 | John Oldmixon - 1728 - 484 ページ
...ofTafchal. It is a hard and nice Subjeft for a Man to fpeak of himfelf, it grates fas own Heart, to fay any Thing of Disparagement , and the Readers Ears to hear any Thing in 'Praife of him. The Speffator tells us No. 5 (Ja that Montaigne, Author of theEflays, was the moft... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 266 ページ
...present as if absent. ' IT is a hard and nice subject for a man to speak of himself,' says Cowley ; ' it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praise from him.' Let the tenour of his discourse be what it will... | |
 | 1803 - 342 ページ
...present as if absent. " IT is a hard ajid nice subject for a man to speak of himself, says Cowley ; it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praise from him." Let the tenour of his discourse be what it will... | |
 | Gilbert Wakefield - 1804 - 594 ページ
...from a «ettled contempt of all moral distinctions." PALEY.S Mor. Phil. 8th edit. Tol.ip 28p. that " It is a hard and nice subject for a man to write of...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 quotations, they whom... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 ページ
...ut iiei. TER. -•' ** JT is a hard and nice subject for a man to speak of himself, (says Cowley:) it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement, and the reader's cars to hear any thing of praise from him." Let the tenor of his discourse be what it will... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 290 ページ
...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...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... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 ページ
...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...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 me of offending him in... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 548 ページ
...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...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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1809 - 600 ページ
....I incomparahle incomparahle Mr. Cowley ohserves very ingeniously, it is a hard and nice suhject lor 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. However, having undertaken it, I intend now to... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 494 ページ
...present as if absent ' IT is a hard and nice subject for a man to speak of himself,' says Cowley ; 'it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praise from him.' Let the tenour of his discourse be what it will... | |
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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,... 
