ProseSamuel Walker, 1826 |
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Pàgina 544
... she foon obtained an uncontrolled afcendant over the people ; and while fhe merited all their efteem by her real virtues , she also engaged their affections by her pretend- ed ones . Few fovereigns of England fucceeded to the throne in ...
... she foon obtained an uncontrolled afcendant over the people ; and while fhe merited all their efteem by her real virtues , she also engaged their affections by her pretend- ed ones . Few fovereigns of England fucceeded to the throne in ...
Pàgina 545
... she was an agreeable woman rather than an illuftri- ous queen . The vivacity of her fpirit , not fufficiently tempered with found judgment , and the warmth of her heart , which was not at all times under the re- ftraint of difcretion ...
... she was an agreeable woman rather than an illuftri- ous queen . The vivacity of her fpirit , not fufficiently tempered with found judgment , and the warmth of her heart , which was not at all times under the re- ftraint of difcretion ...
Pàgina 546
... She danced , she walked , and rode with equal grace . Her tafte for music was juft , and fhe both fung and played upon the lute with uncom- mon kill . Towards the end of her life fhe began to grow fat ; and her long confinement , and ...
... She danced , she walked , and rode with equal grace . Her tafte for music was juft , and fhe both fung and played upon the lute with uncom- mon kill . Towards the end of her life fhe began to grow fat ; and her long confinement , and ...
Pàgina 572
... She loves me , the fureft pledge of her virtue ; and adds to this a wonderful difpofition to learning , which fhe has acquired from her affec- tion to me . ftudies them , and even gets them by She reads my writings , heart . You would ...
... She loves me , the fureft pledge of her virtue ; and adds to this a wonderful difpofition to learning , which fhe has acquired from her affec- tion to me . ftudies them , and even gets them by She reads my writings , heart . You would ...
Pàgina 602
... She hath forced courts to act against their oldest and most conftant maxims ; to make you a general , be- caufe you had courage and conduct ; an ambaffador , because you had wifdom and knowledge in the intereft of Eu- rope ; and an ...
... She hath forced courts to act against their oldest and most conftant maxims ; to make you a general , be- caufe you had courage and conduct ; an ambaffador , because you had wifdom and knowledge in the intereft of Eu- rope ; and an ...
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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.