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Page 22 - Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be, In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend; And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due.
Page 13 - IN Britain's isle, no matter where, An ancient pile of building stands : "The Huntingdons and Hattons there Employed the power of fairy hands To raise the ceiling's fretted height, Each panel in achievements clothing, Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages that lead to nothing.
Page 226 - The letter, as I live, with all the business I writ to his holiness. Nay then, farewell ! I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness : And, from that full meridian of my glory, I haste now to my setting. I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening, And no man see me more.
Page 251 - So all the rest did others' parts impair : And so were realms and nations run awry. All which he undertook for to repair, In sort as they were formed anciently ; And all things would reduce into equality. Therefore the vulgar did about him flock And cluster thick unto his leasings vain ; Like foolish flies about an honey-crock ; In hope by him great benefit to gain, And uncontrolled freedom to obtain.
Page 251 - And own stale nonsense which they ne'er invent. Some judge of authors' names, not works, and then Nor praise nor blame the writings, but the men. Of all this servile herd, the worst is he That in proud...
Page 18 - In measur'd time his feet were taught to go ; Behind from time to time he cast his eye, Lest this should quit his place, that step awry...
Page 105 - MINUTELY trace man's life; year after year, Through all his days let all his deeds appear, And then, though some may in that life be strange, Yet there appears no vast nor sudden change: The links that bind those various deeds are seen, And no mysterious void is left between.
Page 221 - IF we examine impartially that estimate of pleasure which the higher ranks of society are apt to form, we shall probably be surprised to find how little there is in it either of natural feeling or real satisfaction. Many a fashionable voluptuary, who has not totally blunted his taste or his judgment, will own, in the intervals of recollection, how often he has suffered from the insipidity or the pain of his enjoyments ; and that, if it were...
Page 197 - I, ... . . . since I cannot prove a lover, . . . I am determined to prove a villain And hate the idle pleasures of these days.
Page 119 - Body, purified from its earthly stains in the grave, may be raised in incorruption, and when I wake up after Thy likeness I shall be satisfied with it.