Selections from the British Satirists: With an Introductory Essay by Cecil HeadlamF. E. Robinson, 1897 - 329 sivua |
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... turn round with him , which he imagined , though it were his own giddiness , to be nothing less than the quadrature of the circle . This accident concurring so happily to increase the good opinion which he naturally had of himself , he ...
... turn round with him , which he imagined , though it were his own giddiness , to be nothing less than the quadrature of the circle . This accident concurring so happily to increase the good opinion which he naturally had of himself , he ...
Sivu 213
... turn their heads to imitate the sun . Go , teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule , Then drop into thyself , and be a fool ! From ' Moral Essays ' [ 1732-35 ] , Epistle II . BUT what are these to great Atossa's mind ? Scarce once herself , by ...
... turn their heads to imitate the sun . Go , teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule , Then drop into thyself , and be a fool ! From ' Moral Essays ' [ 1732-35 ] , Epistle II . BUT what are these to great Atossa's mind ? Scarce once herself , by ...
Sivu 250
... turn the varied taunt a thousand ways . Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd , Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest ; Fate never wounds more deep the gen'rous heart , Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart . Has ...
... turn the varied taunt a thousand ways . Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd , Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest ; Fate never wounds more deep the gen'rous heart , Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart . Has ...
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