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... soon , ere he could go alone , He sung as well as she . A pretty boy of curious wit , All people spoke his praise , And in the corner he would sit In Christmas holidays . When friends they did together meet , To pass away the time- Why ...
... soon , ere he could go alone , He sung as well as she . A pretty boy of curious wit , All people spoke his praise , And in the corner he would sit In Christmas holidays . When friends they did together meet , To pass away the time- Why ...
Page 220
... soon abandoned dramatic authorship , and we next hear of him , in 1706 , as gentleman - waiter to Prince George of Denmark . His affairs prospered for a time , and from 1709 onward he was pouring out those bril- liant essays for " The ...
... soon abandoned dramatic authorship , and we next hear of him , in 1706 , as gentleman - waiter to Prince George of Denmark . His affairs prospered for a time , and from 1709 onward he was pouring out those bril- liant essays for " The ...
Page 221
... soon afterward , the great lumbering fellow tried to earn his living as an usher in a grammar - school , and did not succeed . But , for all his failures , there was probably no one of his years who had read so much or had a better ...
... soon afterward , the great lumbering fellow tried to earn his living as an usher in a grammar - school , and did not succeed . But , for all his failures , there was probably no one of his years who had read so much or had a better ...
Page 222
... soon came to prefer literature to law ; and though he engaged in commerce for a time at Bristol , he was clearly unsuited for it . A stay in France from his twenty - third to his twenty - sixth year had much to do in directing his mind ...
... soon came to prefer literature to law ; and though he engaged in commerce for a time at Bristol , he was clearly unsuited for it . A stay in France from his twenty - third to his twenty - sixth year had much to do in directing his mind ...
Page 225
... soon humbled , and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind , by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion , and that whatsoever might be the future fate of my history , the life of the his ...
... soon humbled , and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind , by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion , and that whatsoever might be the future fate of my history , the life of the his ...
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Page 225 - ... berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame.
Page 318 - His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!
Page 225 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Page 343 - He has often told me, that at his coming to his estate he found his parishioners very irregular; and that in order to make them kneel and join in the responses, he gave every one of them a hassock and a common-prayer book: and at the same time employed...
Page 218 - Monday's child is fair of face Tuesday's child is full of grace Wednesday's child is full of woe Thursday's child has far to go...
Page 343 - Poetry was not the sole praise of either, for both excelled likewise in prose ; but Pope did not borrow his prose from his predecessor. The style of Dryden is capricious and varied ; that of Pope is cautious and uniform.
Page 295 - I see them now scantily supplied with provisions ; crowded almost to suffocation in their ill-stored prison ; delayed by calms, pursuing a circuitous route, and now driven in fury before the raging tempest, on the high and giddy waves.
Page 290 - When icicles hang by the wall And Dick the shepherd blows his nail And Tom bears logs into the hall And milk comes frozen home in pail...
Page 299 - I profess, sir, in my career hitherto to have kept steadily in view the prosperity and honor of the whole country, and the preservation of our federal Union. It is to that Union we owe our safety at home, and our consideration and dignity abroad. It is to that Union that we are chiefly indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country.
Page 343 - ... reprimand to the person that is absent. The chaplain has often told me, that upon a catechizing-day, when Sir Roger has been pleased with a boy that answers well, he has ordered a bible to be given him next day for his encouragement; and sometimes accompanies it with a flitch of bacon to his ] mother.