Shelburne Essays: With the witsPutnam, 1919 |
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Seite vii
... truth the more . I remember once suffering a savage attack from an unflattered historian in the parlour of a common friend for a review supposedly by my pen but really the handiwork of our host . The honest reviewer would have diverted ...
... truth the more . I remember once suffering a savage attack from an unflattered historian in the parlour of a common friend for a review supposedly by my pen but really the handiwork of our host . The honest reviewer would have diverted ...
Seite viii
... Foster , if he will , excel Ten metropolitans in preaching well . " Then asked the Doctor , " Why did Pope say this ? " JOHNSON : " Sir , he hoped it would vex somebody . " It is a simple truth that the writers from whom viii PREFACE.
... Foster , if he will , excel Ten metropolitans in preaching well . " Then asked the Doctor , " Why did Pope say this ? " JOHNSON : " Sir , he hoped it would vex somebody . " It is a simple truth that the writers from whom viii PREFACE.
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Paul Elmer More. It is a simple truth that the writers from whom this volume derives its name were much con- cerned with vexing somebody ; malice is an essen- tial ingredient of what we mean by " wit , " and this , the cynical may say ...
Paul Elmer More. It is a simple truth that the writers from whom this volume derives its name were much con- cerned with vexing somebody ; malice is an essen- tial ingredient of what we mean by " wit , " and this , the cynical may say ...
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... truth itself , and sweetness ; Indeed she was , Aecius . . . . Aecius . The farewells , then , of happy souls be with thee , And to thy memory be ever sung The praises of a just and constant lady . This sad day whilst I live , a ...
... truth itself , and sweetness ; Indeed she was , Aecius . . . . Aecius . The farewells , then , of happy souls be with thee , And to thy memory be ever sung The praises of a just and constant lady . This sad day whilst I live , a ...
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... truth and right respect ; And prove new , wilder ways : for virtue there Is not that narrow thing she is elsewhere . Something of wanton perversion in the Jaco- bean plays is no doubt due to the courtier's ap- petite for new and wilder ...
... truth and right respect ; And prove new , wilder ways : for virtue there Is not that narrow thing she is elsewhere . Something of wanton perversion in the Jaco- bean plays is no doubt due to the courtier's ap- petite for new and wilder ...
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Seite 146 - Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; 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...
Seite 117 - In Pope I cannot read a line, But with a sigh I wish it mine; When he can in one couplet fix More sense than I can do in six; It gives me such a jealous fit, I cry, "Pox take him and his wit!
Seite 195 - Some truths there are so near and obvious to the mind that a man need only open his eyes to see them. Such I take this important one to be, viz. that all the choir of heaven and furniture of the earth, in a word all those bodies which compose the mighty frame of the world, have not any subsistence without a mind...
Seite 260 - He knew every branch of history, both natural and civil ; had read all the original historians of England, France, and Italy; and was a great antiquarian. Criticism, metaphysics, morals, politics, made a principal part of his study ; voyages and travels of all sorts were his favourite amusements : and he had a fine taste in painting, prints, architecture, and gardening.
Seite 133 - New distant scenes of endless science rise. So pleased at first the towering Alps we try, Mount o'er the vales, and seem to tread the sky ; The eternal snows appear already past, And the first clouds and mountains seem the last : But those attain'd, we tremble to survey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way ; The increasing prospect tires our wandering eyes, Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise...
Seite 290 - They are not long, the weeping and the laughter, Love and desire and hate: I think they have no portion in us after We pass the gate. They are not long, the days of wine and roses: Out of a misty dream Our path emerges for a while, then closes Within a dream.
Seite 293 - LAST night ah, yesternight, betwixt her lips and mine There fell thy shadow, Cynara! thy breath was shed Upon my soul between the kisses and the wine; And I was desolate and sick of an old passion, Yea, I was desolate and bowed my head: I have been faithful to thee, Cynara! in my fashion.
Seite 183 - Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys: So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as...
Seite 131 - In the morning, after the priest had given him the last sacraments, he said, "There is nothing that is meritorious but virtue and friendship, and indeed friendship itself is only a part of virtue.
Seite 127 - After all this, it is surely superfluous to answer the question that has once been asked, Whether Pope was a poet ? otherwise than by asking in return, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found...