 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 228 pages
...own heart to fay any thing of difparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praife from him. There is no danger from me of offending him in this kind ; neither my mind, nor my tody, nor my fortune, allow me any materials for that vanity. It is fufficient for my own contentment,... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 298 pages
...he heart to fay any thing of clrTparagemehr, and the reader's ears id hear any thing of praiie from him. There is no danger from me of offending him in this kind-, neither my.jmiud, nor my body, nor my fortune, allow me any materials for that vanity. It is fufficient for... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1772 - 300 pages
...heart heart to fay any thing of disparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praiie from him. There is no danger from me of offending him in this kind v neither my mind, nor my body, nor my fortune, allow me any materials for that vanity. It is fufficient... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 514 pages
...own heart to fay anything of difparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praife from him. There is no danger from me of offending him in this kind ; neither my mind, BOC my body, nor my fortune, allow me any materials for that vanity. It is fufficient for my own contentment,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 842 pages
...his own heart fay any thing of difparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any thing of paife from him. There is no danger from me of offending him in this kind ; neither •y mind, nor my body, nor my fortune, allow me any materials for that vanity. It It for my own contentment,... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 290 pages
...me. Thus let my life slide silently away, With 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... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 1152 pages
...self. . The last is by far the most interesting ; it 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... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...self. The last is by far the most interesting ; it 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... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 286 pages
...me. Thus let my life slide silently away, With 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... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 288 pages
...fool," but speaking of his calling he says " I 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... | |
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... of praise from him. There is no danger from me of offending him in this kind; neither my mind, nor my body, nor my fortune, allow me any materials for that vanity. It is sufficient for my own contentment, that they have preserved me... 
