The round table [essays] by W. Hazlitt [including A day by the fire, by J.H.L. Hunt].1869 |
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Sida 13
... turns back to tell the father that he is come , with the nice gradation of incredulity in the little boy , who is got into " Guy of Warwick , " and the " Seven Champions , " and who shakes his head at the 99 1 veracity of " Æsop's ...
... turns back to tell the father that he is come , with the nice gradation of incredulity in the little boy , who is got into " Guy of Warwick , " and the " Seven Champions , " and who shakes his head at the 99 1 veracity of " Æsop's ...
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William Hazlitt. sorbed in his own profession or pursuit , and each in his turn contracts that habitual peculiarity of manners and opinions , which makes him the subject of ridicule to others , and the sport of the Comic Muse . Thus the ...
William Hazlitt. sorbed in his own profession or pursuit , and each in his turn contracts that habitual peculiarity of manners and opinions , which makes him the subject of ridicule to others , and the sport of the Comic Muse . Thus the ...
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... turn critics in their own defence . " -- l . 28 , 29 . " Pride , where wit fails , steps in to our defence , And fills up all the mighty void of sense . " - l . 209 , 10 . " Some by old words to fame have made pretence , Ancients in ...
... turn critics in their own defence . " -- l . 28 , 29 . " Pride , where wit fails , steps in to our defence , And fills up all the mighty void of sense . " - l . 209 , 10 . " Some by old words to fame have made pretence , Ancients in ...
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... turn his back upon her , he can only expect to be laughed at for his pains ; nor can he plead an excess of feeling as an excuse for want of common sense . She may say , " It is not with me you are in love , but with the ridiculous quick ...
... turn his back upon her , he can only expect to be laughed at for his pains ; nor can he plead an excess of feeling as an excuse for want of common sense . She may say , " It is not with me you are in love , but with the ridiculous quick ...
Sida 58
... turning neither to the right nor the left ; and their minds are no more affected by the example of the follies , the pursuits , the pleasures , or the passions of mankind , than the clothes which they wear . Their ideas want airing ...
... turning neither to the right nor the left ; and their minds are no more affected by the example of the follies , the pursuits , the pleasures , or the passions of mankind , than the clothes which they wear . Their ideas want airing ...
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Sida 42 - Whose midnight revels by a forest side Or fountain some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course ; they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds.
Sida 8 - The Publishers' Circular, and General Record of British and Foreign Literature ; giving a transcript of the title-page of every work published in Great Britain, and every work of interest published abroad, with lists of all the publishing houses. Published regularly on the 1st and 15th of every Month, and forwarded post free to all parts of the world on payment of 8s. per annum.
Sida 26 - O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means which public manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand...
Sida 118 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of Noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days...
Sida 187 - The berries crackle, and the mill turns round ; On shining altars of japan they raise The silver lamp ; the fiery spirits blaze : From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide, While China's earth receives the smoking tide : At once they gratify their scent and taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich repast.
Sida 192 - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend, And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength; And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Sida 141 - As through unquiet rest: he, on his side Leaning, half raised, with looks of cordial love Hung over her enamour'd, and beheld Beauty, which, whether waking or asleep, Shot forth peculiar graces; then with voice Mild, as when Zephyrus on Flora breathes, Her hand soft touching, whisper'd thus: ' Awake My fairest, my espoused, my latest found, Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight!
Sida 4 - Familiar Words. An Index Verborum, or Quotation Handbook. Affording an immediate Reference to Phrases and Sentences that have become embedded in the English language. Second and enlarged Edition. "The most extensive dictionary of quotation we have met with."— Notes and Queries.
Sida 179 - Pronounced, and in his volumes taught, our laws, Which others at their bar so often wrench ; To-day deep thoughts resolve with me to drench In mirth that, after, no repenting draws : Let Euclid rest, and Archimedes pause, And what the Swede intends, and what the French.
Sida 139 - For softness she and sweet attractive grace ; He for God only, she for God in him : His fair large front and eye sublime declared Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad...