 Turn umbratiles sunt, ut putent in turbido esse quicquid in luce est' ('Some men, like pictures, are fitter for a corner than a full light') ; and I believe such as have a natural bent to solitude are like waters which may be forced into fountains, and...  The Spectator - Pàgina 461739Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Alexander Pope - 1788 - 396 pàgines
...height, may make a noble figure and a louder noife, but after all they would run more fmooth]y, quietly, and plentifully, in their own natural courfe upon...of this would make me very well contented with the poffeffion only x>f that Quiet which Cowley calls the companion of Obfcurity. But whoever has the Mufes... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1787 - 560 pàgines
...may make ta noble figure, and a louder noife ; but, after all, they would run more fmoothly, quietly, and plentifully, in their own natural courfe upon the ground*. The confideration of this would * The foregoing fimilitudes Mr. Pope had put into verfe fome years before, and inferted into Mr. Wycherley's... | |
 | 1803 - 376 pàgines
...for ' a corner than a full light; and I believe such as have ' a natural bent to solitude, are like waters which may ' be forced into fountains, and exalted...may. make a much nobler figure, and a much louder ' noise, but after all run more smoothly, equally and ' plentifully, in their own natural course upon... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 490 pàgines
...height, may make a noble figure and a louder noife, but after all they would run more fmoothly, quietly, and plentifully, in their own natural courfe upon...of this would make me very well contented with the poffeffion only of that Quiet which Cowley calls the companion of Obfcurity *. But whoever has the... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 322 pàgines
...fitter for a corner than a full light ; and I believe such as have a natural bent to solitude are like waters, which may be forced into fountains, and exalted...height, may make a much nobler figure, and a much louder noise, but after all run more smoothly, equally, and plentifully, in their own natural course upon... | |
 | 1824 - 268 pàgines
...fitter for a corner than a full light; and I believe such as have a natural bent to solitude, are like waters which may be forced into fountains, and exalted...height, may make a much nobler figure, and a much louder noise; but after all run more smoothly, equally, and plentifully, in their own natural course upon... | |
 | 1832 - 280 pàgines
...believe such as have a natural bent to solitude, are like waters which may be forced into fountains, atid exalted to a great height, may make a much nobler figure, and a much louder rtoise; but after all run more smoothly, equally, and plentifully, in their own natural course upon... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 478 pàgines
...fitter for a corner than a full light; and I believe such as have a natural bent to solitude are like waters, which may be forced into fountains, and, exalted...height, may make a much nobler figure, and a much louder noise, but after all run more smoothly, [No. 407. equally, and plentifully in their own natura course... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 548 pàgines
...fitter for a corner than a full light; and I believe such as have a natural bent to solitude, are like waters which may be forced into fountains, and exalted...height, may make a much nobler figure, and a much louder noise; but tifnli -rUn more smo°My, equally, and plenffroiin 1 lnrJrleir own natural course upon the... | |
 | 1854 - 474 pàgines
...fitter for a corner than a full light; and I believe such as have a natural bent to solitude, are like waters which may be forced into fountains, and exalted...to a great height, may make a much nobler figure, a:id a much louder noise, but after all run more smoothly, equally, and plentifully, in their own natural... | |
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