 IT is a hard and nice subject for a man to write of himself; it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praise from him. There is no danger from me of offending him in this kind ; neither my mind,...  The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia - Page 8by Allen Daniel Candler - 1915Full view - About this book
 | Gilbert Wakefield - 1804 - 590 pages
...PALEY'S Mor. Phil. 8th edit, vol.ip 289. W. that " It is a hard and nice subject for a man to write of himself; it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement, and the reader's ear to hear any thing of praise from him"." As to the Latin and Greek... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - English literature - 1806 - 290 pages
...sleep all night, and quiet all the day. XI. OF MYSELF. IT is a hard and nice subject for a man to write of himself; it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praise from him. There is no danger from... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...is very simply and beautifully written. Of Myself. It is a hard and nice subject for a man to write of himself; it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement, and the reader's ears to bear any thing of praise from him. There is no danger from... | |
 | George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 1152 pages
...is very simply and beautifully written. Of Myself. It is a hard and nice subject for a man to -write of himself; it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praise from him. There is no danger from... | |
 | Manual - Essays - 1809 - 288 pages
...glory in my apostleship." ESSAY 11. MYSELF. (Cowky.) IT is a hard and nice subject for a man to write of himself; it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praise from him. There is no danger from... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 286 pages
...sleep all night, and quiet all the day. XI. OF MYSELF. IT is a hard and nice subject for a man to write of himself; it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praise from him. There is no danger from... | |
 | James Peller Malcolm - 1811 - 346 pages
...The works of Mr. Abraham Cowley, &c. 1660," &c. " It is a hard and nice Subject for a Man to write of himself; it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement, and the Readers Ears to hear any thing of praise from him. There is no danger from me... | |
 | James Peller Malcolm - Costume - 1811 - 348 pages
...The works of Mr. Abraham Cowley, &c. 1660," &c. " It is a hard and nice Subject for a Man to write of himself; it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement, and the Readers Ears to hear any thing of praise from him. There is no danger from me... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 424 pages
...— •" unbought sports. — Hurd. XI. OF MYSELF. IT is a hard and nice subject for a man to write of himself: it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praise from him. There is no danger from... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 268 pages
...all night, and quiet all the day. 199 XI. OF MYSELF. IT is a hard and nice subject for a man to write of himself; it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praise from him. There is no danger from... | |
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