Lives of Men of Letters of the Time of George III.R. Griffin, 1856 - 438페이지 |
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admiration admitted afterwards Altesse Sérénissime ANDREW MILLAR appears believe Bishop of Annecy Catiline certainly character Church Cirey composition conduct Confessions court DAVID HUME death diction disposition doubt Edinburgh Encyclopédie Essay fancy father favour feelings Fermier-Général Ferney formed France French Geneva genius Gibbon give given habits historian History of Scotland honour Hume Hume's indulgence interest John Home Johnson kind King labour Lausanne learning less letter literary lived London Lord Lord Bute Louis XIV Madame d'Epinay manner Maupertuis ment merit mind months moral narrative nature Neufchâtel never opinions Paris party passages passed person philosophical pleasure poet political prejudices published reason religion religious remarks respect ribaldry Robertson Rousseau says seems society soon speak style success taste temper things tion truth Turin vanity Voltaire Voltaire's volume Whig whole wholly writings written wrote
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395 페이지 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
320 페이지 - Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour.
360 페이지 - New sorrow rises as the day returns, A sister sickens, or a daughter mourns. Now kindred Merit fills the sable bier, Now lacerated Friendship claims a tear. Year chases year, decay pursues decay, Still drops some joy from...
354 페이지 - What was said of Rome, adorned by Augustus, may be applied by an easy metaphor to English poetry embellished by Dryden, " lateritiam invenit, marmoream reliquit." He found it brick and he left it marble.
334 페이지 - I was alarmed, and prayed God, that however he might afflict my body, he would spare my understanding. This prayer, that I might try the integrity of my faculties, I made in Latin verse. The lines were not very good, but I .knew them not to be very good : I made them easily, and concluded myself to be unimpaired in my faculties.
29 페이지 - Elle aperçoit Henri, se détourne, et soupire. Auprès d'elle est l'orgueil, qui se plaît et s'admire, La faiblesse au teint pâle, aux regards abattus, Tyran qui cède au crime, et détruit les vertus...
406 페이지 - ... evening to talk with me ; the great historian was light and playful, suiting his matter to the capacity of the boy ; but it was done more...
15 페이지 - Quand on a tout perdu, quand on n'a plus d'espoir, La vie est un opprobre, et la mort un devoir.
397 페이지 - He seemed to feel, and even to envy, the happiness of my situation ; while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no human being was ever more perfectly exempt from the taint of malevolence, vanity, or falsehood.
395 페이지 - But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.