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... first to Rouen in Nor- mandy , where he refided the greater part of the time of his banishment . The latter years of his exile he pailed at Paris , where he lived in gayety , in elegance , and in the fociety of people of rank , and of ...
... first to Rouen in Nor- mandy , where he refided the greater part of the time of his banishment . The latter years of his exile he pailed at Paris , where he lived in gayety , in elegance , and in the fociety of people of rank , and of ...
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... first wife our Author had a fon and a daughter ; and by his fecond wife , Mary , of the family of Breffe , or Breaux , in the province of Normandy , he had five fons and eight daughters , moft of whom furvived him . Waller's perfon was ...
... first wife our Author had a fon and a daughter ; and by his fecond wife , Mary , of the family of Breffe , or Breaux , in the province of Normandy , he had five fons and eight daughters , moft of whom furvived him . Waller's perfon was ...
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... first engaged himself in that exer- " cife , at least that he was known to do fo ) he fur- 66 prised the Town with two or three pieces of that " kind , as if a tenth Muse had been newly born to " cherish drooping poetry . The Doctor at ...
... first engaged himself in that exer- " cife , at least that he was known to do fo ) he fur- 66 prised the Town with two or three pieces of that " kind , as if a tenth Muse had been newly born to " cherish drooping poetry . The Doctor at ...
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... first that fhewed us our tongue “ had beauty and numbers in it . Our language owes " more to him than the French does to Cardinal " Richelieu and the whole Academy . — The tongue " came into his hands like a rough diamond : he po ...
... first that fhewed us our tongue “ had beauty and numbers in it . Our language owes " more to him than the French does to Cardinal " Richelieu and the whole Academy . — The tongue " came into his hands like a rough diamond : he po ...
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... first in the list of refiners , and , for ought I know , last too ; for I queftion whether in Charles I.'s reign " English did not come to its full perfection , and " whether it has not had its Auguftan age as well as " the Latin . It ...
... first in the list of refiners , and , for ought I know , last too ; for I queftion whether in Charles I.'s reign " English did not come to its full perfection , and " whether it has not had its Auguftan age as well as " the Latin . It ...
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Page 99 - A narrow compafs! and yet there Dwelt all that's good, and all that's fair ; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the reft the fun goes round. XXX. THE FALL.
Page 35 - virtues which in parents fhine 15 Make not like progrefs thro' the line. *Tis not from whom, but where we live: The place does oft' thofe graces give. Great Julius, on the mountains bred, A flock perhaps, or herd had led.
Page xliii - old coins, one muft go to an antiquary to underftand their true meaning and value. Such advances may a great genius make when it undertakes any thing in earneft. Some painters will hit the chief lines and mafterftrokes of a face fo truly, that thro' all the differences of age the
Page xliii - out. Were we to judge barely by the wording, we could not know what was wrote at twenty, and what at fourfcore. He complains, indeed, of a tide of words that comes in upon the Englifh poet, and overflows whatever
Page 41 - And, without planting, drink of ev'ry vine. To dig for wealth we weary not our limbs; Gold, tho' the heavieft metal, hither fwims. Ours is the harveft where the Indians mow ; We plough the deep, and reap what others
Page 45 - Brutus thought to break their yoke, But cut the bond of union with that ftroke. That fun once fet, a thoufand meaner ftars Gave a dim light to violence and wars; To fuch a tempeft as now threatens all,
Page 133 - there as much as ever diftempered with the fame fatal affection for play, which engaged him in one adventure that well deferves to be related. As he returned to his lodgings from a gaming-table he was attacked in the dark by three ruffians, who were employed to
Page xxxiii - and in jeft, and therefore very grateful to all kind " of company, where he was not the lefs efteemed *' for being very rich. He had been even nurfed in *' parliaments, where he fat when he was very young,
Page 85 - Ah, cruel Nymph! from whom her humble fwain Flies for relief unto the raging main, And from the winds and tempefts does expect A milder fate than from her cold neglect! Yet there he '11 pray that the unkind may prove