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... possessed a very lively temperament : they were distinguished by a keen sensibility to the various forms of beauty ; and they probably derived the perfection of their arts from their dispo sition to pleasure . These impulses drove them ...
... possessed a very lively temperament : they were distinguished by a keen sensibility to the various forms of beauty ; and they probably derived the perfection of their arts from their dispo sition to pleasure . These impulses drove them ...
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... possessed that influence over man which is now its undisputed right , and which it prac tically exerts . The females who occupied the most important posts in society ; who were most intimately connected with the interests of the ...
... possessed that influence over man which is now its undisputed right , and which it prac tically exerts . The females who occupied the most important posts in society ; who were most intimately connected with the interests of the ...
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... possessed had the growing energies of Western Europe , instead of triumphing over the decrepitude of the East , submitted to its training , and adopted its pedantry . The institution of chivalry chiefly grew out of the desire of ...
... possessed had the growing energies of Western Europe , instead of triumphing over the decrepitude of the East , submitted to its training , and adopted its pedantry . The institution of chivalry chiefly grew out of the desire of ...
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... possessed , says her historian , the philosophy of her own age , and of all former ages ; she sustained theological theses with eclat , gave public lectures at Padua , excelled in music , had enchanting manners , and was as virtuous as ...
... possessed , says her historian , the philosophy of her own age , and of all former ages ; she sustained theological theses with eclat , gave public lectures at Padua , excelled in music , had enchanting manners , and was as virtuous as ...
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... of a woman could have written this comparison ! We believe we may affirm , that no Protestant lady , possessing the talents and 1 respectability of Madame de Genlis , would put it in 52 Influence of Women on Manners and Literature .
... of a woman could have written this comparison ! We believe we may affirm , that no Protestant lady , possessing the talents and 1 respectability of Madame de Genlis , would put it in 52 Influence of Women on Manners and Literature .
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Página 212 - From you have I been absent in the spring, When proud-pied April, dress'd in all his trim, Hath put a spirit of youth in every thing, That heavy Saturn laugh'd and leap'd with him.
Página 382 - Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I show the salvation of God.
Página 309 - Father, who wouldest not the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live...
Página 428 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it ; and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Página 22 - Where the car climb'd the Capitol; far and wide Temple and tower went down, nor left a site: Chaos of ruins! who shall trace the void, O'er the dim fragments cast a lunar light, And say, 'here was, or is,
Página 15 - My hopes of being remembered in my line With my land's language. If too fond and far These aspirations in their scope incline — If my fame should be, as my fortunes are, Of hasty growth and blight, and dull Oblivion bar...
Página 20 - Fill'd with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse: And now they change; a paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new color as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till — 'tis gone — and all is gray.
Página 19 - Aside for ever: it may be a sound — A tone of music — summer's eve — or spring — A flower — the wind — the ocean — which shall wound, Striking the electric chain wherewith we are darkly bound...
Página 30 - Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," as a proof that the Coliseum was entire, when seen by the Anglo-Saxon pilgrims at the end of the seventh, or the beginning of the eighth century. A notice on the Coliseum may be seen in the " Historical Illustrations,
Página 371 - And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life ; and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son, hath life ; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.