Lacon; Or, Many Things in Few Words Addressed to Those who Think, Bind 1–2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1825 - 253 sider |
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... ribaldry and the obscenity will be understood by the many ; the profundity and the sublimity will be duly appreciated , only by the few . We might also add , that as disease is more contagious than health in the natural world , so in ...
... ribaldry and the obscenity will be understood by the many ; the profundity and the sublimity will be duly appreciated , only by the few . We might also add , that as disease is more contagious than health in the natural world , so in ...
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... ribaldry and the Byron , is restless and impatient of critical fundity mitation . " Estuat infelix angusto in limine . " It soars above such barriers , and beyond them , only to secure a more extensive fame , a more exalted admiration ...
... ribaldry and the Byron , is restless and impatient of critical fundity mitation . " Estuat infelix angusto in limine . " It soars above such barriers , and beyond them , only to secure a more extensive fame , a more exalted admiration ...
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Charles Caleb Colton. love , for his licentiousness ; superstition , for his ribaldry ; and danger , despair , and death , for his sublimities . 66 Quicquid habent Veneres Venerum , Charitesve Leporûm ; " Quicquid Musa Joci , quicquid ...
Charles Caleb Colton. love , for his licentiousness ; superstition , for his ribaldry ; and danger , despair , and death , for his sublimities . 66 Quicquid habent Veneres Venerum , Charitesve Leporûm ; " Quicquid Musa Joci , quicquid ...
Side 30
... wider leap than his cooler and riper judgment will hereafter approve . But be this as it may , his Lord- ship could well afford to leave blasphemy and ribaldry to his imitators ; who , if they were deprived of 30 REMARKS ON.
... wider leap than his cooler and riper judgment will hereafter approve . But be this as it may , his Lord- ship could well afford to leave blasphemy and ribaldry to his imitators ; who , if they were deprived of 30 REMARKS ON.
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... ribaldry , would gladly make death the cause of his annihilation . And it is in perfect conformity with such tenets , that his Lordship sneers at Xerxes in Don Juan , because he offered a reward to him that could invent a new pleasure ...
... ribaldry , would gladly make death the cause of his annihilation . And it is in perfect conformity with such tenets , that his Lordship sneers at Xerxes in Don Juan , because he offered a reward to him that could invent a new pleasure ...
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Side 41 - And down she sucked with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he die.
Side 101 - And conceiving God to be the fountain of wisdom, I thought it right and necessary to solicit his assistance for obtaining it ; to this end I formed the following little prayer, which was prefixed to my tables of examination, for daily use.
Side 27 - There's nought, no doubt, so much the spirit calms As rum and true religion : thus it was, Some plunder'ed, some drank spirits, some sung psalms, The high wind made the treble, and as bass The hoarse harsh waves kept time ; fright cured the qualms Of all the luckless landsmen's sea-sick maws : Strange sounds of wailing, blasphemy, devotion, Clamour'd in chorus to the roaring ocean.
Side 41 - And first one universal shriek there rush'd, Louder than the loud ocean, like a crash Of echoing thunder ; and then all was hush'd, Save the wild wind and the remorseless dash Of billows ; but at intervals there gush'd, Accompanied with a convulsive splash, A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in his agony.
Side 69 - Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say...
Side 174 - No two things differ more than hurry and dispatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind, dispatch of a strong one.
Side 20 - Man's love is of man's life a thing apart ; 'Tis woman's whole existence...
Side 41 - No more — no more — Oh! never more on me The freshness of the heart can fall like dew, Which out of all the lovely things we see Extracts emotions beautiful and new; Hived in our bosoms like the bag o' the bee: Think'st thou the honey with those objects grew?
Side 14 - Lucretius' irreligion is too strong, For early stomachs, to prove wholesome food; I can't help thinking Juvenal was wrong, Although no doubt his real intent was good, For speaking out so plainly in his song, So much indeed as to be downright rude; And then what proper person can be partial To all those nauseous epigrams of Martial?
Side xii - That writer does the most, who gives his reader the most knowledge, and takes from him the least time.