Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: To which are Added a Few Poems, Volumen2J. Munroe, 1845 - 563 páginas |
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... grace , vivac- ity and elegance of style . Finally , these remarkable letters derive their last and highest charm from the ex- cellent moral tone that pervades the whole collection . Living in a society where licentiousness had ceased ...
... grace , vivac- ity and elegance of style . Finally , these remarkable letters derive their last and highest charm from the ex- cellent moral tone that pervades the whole collection . Living in a society where licentiousness had ceased ...
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... grace , and was directed by one of his fellow - passengers , whom he met in the street , to the only French inn in the city . He now found that the empress had gone to Moscow to be crowned , and was not to return for a considerable time ...
... grace , and was directed by one of his fellow - passengers , whom he met in the street , to the only French inn in the city . He now found that the empress had gone to Moscow to be crowned , and was not to return for a considerable time ...
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... grace and innocence . It is the pencil of Virgil ; it is the moral of Plato ! Soon he ceased to praise , he wept . He shares the emotions of Paul at the departure of Virginia ; and he wants words any longer to express the feelings ...
... grace and innocence . It is the pencil of Virgil ; it is the moral of Plato ! Soon he ceased to praise , he wept . He shares the emotions of Paul at the departure of Virginia ; and he wants words any longer to express the feelings ...
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... grace to exert them uniformly in the great cause of virtue and human happiness . No compensation in the power of subjects or sovereigns to bestow can be too great for such deserts : 6 Quæ tibi , quæ tali reddam pro carmine dona ? ' We ...
... grace to exert them uniformly in the great cause of virtue and human happiness . No compensation in the power of subjects or sovereigns to bestow can be too great for such deserts : 6 Quæ tibi , quæ tali reddam pro carmine dona ? ' We ...
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... grace , and releases him from his misery . His elysium is much like that of the departed Grecian heroes in the Odyssey , who frankly avowed to Ulysses , that they would rather be the meanest day - laborers above ground , than reign ...
... grace , and releases him from his misery . His elysium is much like that of the departed Grecian heroes in the Odyssey , who frankly avowed to Ulysses , that they would rather be the meanest day - laborers above ground , than reign ...
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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.