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... and has an interest in the record , and whence every man should rise the wiser
and the better . To the great mass of mankind , the history of one single error ,
one delusion , to which the human mind was long subject , and from which it is ...
... and has an interest in the record , and whence every man should rise the wiser
and the better . To the great mass of mankind , the history of one single error ,
one delusion , to which the human mind was long subject , and from which it is ...
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... a limited and partial interest . Had the contents of these works been varied by
lively descriptions of scenery and manners , they would have proved infinitely
more acceptable to the general reader , and would have answered more
abundantly ...
... a limited and partial interest . Had the contents of these works been varied by
lively descriptions of scenery and manners , they would have proved infinitely
more acceptable to the general reader , and would have answered more
abundantly ...
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The unknown contributor of half a sheet to a popular magazine , a mere nullius
filius , is paid as much for a paper , on a topic of only temporary interest , as one
of the genuine sons of the Muses for an immortal drama : and the author of a ...
The unknown contributor of half a sheet to a popular magazine , a mere nullius
filius , is paid as much for a paper , on a topic of only temporary interest , as one
of the genuine sons of the Muses for an immortal drama : and the author of a ...
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The Challenge for Beauty ” is full of action and interest , and possesses a great
variety of well - discriminated characters ; the arrogant and vain - glorious
Isabella , the vivacious vanity of Petrocella , and the noble innocence and
enterprise of ...
The Challenge for Beauty ” is full of action and interest , and possesses a great
variety of well - discriminated characters ; the arrogant and vain - glorious
Isabella , the vivacious vanity of Petrocella , and the noble innocence and
enterprise of ...
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... •and Tuscan grave , The braving Spanish , and the smooth - tongued French ; '
it is the first in point of sublimity , and equal , perhaps , to any other for pictures of
tenderness , for pastoral simplicity , and deep and passionate human interest .
... •and Tuscan grave , The braving Spanish , and the smooth - tongued French ; '
it is the first in point of sublimity , and equal , perhaps , to any other for pictures of
tenderness , for pastoral simplicity , and deep and passionate human interest .
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Página 210 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided : they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Página 212 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming ; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. All they shall speak, and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we ? art thou become like unto us...
Página 87 - But oh ! th' exceeding grace Of highest God that loves His creatures so, And all His works with mercy doth embrace, That blessed angels He sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man, to serve His wicked foe. " How oft do they their silver bowers leave, To come to...
Página 208 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil ; My lust shall be satisfied upon them ; 1 will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Página 208 - He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
Página 214 - For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest, with kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves...
Página 206 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Página 216 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion...
Página 185 - twas beyond a mortal's share To wander solitary there: Two paradises 'twere in one, To live in Paradise alone. How well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers and herbs this dial new! Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run : And, as it works, th' industrious bee Computes its time as well as we.
Página 211 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under His feet. And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, He did fly upon the wings of the wind.