Prose Quotations from Socrates to MacaulayJ.B. Lippincott, 1909 - 764 oldal |
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14. oldal
... DRYDEN . The actions of men are oftener determined by their character than their interest : their con . duct takes its colour more from their acquired tastes , inclinatiors , and habits , than from a de- liberate regard to their ...
... DRYDEN . The actions of men are oftener determined by their character than their interest : their con . duct takes its colour more from their acquired tastes , inclinatiors , and habits , than from a de- liberate regard to their ...
24. oldal
... DRYDEN . instructs us , and permits not that our mortal Age oppresses us by the same degrees that it members , which are frozen with our years , should retain the vigour of our youth . DRYDEN . From fifty to threescore he loses not much ...
... DRYDEN . instructs us , and permits not that our mortal Age oppresses us by the same degrees that it members , which are frozen with our years , should retain the vigour of our youth . DRYDEN . From fifty to threescore he loses not much ...
31. oldal
... DRYDEN . ' Tis almost impossible for poets to succeed without ambition : imagination must be raised y a desire of fame to a desire of pleasing . DRYDEN . If we look abroad upon the great multitude of mankind , and endeavour to trace out ...
... DRYDEN . ' Tis almost impossible for poets to succeed without ambition : imagination must be raised y a desire of fame to a desire of pleasing . DRYDEN . If we look abroad upon the great multitude of mankind , and endeavour to trace out ...
34. oldal
... DRYDEN . His ancestors have been more and more solicitous to keep up the breed of their dogs and horses than that of their children . GOLDSMITH . If the virtues of strangers be so attractive to us , how infinitely more so should be ...
... DRYDEN . His ancestors have been more and more solicitous to keep up the breed of their dogs and horses than that of their children . GOLDSMITH . If the virtues of strangers be so attractive to us , how infinitely more so should be ...
35. oldal
... DRYDEN . Some are offended because I turned these tales into modern English ; because they look on Chaucer as a dry , old - fashioned wit , not worth reviving . DRYDEN . The heathen poet in commending the charity of Dido to the Trojans ...
... DRYDEN . Some are offended because I turned these tales into modern English ; because they look on Chaucer as a dry , old - fashioned wit , not worth reviving . DRYDEN . The heathen poet in commending the charity of Dido to the Trojans ...
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