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... racter , than that , during the three years in which the Marians were mafters of Italy , he neither diffembled his refolu- tion of purfuing them by arms , nor neglected the war which he had upon his hands ; but thought it his duty ...
... racter , than that , during the three years in which the Marians were mafters of Italy , he neither diffembled his refolu- tion of purfuing them by arms , nor neglected the war which he had upon his hands ; but thought it his duty ...
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... racter there is much to admire , but ftill more to abhor . Lyttelton . $ 36 . The Character of WILLIAM RUFUS . The memory of this monarch is tranf mitted to us with little advantage by the churchmen , whom he had offended ; and though ...
... racter there is much to admire , but ftill more to abhor . Lyttelton . $ 36 . The Character of WILLIAM RUFUS . The memory of this monarch is tranf mitted to us with little advantage by the churchmen , whom he had offended ; and though ...
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... racter . This prejudice is founded on the confideration of her fex . When we contemplate her as a woman , we are apt to be ftruck with the higheft admira- tion of her qualities and extenfive capa- city ; but we are alfo apt to require ...
... racter . This prejudice is founded on the confideration of her fex . When we contemplate her as a woman , we are apt to be ftruck with the higheft admira- tion of her qualities and extenfive capa- city ; but we are alfo apt to require ...
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... racter : reprove and correct , without of- fending good - manners : to be a cynic is as bad as to be a fycophant . You are not to lay aside the gentleman with your fword , nor to put on the gown to hide your birth and good - breeding ...
... racter : reprove and correct , without of- fending good - manners : to be a cynic is as bad as to be a fycophant . You are not to lay aside the gentleman with your fword , nor to put on the gown to hide your birth and good - breeding ...
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... racter ; in marking diftinctly every line , and every foft gradation of tints which would efcape the common eye ! Who ever painted like you the beautiful parts of human nature , and brought them out from under the fhade even of the ...
... racter ; in marking diftinctly every line , and every foft gradation of tints which would efcape the common eye ! Who ever painted like you the beautiful parts of human nature , and brought them out from under the fhade even of the ...
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Seite 729 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Seite 657 - The curse never fell upon our nation till now; I never felt it till now: two thousand ducats in that; and other precious, precious jewels. I would my daughter were dead at my foot, and the jewels in her ear ! would she were hearsed at my foot, and the ducats in her coffin...
Seite 505 - Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature...
Seite 514 - As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him ; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him.
Seite 883 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
Seite 778 - tis no matter; Honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on ? how then ? Can honour set to a leg? No. Or an arm? No. Or take away the grief of a wound ? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then ? No. What is honour? A word. What is in that word, honour? What is that honour? Air. A trim reckoning ! — Who hath it? He that died o
Seite 725 - ... All the images of nature were still present to him, and he drew them not laboriously but luckily: when he describes anything you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation: he was naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of books to read Nature; he looked inwards, and found her there.
Seite 831 - I shall say but little at present of their Learning, which for many Ages hath flourished in all its Branches among them : But their manner of Writing is very peculiar, being neither from the Left to the Right, like the Europeans ; nor from the Right to the Left, like the Arabians ; nor from up to down, like the Chinese , nor from down to up, like the Cascagians ; but aslant from one Corner of the Paper to the other, like Ladies in England.
Seite 870 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Seite 585 - I rightly conceived your meaning ; and if, as you say, confessing a truth indeed may procure my safety, I shall with all willingness and duty, perform your command. " But let not your grace ever imagine that your poor wife will ever be brought to acknowledge a fault, where not so much as a thought thereof preceded.