Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: To which are Added a Few Poems, Volumen2J. Munroe, 1845 - 563 páginas |
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... , in the year 1845 , by JAMES MUNROE & COMPANY , In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts . BOSTON : GEORGE COOLIDGE , PRINTER , 11-2 Water Street . CONTENTS . ESSAYS . Page MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉ , 1.
... , in the year 1845 , by JAMES MUNROE & COMPANY , In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts . BOSTON : GEORGE COOLIDGE , PRINTER , 11-2 Water Street . CONTENTS . ESSAYS . Page MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉ , 1.
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... MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉ , 1 WHO WROTE GIL BLAS ? 28 THE LIFE OF BERNARDIN DE ST . PIERRE , 67 THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF SCHILLER , 102 GEOFFROY ON FRENCH DRAMATIC LITERATURE , 139 • PRIVATE LIFE OF VOLTAIRE , 172 THE ART OF BEING HAPPY , . 201 ...
... MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉ , 1 WHO WROTE GIL BLAS ? 28 THE LIFE OF BERNARDIN DE ST . PIERRE , 67 THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF SCHILLER , 102 GEOFFROY ON FRENCH DRAMATIC LITERATURE , 139 • PRIVATE LIFE OF VOLTAIRE , 172 THE ART OF BEING HAPPY , . 201 ...
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... . FROM MANZONI . 546 ENIGMA .. 550 THE DIRGE OF LARRA . FROM ZORRILLA . 552 THE YOUNG AMERICAN . 556 THE FUNERAL OF GOETHE . FROM HARRO HARRING .. 558 EVERETT'S MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS . - MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉ . [ IV CONTENTS .
... . FROM MANZONI . 546 ENIGMA .. 550 THE DIRGE OF LARRA . FROM ZORRILLA . 552 THE YOUNG AMERICAN . 556 THE FUNERAL OF GOETHE . FROM HARRO HARRING .. 558 EVERETT'S MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS . - MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉ . [ IV CONTENTS .
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... MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉ . [ Boston Miscellany , Feb. 1842. ] It is remarkable that many of the best books of all sorts have been written by persons , who at the time of writing them , had no intention of becoming authors . Indeed , with a ...
... MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉ . [ Boston Miscellany , Feb. 1842. ] It is remarkable that many of the best books of all sorts have been written by persons , who at the time of writing them , had no intention of becoming authors . Indeed , with a ...
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... Madame de Sévigné , and the elevated sphere in which she moved . It has been justly observed by Madame de Staël , that the private life of almost every individual , properly treated , would furnish materials for an interesting romance ...
... Madame de Sévigné , and the elevated sphere in which she moved . It has been justly observed by Madame de Staël , that the private life of almost every individual , properly treated , would furnish materials for an interesting romance ...
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Página 205 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known : riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none : No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil : No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too ; but innocent and pure : No sovereignty : — Seb.
Página 205 - Treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine Would I not have ; but nature should bring forth Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people.
Página 208 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Página 402 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Página 458 - I had rather believe all the fables in the legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind ; and, therefore, God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.
Página 316 - Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day — Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Página 246 - WHILE, lost to all his former mirth, Britannia's genius bends to earth, And mourns the fatal day : While stain'd with blood he strives to tear Unseemly from his sea-green hair The wreaths of cheerful May...
Página 208 - She riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry, her clothing is silk and purple. Strength and honour are in her clothing, and she shall rejoice in time to come.
Página 315 - Ancient learning, exact science, polished society, modern literature, and the fine arts, contributed to adorn and enrich the mind of this accomplished man. All his contemporaries agreed with the satirist in ascribing To Berkeley every virtue under heaven.
Página 56 - J'écoute avec attention ; je n'entends plus rien ; je crois que c'est un songe. Mais un instant après mon oreille fut frappée du son du même instrument et de la même voix qui chantait les vers suivants : Ay de mi ! un ano felice Parece un soplo ligero ; Pero sin dicha, un instante Es un siglo de tormento.