the world ; to despise it, to return the like, or to endeavour to live so as to avoid it : the first of these is...impossible, the universal practice is for the second. Herodotus tells us, that in cold countries beasts very seldom have horns, but in hot they have very... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 558 Seiten
...to revenge himself of the censure of the world ; to despise it, to return the like, or to endeavour to live so as to avoid it : the first of these is...impossible, the universal practice is for the second. Herodotus tells us, that in cold countries beasts very seldom have horns, but in hot they have very... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 358 Seiten
...to revenge himself of the censure of the world; to despise it; to return the like, or to endeavour to live so as to avoid it: the first of these is usually...impossible, the universal practice is for the second. Swift. CV. Self-love and morosity, together with luxury and effeminacy, breed in us long and frequent fits... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 Seiten
...to revenge himself of the censure of the world; to despise it; to return the like, or to endeavour to live so as to avoid it: the first of these is usually pretended, the last is almost impossible^ the rmiversal practice is for the second. Swift. CV. Self-love and morosity, together with luxury and effeminacy,... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1833 - 164 Seiten
...to revenge himself of the censure of the world; to despise it, to return the like, or to endeavour to live so as to avoid it. The first of these is usually...impossible — the universal practice is for the second." Pope, forsooth, did practise the second with a vengeance, but to use the expression Johnson applied... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1833 - 214 Seiten
...to revenge himself of the censure of the world; to despise it, to return the like, or to endeavour to live so as to avoid it. The first of these is usually...impossible — the universal practice is for the second." Pope, forsooth, did practise the second with a vengeance, but to use the expression Johnson applied... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1833 - 214 Seiten
...to revenge himself of the censure of the world; to despise it, to return the like, or to endeavour to live so as to avoid it. The first of these is usually pretended, the last is almost impossible—the unirersal practice is for the second." Pope, forsooth, did practise the second with... | |
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