Illustrations of Human Life, 1. kötetH. Colburn, 1837 |
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8. oldal
... resolved to probe Atticus to the bottom . Let me at once say that I find you were right . He is no dupe , whether of himself , or of cir- cumstances . His tranquillity is sincere ; and he affords an example of a most useful truth ...
... resolved to probe Atticus to the bottom . Let me at once say that I find you were right . He is no dupe , whether of himself , or of cir- cumstances . His tranquillity is sincere ; and he affords an example of a most useful truth ...
17. oldal
... At least , I thought it had a better chance of doing so than philosophy and gardening , which now seemed so much to absorb him . I had indeed resolved to examine him shrewdly , and search whether some- thing of ATTICUS . 17.
... At least , I thought it had a better chance of doing so than philosophy and gardening , which now seemed so much to absorb him . I had indeed resolved to examine him shrewdly , and search whether some- thing of ATTICUS . 17.
34. oldal
... resolved boldly to enter on my subject . Prefa- tory to this , however , having been at the drawing room but three days before , I began the praises of the Court , which I knew he once admired . " Well , " said I , " but the Court is a ...
... resolved boldly to enter on my subject . Prefa- tory to this , however , having been at the drawing room but three days before , I began the praises of the Court , which I knew he once admired . " Well , " said I , " but the Court is a ...
59. oldal
... resolved , if he could , to seek refuge in oblivion , or at least to think , with Hazlitt , that all that is worth remembering in life is the poetry of it . ' The luncheon was served in the library , which 66 we had visited on the day ...
... resolved , if he could , to seek refuge in oblivion , or at least to think , with Hazlitt , that all that is worth remembering in life is the poetry of it . ' The luncheon was served in the library , which 66 we had visited on the day ...
91. oldal
... ever struck with all that I had seen and heard , and hoped still to see and hear . For , as to my mission , -though success seemed farther off than ever , I would not yet resolve to give it entirely up , but wished ATTICUS . 91.
... ever struck with all that I had seen and heard , and hoped still to see and hear . For , as to my mission , -though success seemed farther off than ever , I would not yet resolve to give it entirely up , but wished ATTICUS . 91.
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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.