The Spirit of the Age, Or, Contemporary PortraitsH. Colburn, 1825 - 424 oldal |
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... conversation . He talks a great deal , and listens to nothing but facts . When any one calls upon him , he invites them to take a turn round his garden with him ( Mr. Bentham is an economist of his time , and sets apart this portion of ...
... conversation . He talks a great deal , and listens to nothing but facts . When any one calls upon him , he invites them to take a turn round his garden with him ( Mr. Bentham is an economist of his time , and sets apart this portion of ...
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... enemy , or he is sure to be unhorsed . Or he resembles an eight - day clock that must be wound up long before it can strike . Therefore , his powers of conversation are but limited . He has neither 50 THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE .
... enemy , or he is sure to be unhorsed . Or he resembles an eight - day clock that must be wound up long before it can strike . Therefore , his powers of conversation are but limited . He has neither 50 THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE .
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William Hazlitt. powers of conversation are but limited . He has neither acuteness of remark , nor a flow of language , both which might be expected from his writings , as these are no less distinguished by a sustained and im- passioned ...
William Hazlitt. powers of conversation are but limited . He has neither acuteness of remark , nor a flow of language , both which might be expected from his writings , as these are no less distinguished by a sustained and im- passioned ...
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... conversation took a most animated turn , and the subject was of Love . Of all these our author is the only one remaining . Frail tenure , on which human life and genius are lent us for a while to improve or to enjoy ! : MR . COLERIDGE ...
... conversation took a most animated turn , and the subject was of Love . Of all these our author is the only one remaining . Frail tenure , on which human life and genius are lent us for a while to improve or to enjoy ! : MR . COLERIDGE ...
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... conversation , is when he expatiates on the Greek tragedians ( not that he is not well acquainted , when he pleases , with the epic poets , or the philosophers , or orators , or histo- rians of antiquity ) —on the subtle reasonings and ...
... conversation , is when he expatiates on the Greek tragedians ( not that he is not well acquainted , when he pleases , with the epic poets , or the philosophers , or orators , or histo- rians of antiquity ) —on the subtle reasonings and ...
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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.