The Quarterly Review, Volumen218William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1913 |
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... less than he deserves . Of these reasons the principal appears to be a prevailing impres- sion that help and encouragement are unlikely to be derived from so decided a pessimist . This we believe to be an error , yet one that can only ...
... less than he deserves . Of these reasons the principal appears to be a prevailing impres- sion that help and encouragement are unlikely to be derived from so decided a pessimist . This we believe to be an error , yet one that can only ...
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... less subject to worldly solicitations than the great men we have named , he may have been less in sympathy with the bulk of mankind . Looking round for com- parisons that may further enlighten us , it is , we think , in the deep sad ...
... less subject to worldly solicitations than the great men we have named , he may have been less in sympathy with the bulk of mankind . Looking round for com- parisons that may further enlighten us , it is , we think , in the deep sad ...
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... less than me . Here then I pass my years , neglected , lost , Loveless and lifeless , in my own despite Harsh to the folly and ill - will I meet ; Stripped of compassion , of the genial warmth That misery chills ; contemner of my kind ...
... less than me . Here then I pass my years , neglected , lost , Loveless and lifeless , in my own despite Harsh to the folly and ill - will I meet ; Stripped of compassion , of the genial warmth That misery chills ; contemner of my kind ...
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... Less thoughtful enthusiasts counselled the admission of spectral evidence — that is , of statements by the bewitched of what they had perceived while suffering from diabolical possession ; in brief , this was much as if a court of law ...
... Less thoughtful enthusiasts counselled the admission of spectral evidence — that is , of statements by the bewitched of what they had perceived while suffering from diabolical possession ; in brief , this was much as if a court of law ...
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... less favouring circumstances . And in the epistolary twin , the stimulus of his corre- spondents , Swift was fortunate far beyond most letter- writers - infinitely beyond Cowper , for instance . States- men like Oxford , Bolingbroke ...
... less favouring circumstances . And in the epistolary twin , the stimulus of his corre- spondents , Swift was fortunate far beyond most letter- writers - infinitely beyond Cowper , for instance . States- men like Oxford , Bolingbroke ...
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Página 52 - To Dr. Jonathan Swift, the most agreeable companion, the truest friend, and the greatest genius of his age.
Página 10 - In this frame of mind it occurred to me to put the question directly to myself: 'Suppose that all your objects in life were realized; that all the changes in institutions and opinions which you are looking forward to, could be completely effected at this very instant: would this be a great joy and happiness to you?
Página 446 - As regards bays, the distance of three miles shall be measured from a straight line drawn across the bay, in the part nearest the entrance, at the first point where the width does not exceed ten miles.
Página 446 - Convention, the object of which is to regulate the police of the fisheries in the North Sea outside territorial waters, shall apply to the subjects of the High Contracting Parties.
Página 64 - God send you through your law-suit, and your reference. And remember that riches are nine parts in ten of all that is good in life, and health is the tenth ; drinking coffee comes long after, and yet it is the eleventh ; but without the two former you cannot drink it right...
Página 519 - Versailles • gives suppers twice a week ; has every thing new read to her ; makes new songs and epigrams, ay, admirably, and remembers every one that has been made these fourscore years. She corresponds with Voltaire, dictates charming letters to him, contradicts him, is no bigot to him or anybody, and laughs both at the clergy and the philosophers.
Página 11 - Memoires," and came to the passage which relates his father's death, the distressed position of the family, and the sudden inspiration by which he, then a mere boy, felt and made them feel that he would be everything to them — would supply the place of all that they had lost. A vivid conception of the scene and its feelings came over me, and I was moved to tears. From this moment my burden grew lighter. The oppression of the thought that all feeling was dead within me, was gone.
Página 11 - I frequently asked myself, if I could, or if I was bound to go on living when life must be passed in this manner. I generally answered to myself that I did not think I could possibly bear it beyond a year.
Página 106 - I faced old James and all his court the other day at St. Cloud. Vive Guillaume ! You never saw such a strange figure as the old bully is, [James II.] lean, worn, and rivelled, not unlike Neale, the projector. The queen looks very melancholy, but otherwise well enough : their equipages are all very ragged and contemptible.
Página 376 - Pray now, buy some : I love a ballad in print o' life, for then we are sure they are true. Aut. Here's one to a very doleful tune, how a usurer's wife was brought to bed of twenty money-bags at a burthen and how she longed to eat adders