Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: To which are Added a Few Poems, Volumen2J. Munroe, 1845 - 563 páginas |
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... philosophers of the following century , who thought that because St. Denys did not really carry his head under his arm from Paris to his own Abbey , this universal frame must be without a mind , as if there were the most remote ...
... philosophers of the following century , who thought that because St. Denys did not really carry his head under his arm from Paris to his own Abbey , this universal frame must be without a mind , as if there were the most remote ...
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... philosophical knowledge of his time ; and are rather tempted to regard even his individual characters as personifications of acknowledged general truths . In making these remarks , we are far from wishing to under- value the merit of ...
... philosophical knowledge of his time ; and are rather tempted to regard even his individual characters as personifications of acknowledged general truths . In making these remarks , we are far from wishing to under- value the merit of ...
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... philosophical character . The Reformation was the great political action , of which the Thirty Years ' war formed the concluding scene ; and it is impossible for a historian to do full justice to any part of the long succes- sion of ...
... philosophical character . The Reformation was the great political action , of which the Thirty Years ' war formed the concluding scene ; and it is impossible for a historian to do full justice to any part of the long succes- sion of ...
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... philosophical pen , com- petent , if any such there be , to do it justice . Schiller seems to have been more attracted by the poetical capacities of the subject , than by its political and philosophical interest ; and after proceeding ...
... philosophical pen , com- petent , if any such there be , to do it justice . Schiller seems to have been more attracted by the poetical capacities of the subject , than by its political and philosophical interest ; and after proceeding ...
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... philosophical . ' Perhaps , ' says he , ' Racine was wrong to meddle with politics . Every man to his own trade ; but his greatest error was in dying of chagrin . ' Such was the fate of one , whom so great a nation as France regards as ...
... philosophical . ' Perhaps , ' says he , ' Racine was wrong to meddle with politics . Every man to his own trade ; but his greatest error was in dying of chagrin . ' Such was the fate of one , whom so great a nation as France regards as ...
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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.