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Pagina 16
... taken up the subject , and gone into it with more fulness than formerly , omitting none of the facts which I considered illustrative of the life and character of the poet , and giving them in as graphic a style as I could command ...
... taken up the subject , and gone into it with more fulness than formerly , omitting none of the facts which I considered illustrative of the life and character of the poet , and giving them in as graphic a style as I could command ...
Pagina 28
... taken to the stable , walked into the parlor , seated himself by the fire , and demanded what he could have for supper . On ordi- nary occasions he was diffident and even awkward in his manners , but here he was 66 at ease in his inn ...
... taken to the stable , walked into the parlor , seated himself by the fire , and demanded what he could have for supper . On ordi- nary occasions he was diffident and even awkward in his manners , but here he was 66 at ease in his inn ...
Pagina 31
... taken by Mr. Goldsmith to ward off the apprehended imputation , but one which imposed a heavy burden on his family . This was to furnish a marriage por- tion of four hundred pounds , that his daughter might not be said to have entered ...
... taken by Mr. Goldsmith to ward off the apprehended imputation , but one which imposed a heavy burden on his family . This was to furnish a marriage por- tion of four hundred pounds , that his daughter might not be said to have entered ...
Pagina 39
... taken by Mr. Hodson , who had married his sister Catherine . His mother had removed to Ballymahon , where she occupied a small house , and had to practise the severest frugality . His elder brother Henry served the curacy and taught the ...
... taken by Mr. Hodson , who had married his sister Catherine . His mother had removed to Ballymahon , where she occupied a small house , and had to practise the severest frugality . His elder brother Henry served the curacy and taught the ...
Pagina 55
... taken lodgings at hap- hazard , he left his trunk there , containing all his worldly effects , and sallied forth to see the town . After sauntering about the streets until a late hour , he thought of returning home , when , to his ...
... taken lodgings at hap- hazard , he left his trunk there , containing all his worldly effects , and sallied forth to see the town . After sauntering about the streets until a late hour , he thought of returning home , when , to his ...
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Pagina 247 - ... bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose; I still had hopes — for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to show my...
Pagina 21 - More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant train...
Pagina 159 - I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated.
Pagina 288 - Lusiad," and I, went to visit him at this place a few days afterwards. He was not at home ; but having a curiosity to see his apartment, we went in, and found curious scraps of descriptions of animals, scrawled upon the wall with a black lead pencil.
Pagina 221 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Pagina 79 - Why, why was I born a man, and yet see the sufferings of wretches I cannot relieve ! Poor houseless creatures ! the world will give you reproaches, but will not give you relief.
Pagina 134 - Ah, Sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit ; so I disregarded all power and all authority.
Pagina 194 - By this time my curiosity began to abate, and my appetite to increase ; the company of fools may at first make us smile, but at last never fails of rendering us melancholy. I therefore pretended to recollect a prior engagement, and after having...
Pagina 189 - Johnson, to be sure, has a roughness in his manner; but no man alive has a more tender heart. He has nothing of the bear but his skin.
Pagina 167 - I could say nothing but that I had a brother there, a clergyman, that stood in need of help: as for myself, I have no dependence on the promises of great men: I look to the booksellers for support; they are my best friends, and I am not inclined to forsake them for others.