 Turn umbratiles sunt, ut putent in turbido esse quicquid in luce est' ('Some men, like pictures, are fitter for a corner than a full light') ; and I believe such as have a natural bent to solitude are like waters which may be forced into fountains, and...  The Spectator - الصفحة 461739عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | Alexander Pope - 1788 - عدد الصفحات: 396
...height, may make a noble figure and a louder noife, but after all they would run more fmooth]y, quietly, and plentifully, in their own natural courfe upon...of this would make me very well contented with the poffeffion only x>f that Quiet which Cowley calls the companion of Obfcurity. But whoever has the Mufes... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1787 - عدد الصفحات: 560
...may make ta noble figure, and a louder noife ; but, after all, they would run more fmoothly, quietly, and plentifully, in their own natural courfe upon the ground*. The confideration of this would * The foregoing fimilitudes Mr. Pope had put into verfe fome years before, and inferted into Mr. Wycherley's... | |
 | 1803 - عدد الصفحات: 376
...for ' a corner than a full light; and I believe such as have ' a natural bent to solitude, are like waters which may ' be forced into fountains, and exalted...may. make a much nobler figure, and a much louder ' noise, but after all run more smoothly, equally and ' plentifully, in their own natural course upon... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - عدد الصفحات: 490
...height, may make a noble figure and a louder noife, but after all they would run more fmoothly, quietly, and plentifully, in their own natural courfe upon...of this would make me very well contented with the poffeffion only of that Quiet which Cowley calls the companion of Obfcurity *. But whoever has the... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - عدد الصفحات: 322
...fitter for a corner than a full light ; and I believe such as have a natural bent to solitude are like waters, which may be forced into fountains, and exalted...height, may make a much nobler figure, and a much louder noise, but after all run more smoothly, equally, and plentifully, in their own natural course upon... | |
 | 1824 - عدد الصفحات: 268
...fitter for a corner than a full light; and I believe such as have a natural bent to solitude, are like waters which may be forced into fountains, and exalted...height, may make a much nobler figure, and a much louder noise; but after all run more smoothly, equally, and plentifully, in their own natural course upon... | |
 | 1832 - عدد الصفحات: 280
...believe such as have a natural bent to solitude, are like waters which may be forced into fountains, atid exalted to a great height, may make a much nobler figure, and a much louder rtoise; but after all run more smoothly, equally, and plentifully, in their own natural course upon... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - عدد الصفحات: 478
...fitter for a corner than a full light; and I believe such as have a natural bent to solitude are like waters, which may be forced into fountains, and, exalted...height, may make a much nobler figure, and a much louder noise, but after all run more smoothly, [No. 407. equally, and plentifully in their own natura course... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - عدد الصفحات: 548
...fitter for a corner than a full light; and I believe such as have a natural bent to solitude, are like waters which may be forced into fountains, and exalted...height, may make a much nobler figure, and a much louder noise; but tifnli -rUn more smo°My, equally, and plenffroiin 1 lnrJrleir own natural course upon the... | |
 | 1854 - عدد الصفحات: 474
...fitter for a corner than a full light; and I believe such as have a natural bent to solitude, are like waters which may be forced into fountains, and exalted...to a great height, may make a much nobler figure, a:id a much louder noise, but after all run more smoothly, equally, and plentifully, in their own natural... | |
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