ProseSamuel Walker, 1826 |
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Pàgina 617
... said the corporal , had fo great a mind to my dinner , as I had to cry with him for company - What could be the matter with me , an ' please your honour ? -No- thing in the world , Trim , faid my uncle Toby , blowing his nofe , -but ...
... said the corporal , had fo great a mind to my dinner , as I had to cry with him for company - What could be the matter with me , an ' please your honour ? -No- thing in the world , Trim , faid my uncle Toby , blowing his nofe , -but ...
Pàgina 618
... said the cor- poral , for I could ftay no longer , -fo wifhed his honour a good night ; young Le Fevre rofe from off the bed , and faw me to the bottom of the ftairs ; and as we went down together , told me , they had come from Ireland ...
... said the cor- poral , for I could ftay no longer , -fo wifhed his honour a good night ; young Le Fevre rofe from off the bed , and faw me to the bottom of the ftairs ; and as we went down together , told me , they had come from Ireland ...
Pàgina 680
... said to be , that either admires a fine thing , or does one . On my conscience , as the world goes , ' tis hardly worth any bo- dy's while to do one for the honour of it : glory , the only pay of generous actions , is now as ill paid as ...
... said to be , that either admires a fine thing , or does one . On my conscience , as the world goes , ' tis hardly worth any bo- dy's while to do one for the honour of it : glory , the only pay of generous actions , is now as ill paid as ...
Pàgina 697
... said , Admonish this man not to be fo nafty for the fu- 65 ture . " 46 Ignominy then can take no hold on virtue ; for virtue is in every condition the fame , and challenges the fame re- fpect . We applaud the world when the profpers ...
... said , Admonish this man not to be fo nafty for the fu- 65 ture . " 46 Ignominy then can take no hold on virtue ; for virtue is in every condition the fame , and challenges the fame re- fpect . We applaud the world when the profpers ...
Pàgina 769
... said I , " but it might be a difagreeable fubject to you . You do not take me for fo old - fashioned a fel- low as to think of entertaining a young lady with the difcourfe of her husband . I know nothing is more acceptable than to fpeak ...
... said I , " but it might be a difagreeable fubject to you . You do not take me for fo old - fashioned a fel- low as to think of entertaining a young lady with the difcourfe of her husband . I know nothing is more acceptable than to fpeak ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 729 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Pàgina 657 - The curse never fell upon our nation till now; I never felt it till now: two thousand ducats in that; and other precious, precious jewels. I would my daughter were dead at my foot, and the jewels in her ear ! would she were hearsed at my foot, and the ducats in her coffin...
Pàgina 505 - Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature...
Pàgina 514 - As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him ; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him.
Pàgina 883 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
Pàgina 778 - tis no matter; Honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on ? how then ? Can honour set to a leg? No. Or an arm? No. Or take away the grief of a wound ? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then ? No. What is honour? A word. What is in that word, honour? What is that honour? Air. A trim reckoning ! — Who hath it? He that died o
Pàgina 725 - ... All the images of nature were still present to him, and he drew them not laboriously but luckily: when he describes anything you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation: he was naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of books to read Nature; he looked inwards, and found her there.
Pàgina 831 - I shall say but little at present of their Learning, which for many Ages hath flourished in all its Branches among them : But their manner of Writing is very peculiar, being neither from the Left to the Right, like the Europeans ; nor from the Right to the Left, like the Arabians ; nor from up to down, like the Chinese , nor from down to up, like the Cascagians ; but aslant from one Corner of the Paper to the other, like Ladies in England.
Pàgina 870 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Pàgina 585 - I rightly conceived your meaning ; and if, as you say, confessing a truth indeed may procure my safety, I shall with all willingness and duty, perform your command. " But let not your grace ever imagine that your poor wife will ever be brought to acknowledge a fault, where not so much as a thought thereof preceded.