Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: To which are Added a Few Poems, Volumen2J. Munroe, 1845 - 563 páginas |
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... passes , in a lively , original , and entertaining way . The brilliant imagination and magical pen of Madame de Sévigné threw an air of novelty over all these every - day characters and incidents , and we follow the development of their ...
... passes , in a lively , original , and entertaining way . The brilliant imagination and magical pen of Madame de Sévigné threw an air of novelty over all these every - day characters and incidents , and we follow the development of their ...
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... passing through the post - office were subject to inspection ; but the language , though commonly laudatory , does not exceed the bounds of moderation and justice , for Louis XIV . did , in fact , possess great qualities , combined with ...
... passing through the post - office were subject to inspection ; but the language , though commonly laudatory , does not exceed the bounds of moderation and justice , for Louis XIV . did , in fact , possess great qualities , combined with ...
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... pass away , like the taste for coffee . Both have now stood the test of nearly two cen- turies , and seem to be gaining rather than losing ground in the public favor . Madame de Sévigné herself , at a later period , became more just to ...
... pass away , like the taste for coffee . Both have now stood the test of nearly two cen- turies , and seem to be gaining rather than losing ground in the public favor . Madame de Sévigné herself , at a later period , became more just to ...
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... passes in that city at the election of a Pope . He was satisfied that the Christian religion must be of divine origin to be able to sustain itself in the midst of so many disorders . This , my dear cousin , is the proper view of the ...
... passes in that city at the election of a Pope . He was satisfied that the Christian religion must be of divine origin to be able to sustain itself in the midst of so many disorders . This , my dear cousin , is the proper view of the ...
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... pass their days and nights in studying and illustrating the similar works of the ancient authors . By the same rule , the poems which these critics now reject as immoral or frivolous , will become the favorite objects of investigation ...
... pass their days and nights in studying and illustrating the similar works of the ancient authors . By the same rule , the poems which these critics now reject as immoral or frivolous , will become the favorite objects of investigation ...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: To Which Are Added a Few Poems, Volumen2 Alexander Hill Everett Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
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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.