Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: To which are Added a Few Poems, Volumen2J. Munroe, 1845 - 563 páginas |
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... character of fricasseed snow . Homer , again , or the Homerites , a troop of wandering minstrels , composed , probably without putting them to paper , certain songs and ballads , which they sung at the tables of the warriors and princes ...
... character of fricasseed snow . Homer , again , or the Homerites , a troop of wandering minstrels , composed , probably without putting them to paper , certain songs and ballads , which they sung at the tables of the warriors and princes ...
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... character unsullied by blemish or suspicion . At a time when there was , generally speaking , no medium , in the circles in which she moved , between the avowed volup- tuary and the ascetic , she avoided both extremes ; and following ...
... character unsullied by blemish or suspicion . At a time when there was , generally speaking , no medium , in the circles in which she moved , between the avowed volup- tuary and the ascetic , she avoided both extremes ; and following ...
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... character that comes in her way . The narrative form adopted by Boswell , and the entire sac- rifice of all the other characters to the redoubtable Doctor , increase the unity and with it the interest of the work ; but , for the same ...
... character that comes in her way . The narrative form adopted by Boswell , and the entire sac- rifice of all the other characters to the redoubtable Doctor , increase the unity and with it the interest of the work ; but , for the same ...
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... character , and repeatedly pronounces her , in his letters , the handsomest woman in Her beauty , which seems to have depended on good health and a happy temperament , rather than mere 8 EVERETT'S MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS .
... character , and repeatedly pronounces her , in his letters , the handsomest woman in Her beauty , which seems to have depended on good health and a happy temperament , rather than mere 8 EVERETT'S MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS .
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... character of Madame de Sévigné to her own . The Madame de Sévigné not only kept herself aloof from the almost universal licentiousness of her time , but steadily refused all offers of marriage , and devoted herself with exemplary ...
... character of Madame de Sévigné to her own . The Madame de Sévigné not only kept herself aloof from the almost universal licentiousness of her time , but steadily refused all offers of marriage , and devoted herself with exemplary ...
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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.