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Page 42 - And say besides, that in Aleppo once, Where a malignant and a turban'd Turk Beat a Venetian and traduced the state, I took by the throat the circumcised dog And smote him, thus.
Page 83 - Tis God's appointment who must sway, And who is to submit. "Since, then, the rule of right is plain, And longest life is but a day; To have my ends, maintain my rights, I'll take the shortest way.
Page 80 - If to no charms thou wilt thy heart resign, But such as merit, such as equal thine, By none, alas! by none thou canst be moved, Phaon alone by Phaon must be loved!
Page 69 - E'en let Him of Ideas speak To Heathens in his Native GREEK. If to be sad is to be wise; I do most heartily despise Whatever SOCRATES has said, Or TULLY writ, or WANLEY read. Dear DRIFT...
Page 68 - That which a being was, What is it ? show ; That being which it was, it is not now ; To be what 'tis, is not to be, you see ; That which now is not, shall a being be.
Page 91 - Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep : And to the murmur of these waters sleep : Ah spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave.
Page 6 - Poetry, without which that confused mass of curious matter could scarce be turned useful, since one might as well look for a needle in a bottle of hay, as for any particular passage.
Page 97 - This extraordinary female was the greatest hunter, shooter, and fisher of her time ; she kept a dozen at least of dogs, terriers, greyhounds, and spaniels, all excellent in their kinds. She killed more foxes in one year than all the confederate hunts do in ten ; rowed stoutly, and was queen of the lake...
Page 19 - For a man or woman may be created noble for their own lives, and the dignity not descend to their heirs at all, or descend only to some particular heirs : as where a peerage is limited to a man, and the heirs male of his body by Elizabeth his present lady, and not to such heirs by any former or future wife.
Page 73 - Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age ; Above temptation, in a low estate ; And uncorrupted...