The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Volume 2R. Cadell, 1834 |
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... observation increased his faculties of pleasing , while his knowledge was expanded by a course of study so hard , that it engaged eight hours of every day . Such a space of time , well employed , soon rendered a man of Swift's powers an ...
... observation increased his faculties of pleasing , while his knowledge was expanded by a course of study so hard , that it engaged eight hours of every day . Such a space of time , well employed , soon rendered a man of Swift's powers an ...
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... observe , that he returned to Kilroot , after his resignation , and inducted his successor in face of the church and of the public ; that he returned to Sir William Temple with as fair a character as when he had left him ; that during ...
... observe , that he returned to Kilroot , after his resignation , and inducted his successor in face of the church and of the public ; that he returned to Sir William Temple with as fair a character as when he had left him ; that during ...
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... observe , that the field of comparison is infinitely too wide to admit of precise parallels , or of accurate reasoning . In works of poetry and imagination , the precedence may be decidedly allotted to the ancients , owing to the ...
... observe , that the field of comparison is infinitely too wide to admit of precise parallels , or of accurate reasoning . In works of poetry and imagination , the precedence may be decidedly allotted to the ancients , owing to the ...
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... observed united to as much advantage as ever they were seen apart in any other persons.1 The com- pany also , of two amiable and lively young ladies of fashion , daughters of the Earl , 2 must have ren- dered the society still more ...
... observed united to as much advantage as ever they were seen apart in any other persons.1 The com- pany also , of two amiable and lively young ladies of fashion , daughters of the Earl , 2 must have ren- dered the society still more ...
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... observed in the Jour- nal to Stella . Another anecdote of this journey is preserved by Mr Wil- son ; " There were three inns in Navan , each of which claim , to this day , the honour of having entertained Dr Swift . It is probable that ...
... observed in the Jour- nal to Stella . Another anecdote of this journey is preserved by Mr Wil- son ; " There were three inns in Navan , each of which claim , to this day , the honour of having entertained Dr Swift . It is probable that ...
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Page 453 - When on my sickly couch I lay, Impatient both of night and day, Lamenting in unmanly strains, Call'd every power to ease my pains ; Then Stella ran to my relief, With cheerful face and inward grief ; And, though by Heaven's severe decree She suffers hourly more than me, No cruel master could require, From slaves employ'd for daily hire, What Stella, by her friendship warm'd, With vigour and delight perform'd...
Page 107 - Lord Treasurer, after leaving the Queen, came through the room, beckoning Dr. Swift to follow him : both went off just before prayers.
Page 58 - than I can say ; I never remember any weather that was not too hot or too cold, too wet or too dry ; but, however God Almighty contrives it, at the end of the year 'tis all very well.
Page 393 - Would he were fatter ! But I fear him not : Yet if my name were liable to fear, I do not know the man I should avoid So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much ; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men...
Page 205 - Thou, Stella, wert no longer young', When first for thee my harp was strung, Without one word of Cupid's darts, Of killing eyes, or bleeding hearts ; With Friendship and Esteem possest, I ne'er admitted Love a guest.
Page 297 - We were all, at the first night of it, in great uncertainty of the event ; till we were very much encouraged by overhearing the Duke of Argyle, who sat in the next box to us, say, ' It will do — it must do ! I see it in the eyes of them.
Page 225 - I'll tell you one that first comes into my head. One evening, Gay and I went to see him : you know how intimately we were all acquainted. On our coming in, ' heyday, gentlemen, (says the doctor) what's the meaning of this visit?
Page 104 - I warned him of, never to appear cold to me, for I would not be treated like a school-boy ; that I had felt too much of that in my life already...
Page 393 - He reads much; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing.