1709-March 18, 1776I. Pitman, 1907 |
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xxviii. oldal
... reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable Gentleman to this Work , will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - " Dear Sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where ...
... reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable Gentleman to this Work , will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , November 17 , 1785 : - " Dear Sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where ...
9. oldal
... reason to doubt . For there is no instance of any man , whose history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . " DR . SACHEVEREL 9 ° 6 In all such investiga ...
... reason to doubt . For there is no instance of any man , whose history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . " DR . SACHEVEREL 9 ° 6 In all such investiga ...
24. oldal
... reason to be offended ; for , though Dr. Swinfen's motive was good , he inconsiderately betrayed a matter deeply interesting and of great delicacy , which had been intrusted to him in confidence ; ond exposed a complaint of his young ...
... reason to be offended ; for , though Dr. Swinfen's motive was good , he inconsiderately betrayed a matter deeply interesting and of great delicacy , which had been intrusted to him in confidence ; ond exposed a complaint of his young ...
32. oldal
... reason to hope for out of my father's effects , previous to the death of my mother ; an event which I pray God may be very remote . I now therefore see that I must make my own fortune . Meanwhile , let me take care that the powers of my ...
... reason to hope for out of my father's effects , previous to the death of my mother ; an event which I pray God may be very remote . I now therefore see that I must make my own fortune . Meanwhile , let me take care that the powers of my ...
37. oldal
... reason ; and that the Creator doth not appear partial in his distributions , but has balanced , in most countries , their .particular inconveniences by particular favours . " Here we have an early example of that brilliant and energetic ...
... reason ; and that the Creator doth not appear partial in his distributions , but has balanced , in most countries , their .particular inconveniences by particular favours . " Here we have an early example of that brilliant and energetic ...
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131. oldal - His sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor affected brevity: his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.
154. oldal - Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain and have brought it at last to the verge of publication without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a Patron before.
153. oldal - HAVE been lately informed, by the proprietor of the World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
33. oldal - James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend: but what are the hopes of man! I am disappointed by that stroke of death, which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.
272. oldal - I thus, Sir, shewed her the absurdity of the levelling doctrine. She has never liked me since. Sir, your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves; but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves. They would all have some people under them; why not then have some people above them?
271. oldal - Madam, I am now become a convert to your way of thinking. I am convinced that all mankind are upon an equal footing ; and to give you an unquestionable proof, Madam, that I am in earnest, here is a very sensible, civil, well-behaved fellow-citizen, your footman; I desire that he may be allowed to sit down and dine with us.
154. oldal - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation. My Lord, your lordship's most humble, most obedient servant,
176. oldal - Excise — a hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom Excise is paid.
76. oldal - O Thou whose power o'er moving worlds presides, Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides, On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine. Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast, With silent confidence and holy rest : From thee, great God ! we spring, to thee we tend, Path, motive, guide, original, and end...
92. oldal - Devonshire, knowing nothing of its authour, and began to read it while he was standing with his arm leaning against a chimney-piece. It seized his attention so strongly, that, not being able to lay down the book till he had finished it, when he attempted to move, he found his arm totally benumbed.