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... truth , describe scenes which have no other existence than the confused makings - up of an author's invention ; where the more he details the more he confuses ; and where the more particular he wishes to be , the more indistinct the ...
... truth , describe scenes which have no other existence than the confused makings - up of an author's invention ; where the more he details the more he confuses ; and where the more particular he wishes to be , the more indistinct the ...
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... * This information is from a note found among Des Maizeaux's papers ; but its truth I have no means to ascertain . Now , having further considered that matter , I find c 2 Des Maizeaux , and Anthony Collins's Manuscripts . 19.
... * This information is from a note found among Des Maizeaux's papers ; but its truth I have no means to ascertain . Now , having further considered that matter , I find c 2 Des Maizeaux , and Anthony Collins's Manuscripts . 19.
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... truths , nor to their poignant pleasantry ; a philosophical mind will discover in proverbs a great variety of the most curious knowledge . The manners of a people are painted after life in their domestic proverbs ; and it would not be ...
... truths , nor to their poignant pleasantry ; a philosophical mind will discover in proverbs a great variety of the most curious knowledge . The manners of a people are painted after life in their domestic proverbs ; and it would not be ...
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... truth and candour are admirable ; " Riches in the Indies , wit in Europe , and pomp among the Ottomans . " The Spaniards may appeal to their proverbs to show that they were a high - minded and independent race . A Whiggish jealousy of ...
... truth and candour are admirable ; " Riches in the Indies , wit in Europe , and pomp among the Ottomans . " The Spaniards may appeal to their proverbs to show that they were a high - minded and independent race . A Whiggish jealousy of ...
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... truths which are scattered in these collections . There seems to be no occurrence in human affairs to which some proverb ... truth of our own age . A proverb will often cut the knot which others in vain are attempting to untie . Johnson ...
... truths which are scattered in these collections . There seems to be no occurrence in human affairs to which some proverb ... truth of our own age . A proverb will often cut the knot which others in vain are attempting to untie . Johnson ...
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Pagina 97 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Pagina 125 - Give me my scallop-shell of quiet, My staff of faith to walk upon. My scrip of joy, immortal diet, My bottle of salvation, My gown of glory, hope's true gage; And thus I'll take my pilgrimage.
Pagina 124 - EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with age and dust ; Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days ; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.
Pagina 398 - ... the highest impertinence and presumption, therefore, in kings and ministers, to pretend to watch over the economy of private people, and to restrain their expense, either by sumptuary laws, or by prohibiting the importation of foreign luxuries. They are themselves always, and without any exception, the greatest spendthrifts in the society. Let them look well after their own expense, and they may safely trust private people with theirs. If their own extravagance does not ruin the state, that of...
Pagina 495 - BUSY, curious, thirsty fly ! Drink with me, and drink as I. Freely welcome to my cup, Couldst thou sip and sip it up : Make the most of life you may ; Life is short and wears away. Both alike are mine and thine, Hastening quick to their decline. Thine's a summer, mine no more, Though repeated to threescore. Threescore summers, when they're gone, Will appear as short as one ! William Oldys.
Pagina 271 - But what will you think of Lady Catherine Pelham, Lady Frances Arundel, and Lord and Lady Galway, who go this evening to an inn ten miles out of town, where they are to play at brag till five in the morning, and then come back — I suppose, to look for the bones of their husbands and families under the rubbish.
Pagina 202 - No, sir ; let it alone. It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.
Pagina 475 - ... to take away the profit of my tonnage and poundage, one of the chief maintenances of my crown, by alleging I have given away my right thereto by my answer to your petition. " This is so prejudicial unto me, that I am forced to end this session some few hours before I meant, being not willing to receive any more remonstrances, to which I must give a harsh answer.
Pagina 98 - ... wrings my very soul to think on. For a man of high spirit, conscious of having (at least in one production) generally pleased the world, to be plagued and threatened by wretches that are low in every sense ; to be forced to drink himself into pains of the body, in order to get rid of the pains of the mind, is a misery.
Pagina 421 - I have a kindness for my Lord Portland, which he has deserved of me by long and faithful services ; but I should not have given him these lands, if I had imagined the House of Commons could have been concerned. I will therefore recall the grant, and find some other way of showing my favour to him...