The Spirit of the Age, Or, Contemporary PortraitsH. Colburn, 1825 - 424 oldal |
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6. oldal
... appearance , and the portraits of Mil- ton , the same silvery tone , a few dishevelled hairs , a peevish , yet puritanical expression , an irritable temperament corrected by habit and discipline . Or in modern times , he is something ...
... appearance , and the portraits of Mil- ton , the same silvery tone , a few dishevelled hairs , a peevish , yet puritanical expression , an irritable temperament corrected by habit and discipline . Or in modern times , he is something ...
7. oldal
... appearance a singular mix- ture of boyish simplicity and of the venerableness of age . In a word , our celebrated jurist presents a striking illustration of the difference between the philosophical and the regal look ; that is , between ...
... appearance a singular mix- ture of boyish simplicity and of the venerableness of age . In a word , our celebrated jurist presents a striking illustration of the difference between the philosophical and the regal look ; that is , between ...
8. oldal
... appearance of pride or affectation ) that " he should like to live the remaining years of his life , a year at a time at the end of the next six or eight cen- turies , to see the effect which his writings would by that time have had ...
... appearance of pride or affectation ) that " he should like to live the remaining years of his life , a year at a time at the end of the next six or eight cen- turies , to see the effect which his writings would by that time have had ...
45. oldal
... not the mere regard to , or saving of , appearances . This , we think , must be an hypercriticism , from all we re- member of books of chivalry and heroes of romance . it through : no one that ever read it could WILLIAM GODWIN . 45.
... not the mere regard to , or saving of , appearances . This , we think , must be an hypercriticism , from all we re- member of books of chivalry and heroes of romance . it through : no one that ever read it could WILLIAM GODWIN . 45.
50. oldal
... appearance of a man of genius , than any one who has given such decided and ample proofs of it . He is ready only on reflection : dangerous only at the rebound . He gathers himself up , and strains every nerve and faculty with ...
... appearance of a man of genius , than any one who has given such decided and ample proofs of it . He is ready only on reflection : dangerous only at the rebound . He gathers himself up , and strains every nerve and faculty with ...
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143. oldal - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
362. oldal - ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
58. oldal - That which is now a horse, even with a thought The rack dislimns, and makes it indistinct As water is in water.
398. oldal - High birth, vigour of bone, desert in service, Love, friendship, charity, are subjects all To envious and calumniating time. One touch of nature makes the whole world kin...
262. oldal - Out went the taper as she hurried in ; Its little smoke, in pallid moonshine, died: She closed the door, she panted, all akin To spirits of the air, and visions wide : No uttered syllable, or, woe betide...
363. oldal - The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave ! Wave, Munich, all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry!
382. oldal - Now upon Syria's land of roses Softly the light of eve reposes, And like a glory the broad sun Hangs over sainted Lebanon, Whose head in wintry grandeur towers And whitens with eternal sleet, While summer in a vale of flowers Is sleeping rosy at his feet.
191. oldal - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
145. oldal - Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he?
383. oldal - ... gleam Variously in the crimson beam Of the warm West,— as if inlaid With brilliants from the mine, or made Of tearless rainbows, such as span The unclouded skies of Peristan.