Reflection: A Poem, in Four Cantos ...R. Cruttwell, 1790 - 278 páginas |
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Página 69
... stop to the currente calamo in its course . Since that both the paf- fages have been read by others without flopping at either , and not very long ago , and finally , by three persons , two of whom are writers of verse , and one I may ...
... stop to the currente calamo in its course . Since that both the paf- fages have been read by others without flopping at either , and not very long ago , and finally , by three persons , two of whom are writers of verse , and one I may ...
Página 92
... stop short ? why not quite through , Where'er the goddess points , pursue ? — Our teacher says " what is , is right , " In pride and erring reason's spight ; " Will he not grant this axiom too , СС Nothing is right that is not true ...
... stop short ? why not quite through , Where'er the goddess points , pursue ? — Our teacher says " what is , is right , " In pride and erring reason's spight ; " Will he not grant this axiom too , СС Nothing is right that is not true ...
Página 158
... stop at this place longer than I had hoped to do in this my P. S. I fo ardently with to fee an end of , tired , fatigued , as my mind is , in truth , with my subje & t ; ' then how much more with the ungenial drudgery I am at once fo ...
... stop at this place longer than I had hoped to do in this my P. S. I fo ardently with to fee an end of , tired , fatigued , as my mind is , in truth , with my subje & t ; ' then how much more with the ungenial drudgery I am at once fo ...
Página 188
... stop , gentlemen , however , if any of you laugh , for diftinguons ; and let us continue philofophers ; this I by no means say I do not believe , on the contrary do believe it , or next to believe it , for this must come from fact , and ...
... stop , gentlemen , however , if any of you laugh , for diftinguons ; and let us continue philofophers ; this I by no means say I do not believe , on the contrary do believe it , or next to believe it , for this must come from fact , and ...
Página 192
... fo eafy ; one defect fhewn you , cures you for ever . I think I have two or three in one place , but I would not let it stop me . As to the two prefaces , they were both written by by Hawkesworth , but to be fure it is fuppofed [ 192 ]
... fo eafy ; one defect fhewn you , cures you for ever . I think I have two or three in one place , but I would not let it stop me . As to the two prefaces , they were both written by by Hawkesworth , but to be fure it is fuppofed [ 192 ]
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Página iii - That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please. Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee.
Página 128 - Two principles in human nature reign; Self-love, to urge, and reason, to restrain; Nor this a good, nor that a bad we call, Each works its end, to move or govern all: And to their proper operation still Ascribe all good; to their improper, ill.
Página 101 - Go, from the creatures thy instructions take: Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; Thy arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
Página 86 - The learn'd is happy nature to explore, The fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty given, The poor contents him with the care of Heaven.
Página 240 - Curst be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe, Give virtue scandal, innocence a fear, Or from the soft-eyed virgin steal a tear...
Página 118 - Great kings to wars are pointed forth, Like loaded needles to the North, And thou and I, by power...
Página 113 - The reader feels his mind full, though he learns nothing; and, when he meets it in its new array, no longer knows the talk of his mother and his nurse.
Página 277 - And must we spectacles apply, To view what hurts our naked eye ? Sir, if it be your wisdom's aim To make me merrier than I am ; I'll be all night at your devotion — Come on, friend ; broach the pleasing notion : But, if you would depress my thought, Your system is not worth a groat— For Plato's fancies what care I?
Página 118 - Celia's chamber, As straw and paper are by amber. If we sit down to play or set, (Suppose at ombre or basset,} Let people call us cheats or fools, Our cards and we are equal tools. We sure in vain the cards condemn : Ourselves...
Página 50 - Vast chain of being! which from God began, Natures aethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach ; from infinite to thee, From thee to nothing.