The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, 82. kötetArchibald Constable and Company, 1818 |
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... less perfect state than that of criticism . Our periodical journals , indeed , are conducted with consum- mate talent , exert an unexampled influence over the public mind , -and have done more to enlighten the un- derstandings of our ...
... less perfect state than that of criticism . Our periodical journals , indeed , are conducted with consum- mate talent , exert an unexampled influence over the public mind , -and have done more to enlighten the un- derstandings of our ...
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... less than two centu- ries , many points of similarity , they are justly considered , in all accounts of our literature , as the fathers of our verse ; and we assent , in general , to the distinction made by our author between the ...
... less than two centu- ries , many points of similarity , they are justly considered , in all accounts of our literature , as the fathers of our verse ; and we assent , in general , to the distinction made by our author between the ...
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... less remarka- ble for nature or freedom , than for stu- died stiffness and mechanical precision . We are very far , however , from agree- ing in opinion with those who main- tain , that Pope had no just title to the character of a poet ...
... less remarka- ble for nature or freedom , than for stu- died stiffness and mechanical precision . We are very far , however , from agree- ing in opinion with those who main- tain , that Pope had no just title to the character of a poet ...
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... less perfect souls , -who feel an immensity of passion connected with their thoughts , to which the ordinary language even of poetry is inadequate , and who , un- der the influence of the inspiration to which they thus are subject ...
... less perfect souls , -who feel an immensity of passion connected with their thoughts , to which the ordinary language even of poetry is inadequate , and who , un- der the influence of the inspiration to which they thus are subject ...
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... less exceptionable re- versed . A good conscience only can be happy . To obey is to enjoy . He is happy in proportion to his fortune whose beneficence and affec- tions expand with it . The fortune of a vicious man is the measure of what ...
... less exceptionable re- versed . A good conscience only can be happy . To obey is to enjoy . He is happy in proportion to his fortune whose beneficence and affec- tions expand with it . The fortune of a vicious man is the measure of what ...
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323. oldal - For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. "For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. 'Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
544. oldal - See the chariot at hand here of Love, Wherein my Lady rideth ! Each that draws is a swan or a dove, And well the car Love guideth. As she goes, all hearts do duty Unto her beauty ; And...
307. oldal - That no man is the lord of any thing (Though in and of him there be much consisting) Till he communicate his parts to others ; Nor doth he of himself know them for aught Till he behold them...
266. oldal - Spanish America; or a Descriptive, Historical, and Geographical Account of the Dominions of Spain, in the Western Hemisphere...
55. oldal - Tis a melancholy daub! my Lord; not one principle of the pyramid in any one group! — and what a price! — for there is nothing of the colouring of Titian — the expression of Rubens — the grace of Raphael — the purity of Dominichino — the corregiescity of Corregio — the learning of Poussin — the airs of Guido — the taste of the Carrachis — or the grand contour of Angelo.
11. oldal - And, mark the wretch, whose wanderings never knew The world's regard, that soothes, though half untrue, Whose erring heart the lash of sorrow bore, • But found not pity when it err'd no more. Yon friendless man, at whose dejected eye Th...
333. oldal - If among a nation of hunters, for example, it usually costs twice the labour to kill a beaver which it does to kill a deer, one beaver should naturally exchange for or be worth two deer. It is natural that what is usually the produce of two days or two hours labour, should be worth double of what is usually the produce of one day's or one hour's labour.
569. oldal - States, from the strictest observation of the principles of the Right of Nations : principles, which, in their application to a state of permanent Peace, can alone effectually guarantee the Independence of each Government, and the stability of the general association. ' Faithful to these principles, the Sovereigns will maintain them equally in those meetings at which they may be personally present, or in those which shall take place among their Ministers ; whether...
53. oldal - Must, full as much, some other way discount. The Hebrew, Chaldee, and the Syriac, Do, like their letters, set men's reason back, And turn their wits that strive to understand it (Like those that write the characters) lefthanded ; Yet he that is but able to express No sense at all in several languages, Will pass for learnedcr than he that's known To speak the strongest reason in his own.
279. oldal - Highness is further pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, and by and with the advice...