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Pagina xvi
... was by no means inconsistent with a very high opinion of his own merit . There is no reason to doubt that he suffered too much pain from the prevalence of Pope's poetical reputation ; nor is it without ftrong reafon fufpected that ...
... was by no means inconsistent with a very high opinion of his own merit . There is no reason to doubt that he suffered too much pain from the prevalence of Pope's poetical reputation ; nor is it without ftrong reafon fufpected that ...
Pagina 3
Thus I live in the world rather as a fpectator of mankind , than as one of the fpecies ; by which means I have made myfelf a fpeculative ftatefman , foldier , merchant , and artifan , without ever meddling with any practical part in ...
Thus I live in the world rather as a fpectator of mankind , than as one of the fpecies ; by which means I have made myfelf a fpeculative ftatefman , foldier , merchant , and artifan , without ever meddling with any practical part in ...
Pagina 4
In the mean time , when I confider how much I have seen , read , and heard , I begin to blame my own taciturnity ; " and fince I have neither time nor inclination to communicate the fulness of my heart in fpeech , I am refolved to do it ...
In the mean time , when I confider how much I have seen , read , and heard , I begin to blame my own taciturnity ; " and fince I have neither time nor inclination to communicate the fulness of my heart in fpeech , I am refolved to do it ...
Pagina 18
When I fay this , I must be underftood to mean , that I fhall not lower but exalt the subjects I treat upon . ... By this means , love , during the time of my fpeculations , fhall be carried on with the fame fincerity as any other ...
When I fay this , I must be underftood to mean , that I fhall not lower but exalt the subjects I treat upon . ... By this means , love , during the time of my fpeculations , fhall be carried on with the fame fincerity as any other ...
Pagina 20
This ftrange dialogue awakened my curiofity fo far , that I immediately bought the opera , by which means I perceived that the fparrows were to act the part of finging - birds in a delightful grove ; though upon a nearer inquiry I found ...
This ftrange dialogue awakened my curiofity fo far , that I immediately bought the opera , by which means I perceived that the fparrows were to act the part of finging - birds in a delightful grove ; though upon a nearer inquiry I found ...
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