Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, 3. kötetW. Blackwood, 1850 |
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... writer . His merits , however , are but little understood in this country . He is known as once a minister of Louis XVIII . , and ambassador of that monarch in London ; as the writer of many celebrated political pamphlets ; and the ...
... writer . His merits , however , are but little understood in this country . He is known as once a minister of Louis XVIII . , and ambassador of that monarch in London ; as the writer of many celebrated political pamphlets ; and the ...
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... writers of the age have devoted their talents to the support of their principles . Sir Walter Scott and Chateaubriand are beyond all question , and by the consent of both nations , at the head of the literature of France and England ...
... writers of the age have devoted their talents to the support of their principles . Sir Walter Scott and Chateaubriand are beyond all question , and by the consent of both nations , at the head of the literature of France and England ...
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... writers were ever more different than Chateaubriand and Sir Walter Scott . The great characteristic of the French ... writer , ancient or modern , with whom we are acquainted . All that he has seen , or read , or heard , seems present to ...
... writers were ever more different than Chateaubriand and Sir Walter Scott . The great characteristic of the French ... writer , ancient or modern , with whom we are acquainted . All that he has seen , or read , or heard , seems present to ...
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... writers , he is incomparably more varied , rapid , and energetic ; his ideas flow in quicker succession , his words follow in more striking antithesis ; the past , the present , and the future rise up at once before us ; and we see how ...
... writers , he is incomparably more varied , rapid , and energetic ; his ideas flow in quicker succession , his words follow in more striking antithesis ; the past , the present , and the future rise up at once before us ; and we see how ...
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... writers of the world , has not left a line which on his deathbed he would wish recalled . Of such men France and England may well be proud ; shining , as they already do , through the clouds and the passions of a fleeting existence ...
... writers of the world , has not left a line which on his deathbed he would wish recalled . Of such men France and England may well be proud ; shining , as they already do , through the clouds and the passions of a fleeting existence ...
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518. oldal - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
14. oldal - Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below.
654. oldal - As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him : but, as he was ambitious, I slew him.
383. oldal - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
632. oldal - The long galleries were crowded by an audience such as has rarely excited the fears or the emulation of an orator. There were gathered together, from all parts of a great, free, enlightened, and prosperous empire, grace and female loveliness, wit and learning, the representatives of every science and of every art.
30. oldal - Salamis ! Their azure arches through the long expanse More deeply purpled meet his mellowing glance, And tenderest tints, along their summits driven, Mark his gay course, and own the hues of heaven ; Till, darkly shaded from the land and deep, Behind his Delphian cliff he sinks to sleep.
625. oldal - That the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished:" and Mr Burke's bill of reform was framed with skill, introduced with eloquence, and supported by numbers.
383. oldal - But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
382. oldal - But at the distance of twenty-five years, I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions which agitated my mind as I first approached and entered the eternal city. After a sleepless night, I trod, with a lofty step, the ruins of the Forum ; each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at once present to my eye ; and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed before I could descend to a cool and minute investigation.
633. oldal - England by lofty halls and by the constant waving of fans. The number of the prisoners was one hundred and forty-six. When they were ordered to enter the cell, they imagined that the soldiers were joking ; and being in high spirits on account of the promise of the Nabob to spare their lives they laughed and jested at the absurdity of the notion. They soon discovered their mistake. They expostulated ; they entreated ; but in vain. The guards threatened to cut down all who hesitated. The captives were...