The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis, Volume 1Tho. Lowry Plowman, 1803 |
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... object in view . Mr. Hugh Smerdon ( my first master ) was now grown old and infirm ; it seemed unlikely that he should hold out above three or four years ; and I fondly flattered myself that , notwith- standing my youth , I might ...
... object in view . Mr. Hugh Smerdon ( my first master ) was now grown old and infirm ; it seemed unlikely that he should hold out above three or four years ; and I fondly flattered myself that , notwith- standing my youth , I might ...
Page xvii
... object at once of apprehension and dislike . From this state of abjectness I was raised by a young woman of my own class . She was a neighbour ; and whenever I took my solitary walk with my Wolfius in my pocket , she usually came to the ...
... object at once of apprehension and dislike . From this state of abjectness I was raised by a young woman of my own class . She was a neighbour ; and whenever I took my solitary walk with my Wolfius in my pocket , she usually came to the ...
Page xxxiv
... object of them . Is it more consonant to his character , to suppose that he would conceal his knowledge of them with the most scrupu- lous care ? But when Domitian was dead , and Martial removed from Rome : when , in short , there was ...
... object of them . Is it more consonant to his character , to suppose that he would conceal his knowledge of them with the most scrupu- lous care ? But when Domitian was dead , and Martial removed from Rome : when , in short , there was ...
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... object was to shew the general discouragement of literature , he could not , consistently with his plan , attribute the solitary good fortune of Quin- tilian to any thing but luck . But why was Quintilian made consul ? Because , replies ...
... object was to shew the general discouragement of literature , he could not , consistently with his plan , attribute the solitary good fortune of Quin- tilian to any thing but luck . But why was Quintilian made consul ? Because , replies ...
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... object of his keenest reprobation . He profited , indeed , so far by his danger or his punishment , as to recite no more in public ; but he continued to write during the remainder of Domitian's reign , in which he finished , as I ...
... object of his keenest reprobation . He profited , indeed , so far by his danger or his punishment , as to recite no more in public ; but he continued to write during the remainder of Domitian's reign , in which he finished , as I ...
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Page 240 - I was — there is no man can tell what. Methought I was — and methought I had — but man is but a patched fool, if he will offer to say what methought I had. The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report, what my dream was. I will get Peter Quince to write a ballad of this dream. It shall be called Bottom's Dream...
Page 52 - There is a method in man's wickedness; It grows up by degrees: I am not come So high as killing of myself; there are A hundred thousand sins 'twixt me and it, Which I must do; and I shall come to't at last, But, take my oath, not now.
Page 230 - They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Page xii - ... plan to Carlile, he treated it with the utmost contempt; and told me, in his turn, that, as I had learned enough, and more than enough, at school, he must be considered as having fairly discharged his duty (so, indeed, he had) ; he added, that he had been negotiating with his cousin, a shoemaker of some respectability, who had liberally agreed to take me without a fee as an apprentice. I was so shocked at this intelligence that I did not remonstrate ; but went in sullenness and silence to my...
Page 111 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Page xv - I recollect the occasion of my first attempt: it is; like all the rest of my non-adventures, of so unimportant a nature, that I should blush to call the attention of the idlest reader to it, but for the reason alleged in the introductory paragraph. A person, whose name escapes me, had undertaken to paint a sign for an ale-house: it was to have been a lion, but the unfortunate artist produced a dog. On this awkward affair, one of my acquaintance wrote a copy...
Page 230 - He burneth part thereof in the fire, with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast and is satisfied; yea, he warmeth himself and saith, "Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire." And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image; he falleth down unto it and worshippeth it and prayeth unto it and saith, "Deliver me; for thou art my God.
Page 220 - Give me, next good, an understanding wife, By Nature wise, not learned by much art; Some knowledge on her side will all my life More scope of conversation impart; Besides, her inborne virtue fortifie; They are most firmly good, who best know why.
Page xviii - It was my good fortune to interest his benevolence. My little history was not untinctured with melancholy, and I laid it fairly before him : his first care was to console ; his second, which he cherished to the last moment of his existence, was to relieve and support me.
Page xvi - The repetitions of which I speak were always attended with applause, and sometimes with favours more substantial ; little collections were now and then made, and I have received sixpence in an evening. To one who had long lived in the absolute want of money, such a resource seemed a Peruvian mine ; I furnished myself by degrees with paper, &c., and, what was of more importance, with books of geometry, and of the higher branches of algebra, which I cautiously concealed. Poetry, even at this time,...