The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays ...Lackington and Company and J. Mawman, 1817 - Conduct of life |
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... better said by P. Syrus the actor , when he saw one Mucius , a malevolent fel- low , in a very melancholy mood - Either some ill fortune has befallen Mucius , or some good has hap- pened to one of his acquaintance , ' A man's fame shall ...
... better said by P. Syrus the actor , when he saw one Mucius , a malevolent fel- low , in a very melancholy mood - Either some ill fortune has befallen Mucius , or some good has hap- pened to one of his acquaintance , ' A man's fame shall ...
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... better - tem- pered , but a braver man than Pompey . 6 But of all the ancient wits Augustus seems to have had the most point , and he was remarkable for taking a jest , as for giving it . A country fellow came to Rome , who was so like ...
... better - tem- pered , but a braver man than Pompey . 6 But of all the ancient wits Augustus seems to have had the most point , and he was remarkable for taking a jest , as for giving it . A country fellow came to Rome , who was so like ...
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... better than any man then living could act them , for neither Garrick nor Henderson was yet born . P. Clodius , the fine gen- tleman and rake of the age , had the indecorum to press Laberius to come forward on the public stage , and take ...
... better than any man then living could act them , for neither Garrick nor Henderson was yet born . P. Clodius , the fine gen- tleman and rake of the age , had the indecorum to press Laberius to come forward on the public stage , and take ...
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... better days nor foe , nor friend , Nor threat , nor bribe , nor vanity , cou'd bend ' ; Now lur'd by flattery in my weaker age , 1 sink my knighthood and ascend the stage . Yel muse not therefore - How shall man gainsay Him , whom the ...
... better days nor foe , nor friend , Nor threat , nor bribe , nor vanity , cou'd bend ' ; Now lur'd by flattery in my weaker age , 1 sink my knighthood and ascend the stage . Yel muse not therefore - How shall man gainsay Him , whom the ...
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... better man than his predecessor . The cautious timid character of Augustus kept him under constant awe of those he governed , and he was diligent to secure to himself the opinions of mankind ; but there are rents and fissures enough in ...
... better man than his predecessor . The cautious timid character of Augustus kept him under constant awe of those he governed , and he was diligent to secure to himself the opinions of mankind ; but there are rents and fissures enough in ...
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