The Retrospective Review.., Volumen1Henry Southern Charles and Henry Baldwyn, Newgate Street., 1820 |
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... spirit of enjoyment that proceeds from health , fine climate , free government , and a beautiful country - was raised so high above other men , that he looked with con- tempt and derision upon the rugged Scythian , the enervated Persian ...
... spirit of enjoyment that proceeds from health , fine climate , free government , and a beautiful country - was raised so high above other men , that he looked with con- tempt and derision upon the rugged Scythian , the enervated Persian ...
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... spirit , and character , there exists no account at all . * A deficiency as striking occurs with respect to the literature of neighbouring nations ; unless from native or foreign works , we are entirely in the dark respecting the ...
... spirit , and character , there exists no account at all . * A deficiency as striking occurs with respect to the literature of neighbouring nations ; unless from native or foreign works , we are entirely in the dark respecting the ...
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... spirit of the extraordinary writers who flourished in Spain and other countries , at a time when the rest of Europe was immersed in dark- ness - criticisms upon whom , accompanied by a selec- tion of translated extracts , will ...
... spirit of the extraordinary writers who flourished in Spain and other countries , at a time when the rest of Europe was immersed in dark- ness - criticisms upon whom , accompanied by a selec- tion of translated extracts , will ...
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... spirit of which may be caught and transferred ; -others again whose merits no kind hand has yet unveiled and pre- sented to the public view , but who like some sequester'd star That rolls in its Creator's beams afar , Unseen by man ...
... spirit of which may be caught and transferred ; -others again whose merits no kind hand has yet unveiled and pre- sented to the public view , but who like some sequester'd star That rolls in its Creator's beams afar , Unseen by man ...
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... spirit that " o'er - inform'd its tenement of clay " -yet more quenchless in the last conflict , is felt to survive the struggle , and to triumph even in the victory which power has achieved over its earthly frame . In short , it is the ...
... spirit that " o'er - inform'd its tenement of clay " -yet more quenchless in the last conflict , is felt to survive the struggle , and to triumph even in the victory which power has achieved over its earthly frame . In short , it is the ...
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Página 73 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Página 90 - Oblivion is not to be hired. The greater part must be content to be as though they had not been, to be found in the register of God, not in the record of man.
Página 310 - tis the soul of peace ; Of all the virtues 'tis nearest kin to heaven ; It makes men look like gods. The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was a sufferer, A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breath'd.
Página 136 - I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Página 92 - Darkness and light divide the course of time, and oblivion shares with memory a great part even of our living beings ; we slightly remember our felicities, and the smartest strokes of affliction leave but short smart upon us. Sense endureth no extremities, and sorrows destroy us or themselves.
Página 90 - And therefore restless inquietude for the diuturnity of our memories unto present considerations, seems a vanity almost out of date, and superannuated piece of folly. We cannot hope to live so long in our names as some have done in their persons ; one face of Janus holds no proportion unto the other. It is too late to be ambitious.
Página 302 - God, to correct, soften, or strengthen the expression), by the testimony of the Spirit, I mean, an inward impression on the soul, whereby the Spirit of God immediately and directly witnesses to my spirit, that I am a child of God ; that Jesus Christ hath loved me, and given Himself for me ; that all my sins are blotted out, and I, even I, am reconciled to God.
Página 50 - Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause ; An awful pause! prophetic of her end.
Página 317 - Till peace go with him to the tomb. - And let him nurse his fond deceit, And what if he must die in sorrow! Who would not cherish dreams so sweet, Though grief and pain may come tomorrow?
Página 289 - If any one love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and will make our abode with him.