Reviews of a Part of Prescott's 'History of Ferdinand and Isabella,' and of Campbell's 'Lectures on Poetry.'J.H. Francis, 1841 - 199 páginas This work by Elizabeth Sanders seeks to illuminate some of the viewpoints expressed by William H. Prescott in his work History of Ferdinand and Isabella, as well as draw comparisons between Queen Isabella and another great female monarch of the 16th century: Queen Elizabeth I of England. |
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... native country . She re- jected all violent counsels , by which she was urged to seek pretences for despatching the leaders of that party , although they cited in support of this atrocious proposal , the example of her father Henry ...
... native country . She re- jected all violent counsels , by which she was urged to seek pretences for despatching the leaders of that party , although they cited in support of this atrocious proposal , the example of her father Henry ...
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... native of the same island , loved her , but his passion was not returned . Sapphic verse , remarkable for its sweetness , has been called after her name . Pope was doubtless well acquainted with all these circumstances , when he wrote ...
... native of the same island , loved her , but his passion was not returned . Sapphic verse , remarkable for its sweetness , has been called after her name . Pope was doubtless well acquainted with all these circumstances , when he wrote ...
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... native language the great discoveries of Newton . The same writer further remarks , that at the period of these publications , there was a very mea- gre supply of works in our language illustrative of the Celestial Mechanism . The ...
... native language the great discoveries of Newton . The same writer further remarks , that at the period of these publications , there was a very mea- gre supply of works in our language illustrative of the Celestial Mechanism . The ...
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... natives had made some advance in society ; their chiefs had acquired wealth , and of course power , and had assumed the liberty of taking more than one wife ; but , as a counterpoise , the females of rank had the privilege of taking ...
... natives had made some advance in society ; their chiefs had acquired wealth , and of course power , and had assumed the liberty of taking more than one wife ; but , as a counterpoise , the females of rank had the privilege of taking ...
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... native hero never smiled more , after this sad catastrophe . We hear also of the wife of the Pequod chief or king ... natives , and the excess to which polygamy is carried by their chiefs , -who not only treat with the utmost indignity ...
... native hero never smiled more , after this sad catastrophe . We hear also of the wife of the Pequod chief or king ... natives , and the excess to which polygamy is carried by their chiefs , -who not only treat with the utmost indignity ...
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Página 19 - Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd: a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts: But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Página 18 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Página 53 - The wise ministers and brave warriors who flourished during her reign share the praise of her success ; but instead of lessening the applause due to her, they make great addition to it.
Página 145 - I never addressed myself, in the language of decency and friendship, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise. In wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark, through honest Sweden, and frozen Lapland, rude and...
Página 161 - Perverse mankind ! whose wills, created free, Charge all their woes on absolute decree ; All to the dooming gods their guilt translate, And follies are miscall'd the crimes of fate.
Página 84 - Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
Página 122 - I come, I come, thou king of men ! The life of Ossian fails. I begin to vanish on Cona. My steps are not seen in Selma. Beside the stone of Mora I shall fall asleep. The winds whistling in my grey hair, shall not awaken me.
Página 15 - Elizabeth, shines like a star, excelling them more by the splendour of her virtues than by the glory of her royal birth. In the variety of her commendable qualities, I am less perplexed to find matter for the highest panegyric, than to circumscribe that panegyric within just bounds ; yet, I shall mention nothing respecting her but what has come under my own observation.
Página 122 - There is a murmur in the heath! the stormy winds abate! I hear the voice of Fingal. Long has it been absent from mine ear! "Come, Ossian, come away,
Página 36 - During some time, he had been secretly making preparations ; but as soon as the resolution was fully taken, every part of his vast empire resounded with the noise of armaments ; and all his ministers, generals, and admirals were employed in forwarding the design.