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... fair and upright cha- racter . " 1732 , Junii 15. Undecim aureos deposui , 66 quo die , quidquid ante matris funus ( quod serum sit " precor ) de paternis bonis sperare licet , viginti scili- " cet libras , accepi . Usque adeo mihi mea ...
... fair and upright cha- racter . " 1732 , Junii 15. Undecim aureos deposui , 66 quo die , quidquid ante matris funus ( quod serum sit " precor ) de paternis bonis sperare licet , viginti scili- " cet libras , accepi . Usque adeo mihi mea ...
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... fair to think of his tragedy of Irene , which was his whole stock on his first arrival in town , in the year 1737. That play was accordingly put into rehearsal in January , 1749. As a precursor to prepare the way , and to awaken the ...
... fair to think of his tragedy of Irene , which was his whole stock on his first arrival in town , in the year 1737. That play was accordingly put into rehearsal in January , 1749. As a precursor to prepare the way , and to awaken the ...
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... fair Whatever copy . the logic or eloquence of the False Alarm , the House of Commons have since erased the resolution from the Journals . But whether they have not left materials for a future con- troversy may be made a question . may ...
... fair Whatever copy . the logic or eloquence of the False Alarm , the House of Commons have since erased the resolution from the Journals . But whether they have not left materials for a future con- troversy may be made a question . may ...
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... fair apology in the last paragraph of his book , avowing with candour , " That he 66 may have been surprised by modes of life , " and appearances of nature , that are fami- " liar to men of wider survey , and more va- " ried ...
... fair apology in the last paragraph of his book , avowing with candour , " That he 66 may have been surprised by modes of life , " and appearances of nature , that are fami- " liar to men of wider survey , and more va- " ried ...
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... fair to take from this incident a hint for a moral essay ; and , though no more was intended , Garrick , we are told , remembered it with uneasiness . He was also hurt that his Lichfield friend did not think so highly of his dramatic ...
... fair to take from this incident a hint for a moral essay ; and , though no more was intended , Garrick , we are told , remembered it with uneasiness . He was also hurt that his Lichfield friend did not think so highly of his dramatic ...
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Page 44 - Johnson : one, in particular, praised his impartiality ; observing, that he dealt out reason and eloquence, with an equal hand to both parties. " That is not quite true," said Johnson ; " I saved appearances tolerably well ; but I took care that the WHIG DOGS should not have the best of it.
Page 190 - Ah! let not censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
Page 139 - Ay, sir ; to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand. Pol. ' That's very true, my lord. Ham. For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, being a god kissing carrion — 'Have you a daughter ? Pol. I have, my lord. Ham. Let her not walk i' the sun : conception is a blessing ; but not as your daughter may conceive.
Page 76 - ... Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since 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.
Page 187 - Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd; For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat...
Page 182 - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait ; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost ; He comes...
Page 183 - He left the name, at which the world grew pale To point a moral, or adorn a tale. All times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord.
Page 175 - LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
Page 187 - Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate?
Page 55 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...