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Page 507
... carried always about with him a little ftatue of Apollo , taken from the temple of Delphi ; and when- ever he had refolved to give battle , used to embrace it in fight of the fol- diers , and beg the fpeedy confirmation . of its ...
... carried always about with him a little ftatue of Apollo , taken from the temple of Delphi ; and when- ever he had refolved to give battle , used to embrace it in fight of the fol- diers , and beg the fpeedy confirmation . of its ...
Page 514
... carry on , with effect , an expensive war , and yet be frugal of the public mo- ney ; to oblige thofe to ferve , whom it may be delicate to offend ; to conduct , at the fame time , a complicated va- riety of operations ; to concert mea ...
... carry on , with effect , an expensive war , and yet be frugal of the public mo- ney ; to oblige thofe to ferve , whom it may be delicate to offend ; to conduct , at the fame time , a complicated va- riety of operations ; to concert mea ...
Page 529
reafon , by being before - hand with him . A pitiful manner of carrying on war at any time ; but , in the critical circum- ftances you are now in , utterly rui nous . O fhame to the Athenian name ! We undertook this war against Philip ...
reafon , by being before - hand with him . A pitiful manner of carrying on war at any time ; but , in the critical circum- ftances you are now in , utterly rui nous . O fhame to the Athenian name ! We undertook this war against Philip ...
Page 530
... carrying fome praife - worthy difpofitions to excefs , he bordered fometimes on what was culpa- ble , and was often betrayed into actions which expofed him to cenfure . His confidence that his own opinions were well founded , approached ...
... carrying fome praife - worthy difpofitions to excefs , he bordered fometimes on what was culpa- ble , and was often betrayed into actions which expofed him to cenfure . His confidence that his own opinions were well founded , approached ...
Page 532
... carried off ; and the temples ftripped of the images . The infamy of his lewdnefs has been fuch as decency forbids to defcribe ; nor will I , by mentioning particulars , put those unfortunate perfons to fresh pain , who have not been ...
... carried off ; and the temples ftripped of the images . The infamy of his lewdnefs has been fuch as decency forbids to defcribe ; nor will I , by mentioning particulars , put those unfortunate perfons to fresh pain , who have not been ...
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affured againſt alfo Apicius becauſe befides beft Cæfar called caufe character cife converfation courfe defign defire difcovered emperor England fafe faid fame fatire favour fecure feems feen felf felves fenfe fent fervant ferved fervice feven feveral fhall fhew fhip fhort fhould fide filk fince fion firft fmall foldier fome fometimes foon fpeak fpirit ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofe fure give hand himſelf honour horfe houfe houſe juft juftice Jugurtha king kingdom laft leaft lefs live loft lord mafter majefty meaſure ment mind moft moſt muft myfelf nature neceffary nefs never obferved occafion paffed paffion perfon philofopher pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed prefent preferve prince racter raiſed reafon refpect reft thefe themfelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion ufual uncle Toby univerfal uſed villein virtue weft whofe
Popular passages
Page 729 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 657 - The curse never fell upon our nation till now; I never felt it till now: two thousand ducats in that; and other precious, precious jewels. I would my daughter were dead at my foot, and the jewels in her ear ! would she were hearsed at my foot, and the ducats in her coffin...
Page 505 - Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature...
Page 514 - As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him ; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him.
Page 883 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
Page 778 - tis no matter; Honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on ? how then ? Can honour set to a leg? No. Or an arm? No. Or take away the grief of a wound ? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then ? No. What is honour? A word. What is in that word, honour? What is that honour? Air. A trim reckoning ! — Who hath it? He that died o
Page 725 - ... All the images of nature were still present to him, and he drew them not laboriously but luckily: when he describes anything you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation: he was naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of books to read Nature; he looked inwards, and found her there.
Page 831 - I shall say but little at present of their Learning, which for many Ages hath flourished in all its Branches among them : But their manner of Writing is very peculiar, being neither from the Left to the Right, like the Europeans ; nor from the Right to the Left, like the Arabians ; nor from up to down, like the Chinese , nor from down to up, like the Cascagians ; but aslant from one Corner of the Paper to the other, like Ladies in England.
Page 870 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Page 585 - I rightly conceived your meaning ; and if, as you say, confessing a truth indeed may procure my safety, I shall with all willingness and duty, perform your command. " But let not your grace ever imagine that your poor wife will ever be brought to acknowledge a fault, where not so much as a thought thereof preceded.