So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much; He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself, and scorn'd... Blackwood's Magazine - Page 1781828Full view - About this book
| sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 560 pages
...applied to Swift: He reads much, He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men. — Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort, As if...mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing. The features of the Dean have been preserved in several paintings, busts,... | |
| Walter Scott - Chivalry - 1827 - 550 pages
...applied to Swift: He reads much, He is a great ohserver, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men. — Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort, As if...mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit That could he moved to smile at any thing. several paintings, husts, and medals.* IH youth, he was reckoned handsome... | |
| Horne (of the India house.) - Adventure and adventurers - 1827 - 254 pages
...with a haughty step, and clouded brow, without noticing any one :— " Seldom he smiled, or smiled in such a sort, As if he mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit, That could be moved to smile at any thing." The first time I was honoured with his notice, was on my way up the rigging... | |
| Horne (of the India house.) - Adventure and adventurers - 1827 - 266 pages
...with a haughty step, and clouded brow, without noticing any one : — " Seldom he smiled, or smiled in such a sort, As if he mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit, That could be moved to smile at any thing." The first time I was honoured with his notice, was on my way up the rigging... | |
| Scotland - 1828 - 988 pages
...man I should avoid So soon as that spare Cassius. He loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony ; he bears no music ; Seldom he smiles ; and smiles in such a...mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit, That could be moved to smile at anything. Such men as he be never at heart's ease, Whiles they behold a greater than... | |
| Walter Scott - Chivalry - 1829 - 388 pages
...Swift : • He reads much, He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men. — Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort, As if...mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing. The features of the Dean have been preserved in several paintings, busts,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1829 - 380 pages
...to Swift : - He reads much, He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men. — Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort, As if...mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing. The features of the Dean have been preserved in several paintings, busts,... | |
| William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 510 pages
...looks Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no musick : Seldom he smiles ; and smiles in such a sort, As if...scorn'd his spirit That could be mov'd to smile at any thing. Such men as he be never at heart's ease, Whiles they behold a greater than themselves; And... | |
| Johann Georg Zimmermann - Loneliness - 1830 - 416 pages
...loves no plays ......... he hears no music ; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort, As if ho mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit, That could be mov'd to smile at any thing." Such was the character, always misunderstood, of this solitary man; .and such a characfer... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1831 - 522 pages
...the deeds of men : he loves no plan, As thou dost, Antony ; he hears no ir.usic: Seldom he »miles ; and smiles in such a sort, As if he mock'd himself,...scorn'd his spirit That could be mov'd to smile at any thing. Such men as he be never at heart's ease, IV hiles they behold a greater than themselves;... | |
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