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Página xxxix
... ancient festivals . This was a wise and a salutary measure : the plague had spread dejection through the city , which was thus rendered more obr noxious to its fury ; and it therefore became necessary , by novel and extraordinary ...
... ancient festivals . This was a wise and a salutary measure : the plague had spread dejection through the city , which was thus rendered more obr noxious to its fury ; and it therefore became necessary , by novel and extraordinary ...
Página xl
... ancient Satires . * He did not pretend to restore them to the stage , for which indeed the new pieces were infinitely better calculated , but endeavoured to adapt them to the closet , by refining their grossness , and softening their ...
... ancient Satires . * He did not pretend to restore them to the stage , for which indeed the new pieces were infinitely better calculated , but endeavoured to adapt them to the closet , by refining their grossness , and softening their ...
Página xli
... ancient satires were ignorant of the existence of the Greek comedy ; and secondly , that Ennius , who knew it well , passed it by for a ruder model ; the Romans can have no pretensions to the honour they claim . And even if these be ...
... ancient satires were ignorant of the existence of the Greek comedy ; and secondly , that Ennius , who knew it well , passed it by for a ruder model ; the Romans can have no pretensions to the honour they claim . And even if these be ...
Página xlv
... ancient manners was obliterated ; liberty was unknown , law openly tram- pled upon , and , while the national rites were either neglected or contemned , a base and blind superstition took possession of the enfeebled and distempered mind ...
... ancient manners was obliterated ; liberty was unknown , law openly tram- pled upon , and , while the national rites were either neglected or contemned , a base and blind superstition took possession of the enfeebled and distempered mind ...
Página liii
... ancient courage ; and from the days of Augustus to those of Domitian , only avenged their slavery by an epigram or a bon - mot . " The characteristics of Juvenal were energy , passion , and in- dignation : it is nevertheless easy to ...
... ancient courage ; and from the days of Augustus to those of Domitian , only avenged their slavery by an epigram or a bon - mot . " The characteristics of Juvenal were energy , passion , and in- dignation : it is nevertheless easy to ...
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Página 478 - Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years ; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their pilgrimage.
Página 204 - There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks ; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body. O, these encounterers, so glib of tongue, That give a coasting welcome ere it comes.
Página 218 - He burneth part thereof in the fire, with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast and is satisfied; yea, he warmeth himself and saith, "Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire." And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image; he falleth down unto it and worshippeth it and prayeth unto it and saith, "Deliver me; for thou art my God.
Página xlii - Atque alii quorum comoedia prisca virorum est, Si quis erat dignus describi quod malus ac fur, Quod moechus foret aut sicarius aut alioqui Famosus, multa cum libertate notabant. Hinc omnis pendet Lucilius, hosce secutus Mutatis tantum pedibus numerisque, facetus, Emunctae naris, durus componere versus.
Página lxii - The general character of this translation will be given, when it is said to preserve the wit, but to want the dignity, of the original.
Página xiii - ... with favours more substantial : little collections were now and then made, and I have received sixpence in an evening. To one who had long lived in the absolute want of money, such a resource seemed a Peruvian mine : I furnished myself by degrees with paper, &c. and what was of more importance, with books of geometry, and of the higher branches of algebra, which I cautiously concealed. Poetry, even at this time, was no amusement of mine : it was subservient to other purposes ; and I only had...
Página 218 - They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Página 105 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Página vii - Brixham, and thither I went when little more than thirteen. • My master, whose name was Full, though a gross and ignorant, was not an ill-natured man; at least, not to me ; and my mistress used me with unvarying kindness ; moved perhaps by my weakness and tender years. In return, I did what I could to requite her, and my good will was not overlooked.
Página 342 - Fond fool ! six feet shall serve for all thy store, And he that cares for most shall find no more.