Illustrations of Human Life, 1. kötetH. Colburn, 1837 |
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157. oldal
... Campbell , which stood beetling on a rock overhanging the sea , near the Mull of Can- tyre , in Scotland . The wind whistled shrilly through the crevices of doors and windows ; and even the rolling of thunder , so uncommon at this time ...
... Campbell , which stood beetling on a rock overhanging the sea , near the Mull of Can- tyre , in Scotland . The wind whistled shrilly through the crevices of doors and windows ; and even the rolling of thunder , so uncommon at this time ...
158. oldal
... Campbell , the owner of the castle , entreated his friends not to be alarmed , for it had stood the buffeting of many worse attacks than the present . The howling of the wind however , and the banging of doors , continued till the ...
... Campbell , the owner of the castle , entreated his friends not to be alarmed , for it had stood the buffeting of many worse attacks than the present . The howling of the wind however , and the banging of doors , continued till the ...
159. oldal
... Campbell ; upon which , the dinner being over , the company all huddled closer round the fire , while the hubbub from without did not de- crease the interest within . " Sawney Bean , " said Mr. Campbell , " was a robber , and a murderer ...
... Campbell ; upon which , the dinner being over , the company all huddled closer round the fire , while the hubbub from without did not de- crease the interest within . " Sawney Bean , " said Mr. Campbell , " was a robber , and a murderer ...
160. oldal
Robert Plumer Ward. " His cave , " continued Mr. Campbell , " com- municated with the sea , but was almost closed up with rocks , on one side ; and opened on the other into the country , through a subterranean passage , covered entirely ...
Robert Plumer Ward. " His cave , " continued Mr. Campbell , " com- municated with the sea , but was almost closed up with rocks , on one side ; and opened on the other into the country , through a subterranean passage , covered entirely ...
161. oldal
... Campbell , whom they en- treated not to proceed . " It was too horrible ! it could not be and in such a night too , to tell such a story ! " " But we are yet to learn , " said one gentleman , " what is the meaning of this wretch's ...
... Campbell , whom they en- treated not to proceed . " It was too horrible ! it could not be and in such a night too , to tell such a story ! " " But we are yet to learn , " said one gentleman , " what is the meaning of this wretch's ...
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Abraham Tucker Almighty answered St appearance asked Atticus beautiful believe better called Castle Campbell Castor and Pollux certainly character charmed consequence continued St cried divine door doubt dream effect Epicurus fancy father fear feel garden give Graham hand happiness haps heard heart Heaven henbane honour hope humour interest interference interposition king Lawrence laws of nature least lived Llirias look Lord Lyttleton McClintock McSweeny mean mind miracle Murdoch neighbours never Newton night object observed Campbell occasion Offley parterre particular perhaps philosopher pleasure pray prayer Privy Counsellor pro re nata Providence question racter recollect rence replied St resolved retirement returned St rêverie Sawney Bean Saxo Grammaticus scene Scopas second causes seemed seen Sextus Tarquinius Sir John story suppose sweet tell thing thought tion told Tremaine true whole wish wonder wull
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41. oldal - I thought that all things had been savage here ; And therefore put I on the countenance Of stern commandment. But whate'er you are That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time ; If ever you have look'd on better days, If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church.
74. oldal - To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
18. oldal - 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.
334. oldal - They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep ; their soul melteth away because of the trouble.
316. oldal - It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion ; for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.
248. oldal - I know my course. The spirit that I have seen May be the devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy, — As he is very potent with such spirits, — Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this: — the play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
150. oldal - But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloisters pale, And love the high embow-ed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.
120. oldal - We find our tenets just the same at last. Both fairly owning Riches, in effect, No grace of Heaven or token of th' elect; Given to the fool, the mad, the vain, the evil, To Ward, to Waters, Chartres, and the devil.
59. oldal - mere oblivion," a dead letter: for all that is worth remembering in life, is the poetry of it. Fear is poetry, hope is poetry, love is poetry, hatred is poetry, contempt, jealousy, remorse, admiration, wonder, pity, despair, or madness, are all poetry. Poetry is that fine particle within us, that expands, rarefies, refines, raises our whole being: without it "man's life is poor as beast's.
84. oldal - A man of a polite imagination is let into a great many pleasures that the vulgar are not capable of receiving. He can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue.