Miscellanies of literature, by the author of 'Curiosities of literature'.1840 |
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... ANCIENTS OPENLY CLAIMED THEIR OWN PRAISE . AND SEVERAL MODERNS . - AN AUTHOR KNOWS MORE OF HIS MERITS THAN HIS READERS- AND LESS OF HIS DEFECTS . - AUTHORS VERSATILE IN THEIR ADMIRATION AND THEIR MALIGNITY 433 CHAPTER XVI . THE DOMESTIC ...
... ANCIENTS OPENLY CLAIMED THEIR OWN PRAISE . AND SEVERAL MODERNS . - AN AUTHOR KNOWS MORE OF HIS MERITS THAN HIS READERS- AND LESS OF HIS DEFECTS . - AUTHORS VERSATILE IN THEIR ADMIRATION AND THEIR MALIGNITY 433 CHAPTER XVI . THE DOMESTIC ...
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... ancients were great admirers of miscellanies ; Aulus Gellius has preserved a copious list of titles of such works . These titles are so numerous , and in- clude such gay and pleasing descriptions , that we may infer by their number that ...
... ancients were great admirers of miscellanies ; Aulus Gellius has preserved a copious list of titles of such works . These titles are so numerous , and in- clude such gay and pleasing descriptions , that we may infer by their number that ...
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... ancient with the modern Longinus . There are some mechanical aids in reading which may prove of great utility , and form a kind of rejuvenescence of our early studies . Montaigne placed at the end of a book which he intended not to ...
... ancient with the modern Longinus . There are some mechanical aids in reading which may prove of great utility , and form a kind of rejuvenescence of our early studies . Montaigne placed at the end of a book which he intended not to ...
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... ancient rabbins advised their young students to apply themselves to their read- ings , whether they felt an inclination or not , be - blind , who have a finer tact , and the jeweller , who cause , as they proceeded , they would find ...
... ancient rabbins advised their young students to apply themselves to their read- ings , whether they felt an inclination or not , be - blind , who have a finer tact , and the jeweller , who cause , as they proceeded , they would find ...
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... ancient , who , even in his day , lamented that " of books there is no end , " has been transcribed in many books . He who has critically examined any branch of literature has discovered how little of original invention is to be found ...
... ancient , who , even in his day , lamented that " of books there is no end , " has been transcribed in many books . He who has critically examined any branch of literature has discovered how little of original invention is to be found ...
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Miscellanies of literature, by the author of 'Curiosities of literature'. Isaac Disraeli Полный просмотр - 1882 |
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Стр. 410 - Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
Стр. 75 - Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. 5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Стр. 196 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Стр. 62 - I saw it was adulterate. I met with several great persons, whom I liked very well, but could not perceive that any part of their greatness was to be liked or desired, no more than I would be glad or content to be in a storm, though I saw many ships which rid safely and bravely in it. A storm would not agree with my stomach...
Стр. 452 - Till the Ledaean stars, so famed for love, Wonder'd at us from above! We spent them not in toys, in lusts, or wine; But search of deep philosophy, Wit, eloquence, and poetry — Arts which I loved, for they, my friend, were thine.
Стр. 235 - ... ribs; so was this pair of friends transfixed, till down they fell, joined in their lives, joined in their deaths; so closely joined that Charon would mistake them both for one, and waft them over Styx, for half his fare.
Стр. 404 - My conversation is slow and dull; my humour saturnine and reserved: In short, I am none of those who endeavour to break jests in company, or make repartees.
Стр. 288 - And since our dainty age Cannot endure reproof, Make not thyself a page To that strumpet, the stage; But sing high and aloof, Safe from the wolf's black jaw and the dull ass's hoof.
Стр. 69 - But Appius reddens at each word you speak, And stares, tremendous, with a threatening eye, Like some fierce tyrant in old tapestry.
Стр. 480 - I am still of opinion that it was a practicable scheme, and might have been very useful, by forming a great number of good citizens; and I was not discouraged by the seeming magnitude of the undertaking, as I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities may work great changes, and accomplish great affairs among mankind...