Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who ThinkPeter Burtsell, 1821 - 267 sivua |
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... reward I wish for my labours ; and the four lines which form the com- mencement of my Poem of " Hypocrisy , " shall make the conclusion of this Preface , since the sen- timents they contain , are as applicable to prose , as to verse ...
... reward I wish for my labours ; and the four lines which form the com- mencement of my Poem of " Hypocrisy , " shall make the conclusion of this Preface , since the sen- timents they contain , are as applicable to prose , as to verse ...
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... who has thought one hundred pounds too much for a song , though sung by Spencer ; although Oliver Goldsmith is the only poet who ever considered himself to have been overpaid . The reward in this arena is not to IN FEW WORDS . 25.
... who has thought one hundred pounds too much for a song , though sung by Spencer ; although Oliver Goldsmith is the only poet who ever considered himself to have been overpaid . The reward in this arena is not to IN FEW WORDS . 25.
Sivu 26
... reward in this arena is not to the swift , nor the prize to the strong . Editors have gained more pounds by publishing Milton's works , than he ever gained pence by writing them ; and Garrick has reaped a richer harvest in a single ...
... reward in this arena is not to the swift , nor the prize to the strong . Editors have gained more pounds by publishing Milton's works , than he ever gained pence by writing them ; and Garrick has reaped a richer harvest in a single ...
Sivu 27
... rewards . She feeds us with air , our house to build our monument . her views , in as much as her hopes bounded by time , terminated by death . But virtue is en- larged and infinite in her hopes , in as much as they extend beyond ...
... rewards . She feeds us with air , our house to build our monument . her views , in as much as her hopes bounded by time , terminated by death . But virtue is en- larged and infinite in her hopes , in as much as they extend beyond ...
Sivu 37
... reward also is with her , and she will come quickly . For the breast of a good man is a little heaven commencing on earth ; where the Deity sits enthroned with unrivalled influence , every subjugated pas- sion , " like the wind and ...
... reward also is with her , and she will come quickly . For the breast of a good man is a little heaven commencing on earth ; where the Deity sits enthroned with unrivalled influence , every subjugated pas- sion , " like the wind and ...
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