The Spirit of the Age, Or, Contemporary PortraitsH. Colburn, 1825 - 424 oldal |
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35. oldal
... cause it is better ) in their stead , accuse him wrong- fully . We may not be able to launch the bark of our affections on the ocean - tide of humanity , we may be forced to paddle along its shores , or shelter in its creeks and ...
... cause it is better ) in their stead , accuse him wrong- fully . We may not be able to launch the bark of our affections on the ocean - tide of humanity , we may be forced to paddle along its shores , or shelter in its creeks and ...
88. oldal
... a good deal of bigoted in- tolerance with a deplorable want of self - knowledge in all this ; or at least an equal degree of cant and quackery . To which ever cause we are to attribute this hy- 88 THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE .
... a good deal of bigoted in- tolerance with a deplorable want of self - knowledge in all this ; or at least an equal degree of cant and quackery . To which ever cause we are to attribute this hy- 88 THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE .
89. oldal
William Hazlitt. To which ever cause we are to attribute this hy- perbolical tone , we hold it certain he could not have adopted it , if he had been a little man . But his im- posing figure and dignified manner enable him to hazard ...
William Hazlitt. To which ever cause we are to attribute this hy- perbolical tone , we hold it certain he could not have adopted it , if he had been a little man . But his im- posing figure and dignified manner enable him to hazard ...
105. oldal
... cause , or by showing a sympathy with the general and predominant feel- ings of mankind . In a private room , a satirist , a sophist may provoke admiration by expressing his contempt for each of his adversaries in turn , and by setting ...
... cause , or by showing a sympathy with the general and predominant feel- ings of mankind . In a private room , a satirist , a sophist may provoke admiration by expressing his contempt for each of his adversaries in turn , and by setting ...
106. oldal
... cause ; and the lightning of generous indignation at bad men and bad measures is followed by thunders of applause - even in the House of Commons . But a man may sneer and cavil and puzzle and fly - blow every question that comes before ...
... cause ; and the lightning of generous indignation at bad men and bad measures is followed by thunders of applause - even in the House of Commons . But a man may sneer and cavil and puzzle and fly - blow every question that comes before ...
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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.