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racter . ruins the character he is so industrious to advance by it . For though his
actions are never so glorious , they lose their lustre when they are drawn at large
, and set to show by his own hand ; and as the world is more apt to find fault than
...
racter . ruins the character he is so industrious to advance by it . For though his
actions are never so glorious , they lose their lustre when they are drawn at large
, and set to show by his own hand ; and as the world is more apt to find fault than
...
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There are many who find a pleasure in contradicting the common reports of fame
, and in spreading abroad the weaknesses of an exalted character . They publish
their ill - natured discoveries with a secret pride , and applaud themselves for ...
There are many who find a pleasure in contradicting the common reports of fame
, and in spreading abroad the weaknesses of an exalted character . They publish
their ill - natured discoveries with a secret pride , and applaud themselves for ...
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Virgil falls infinitely short of Homer in the characters of his poem , both as to their
variety and novelty . Æneas is indeed a perfect character , but as for Achates ,
though he is styled the hero's friend , he does nothing in the whole poem which ...
Virgil falls infinitely short of Homer in the characters of his poem , both as to their
variety and novelty . Æneas is indeed a perfect character , but as for Achates ,
though he is styled the hero's friend , he does nothing in the whole poem which ...
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To make a character truly great , this author understands that it should have its
foundation in superior thoughts and maxims of conduct . It is very certain , that
many an honest woman would make no difficulty , though she had been the wife
of ...
To make a character truly great , this author understands that it should have its
foundation in superior thoughts and maxims of conduct . It is very certain , that
many an honest woman would make no difficulty , though she had been the wife
of ...
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His preferring annihilation to shame or misery , is also highly suitable to his
character ; as the comfort he draws from their disturbing the peace of heaven ,
that if it be not victory it is revenge , is a sentiment truly diabolical , and becoming
the ...
His preferring annihilation to shame or misery , is also highly suitable to his
character ; as the comfort he draws from their disturbing the peace of heaven ,
that if it be not victory it is revenge , is a sentiment truly diabolical , and becoming
the ...
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Page 16 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 240 - Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Page 335 - O thou, that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Page 243 - Though without number still, amidst the hall Of that infernal court. But far within, And in their own dimensions like themselves, The great seraphic lords and cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat, A thousand demigods on golden seats, Frequent and full.
Page 240 - Hail, horrors! hail, Infernal World! and thou, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor — one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time.
Page 244 - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple...
Page 244 - Had to impose : he through the armed files Darts his experienced eye, and soon traverse The whole battalion views, their order due, Their visages and stature as of gods ; Their number last he sums. And now his heart Distends with pride, and, hardening in his strength, Glories...
Page 242 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Page 132 - For joy of offer'd peace : But I suppose, If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result.
Page 242 - That this stream, at certain seasons of the year, especially about the feast of Adonis, is of a bloody colour; which the heathens looked upon as proceeding from a kind of sympathy in the river for the death of Adonis, who was killed by a wild boar in the mountains, out of which this stream rises.
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| Title | Select British Classics, Volume 14 Select British Classics |
| Publisher | J. Conrad, 1803 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 3 Nov 2006 |
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