 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1923 - 772 σελίδες
...one paragraph : ' One sport the merry malice of these beings has found means of enjoying to which we have nothing equal or similar. They now and then catch...vain designs they easily fill with idle notions, till they make their plaything an author : their first diversion commonly begins with an ode or an epistle,... | |
 | 1774 - 388 σελίδες
...flattered either by the Submiffion of thofe who court his Kindnefs, or the Notice of thofe who fuffer him to court theirs. A Head thus prepared for the Reception of falfe Opinions, and the Projection of vain Defigns, they eafily fill with idle Notions, till in Time... | |
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One sport the merry malice of these beings has found means of enjoying, to which we have nothing equal or similar. They now and then catch a mortal proud of his parts, and flattered either by the submission of those who court his kindness, or the notice... 
