Life. Poems. Irene, a tragedyNichols and Son, 1801 |
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37. oldal
... hope you will burn this , and pardon me " for giving you so much trouble about an 66 impracticable thing ; but , if you think " there is a probability of obtaining the " favour asked , I am fure your humanity " and propensity to relieve ...
... hope you will burn this , and pardon me " for giving you so much trouble about an 66 impracticable thing ; but , if you think " there is a probability of obtaining the " favour asked , I am fure your humanity " and propensity to relieve ...
77. oldal
... hope it is " no very cynical afperity not to confefs ob- " ligations where no benefit has been re- ceived ; or to be unwilling that the pub- " lick should confider me as owing that to a " patron , which Providence has enabled me " to do ...
... hope it is " no very cynical afperity not to confefs ob- " ligations where no benefit has been re- ceived ; or to be unwilling that the pub- " lick should confider me as owing that to a " patron , which Providence has enabled me " to do ...
84. oldal
... around , To find some vacant spot on claffic ground ; And foon , vain hope ! I form a grand defign ; Languor fucceeds , and all my pow'rs decline . If Science open not her richest vein , Without materials If 84 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
... around , To find some vacant spot on claffic ground ; And foon , vain hope ! I form a grand defign ; Languor fucceeds , and all my pow'rs decline . If Science open not her richest vein , Without materials If 84 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
128. oldal
... hope we shall be much to- gether . You must now be to me what you were before , and what dear Mr. Allen " was befides . He was taken unexpectedly 66 away , but I think he was a very good man . " I have made very little progress in ...
... hope we shall be much to- gether . You must now be to me what you were before , and what dear Mr. Allen " was befides . He was taken unexpectedly 66 away , but I think he was a very good man . " I have made very little progress in ...
135. oldal
... hope of mercy at the Throne of Grace . On Monday the 13th day of Decem- ber ( the last of his existence on this fide the grave ) , the defire of life returned with all its former vehemence . He still imagined , that , by puncturing his ...
... hope of mercy at the Throne of Grace . On Monday the 13th day of Decem- ber ( the last of his existence on this fide the grave ) , the defire of life returned with all its former vehemence . He still imagined , that , by puncturing his ...
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ABDALLA Addiſon affift Afpafia againſt ASPASIA Baffa beauty beſt bofom breaſt CALI CARAZA cauſe charms cloſe courſe death DEMETRIUS effays eſtabliſhed ev'ry eyes faid fame fate fatire fays fcorn fecret fecula fhade fhall fhews fhine fince firſt flaves fmile fome foon foul fpirit friendſhip ftill fubject fuch Garrick greatneſs Greece happineſs HASAN Heav'n himſelf hiſtory honour hope houſe IRENE Irene's Johnſon juft juftice labours laft laſt leaſt LEONTIUS Lichfield Lord MAHOMET mihi mind moſt Muft muſt MUSTAPHA nunc o'er obferved occafion paffion pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe preſent publiſhed purpoſe purſue quæ quod rage reaſon rife SAMUEL JOHNSON SATIRE OF JUVENAL ſay SCENE ſcenes ſeems ſhall ſhare ſhould Sir John Hawkins ſpread ſtate ſtill Sultan thee theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tibi tion tranflation uſe virtue vitæ whofe whoſe wiſdom wiſh
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75. oldal - 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.
17. oldal - And scarce a sycophant was fed by pride; Where ne'er was known the form of mock debate, Or seen a new-made mayor's unwieldy state; Where change of fav'rites made no change of laws, And senates heard before they judg'da cause; How wouldst thou shake at Britain's modish tribe, Dart the quick taunt, and edge the piercing gibe?
18. oldal - And smok'd in kitchens, or in auctions sold, To better features yields the frame of gold; For now no more we trace in ev'ry line Heroic worth, benevolence divine: The form distorted justifies the fall, And detestation rids th
77. oldal - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it.
77. oldal - ... it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary. and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
77. oldal - Is not a patron, My Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?
76. oldal - 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 favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
22. oldal - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
76. oldal - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
6. oldal - What check restrain your thirst of pow'r and gold ? Behold rebellious virtue quite o'erthrown, Behold our fame, our wealth, our lives your own. To such, a groaning nation's spoils are giv'n, When public crimes...