A New History of Great Britain; from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the present time, etcC. Law, 1802 - 480 pagina's |
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Pagina 435 - ye dear tender ties, Our race of exiftence is run ! Thou grim king of terrors, thou life's gloomy foe, Go frighten the coward and flave ; Go teach them to tremble, fell tyrant! but know No terrors haft thou to the brave ! Thou ftrik'ft the
Pagina 410 - that Swift had never been known to take a fingle thought from any writer, ancient or modern. This is not literally true ; but perhaps no writer can eafily be found that has borrowed fo little, or that in all his excellencies and all his defects has fo well maintained his claim to be confidered as original.
Pagina 403 - than of wit; and, when he received a vifit from Voltaire, difgufted him by the defpicable foppery of defiring to be confidered not as an author, but a gentleman ; to which the Frenchman replied, "that, if he had been only a gentleman, he fhould not have come to vifit him.
Pagina 407 - It has been fo long faid as to be commonly believed, that the true characters of men may be found in their letters, and that he who writes to his friend lays his heart open before him. But
Pagina 408 - and paffion have their genuine effect; but a friendly letter is a calm and deliberate performance, in the cool of leifure, in the ftillnefs of folitude, and furely no man fits down to depreciate by defign his own
Pagina 437 - not add myfelf to fuch a chace, ' Thwart his attempts, or envy his fuccefs. ' Some muft be great. Great offices will have ' Great talents: and God gives to every man
Pagina 421 - particular lines are not to be regarded ; the power is in the whole, and in the whole there is a magnificence like that afcribed to a Chinefe plantation, the magnificence of vaft extent and endlefs diverfity.
Pagina 90 - by which I foften and enchant the arms of my enemies, -and render their weapons of none effect. I know a fong which I need only to fing, when men have loaded me with bonds; for the moment I fing it, my chains fall in pieces, and I walk forth at liberty. I know a
Pagina 437 - The country, with what ardour he contrives ' A peep at nature when he can no more. •• Hail, therefore, patronefs of health and eafe,
Pagina 220 - their love and affection. His exterior qualities were advantageous, and fit to captivate the multitude. His magnificence and perfonal bravery rendered him illuftrious in vulgar eyes. And it may be faid with truth, that the Englifh in that .age were fo thoroughly fubdued, that, like eaftern flaves, they were inclined to admire