Critical and Miscellaneous EssaysJ. Monroe, 1845 - 563 oldal |
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... learning of which we may appreciate the difficulty and delicacy , when we recollect that the mass of French writers have never been able , up to the present hour , to obtain any distinct notion of the proper application of the common ...
... learning of which we may appreciate the difficulty and delicacy , when we recollect that the mass of French writers have never been able , up to the present hour , to obtain any distinct notion of the proper application of the common ...
41. oldal
... learning ; and that nothing might be lost , they carefully set down in the notes what they could not find room for in the body of the poem . In Gil Blas , the knowledge supposed is not less copious and accurate , than that which is ...
... learning ; and that nothing might be lost , they carefully set down in the notes what they could not find room for in the body of the poem . In Gil Blas , the knowledge supposed is not less copious and accurate , than that which is ...
57. oldal
... learning the guitar , remarks , that he had pour maître de cet instru- ment un vieux SEÑOR ESCUDERO à qui je faisais la barbe . The immediate motive for leaving this phrase in the original language , was perhaps the difficulty of ...
... learning the guitar , remarks , that he had pour maître de cet instru- ment un vieux SEÑOR ESCUDERO à qui je faisais la barbe . The immediate motive for leaving this phrase in the original language , was perhaps the difficulty of ...
140. oldal
... learning and politics . The best writers of the last century bear no comparison with the geniuses of that period , and those of the present day are mere pig- mies , almost too contemptible to require being crushed . 140 EVERETT'S ...
... learning and politics . The best writers of the last century bear no comparison with the geniuses of that period , and those of the present day are mere pig- mies , almost too contemptible to require being crushed . 140 EVERETT'S ...
204. oldal
... , by the same lady , we cannot but regard the literary execution of it as highly creditable to the learning and talents of the fair writer . point , which does not belong to our present subject 204 EVERETT'S MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS .
... , by the same lady , we cannot but regard the literary execution of it as highly creditable to the learning and talents of the fair writer . point , which does not belong to our present subject 204 EVERETT'S MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS .
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203. oldal - Treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine Would I not have ; but nature should bring forth Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people.
203. oldal - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known : riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none : No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil : No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too ; but innocent and pure : No sovereignty : — Seb.
206. oldal - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
314. oldal - So much understanding, so much knowledge, so much innocence, and such humility, I did not think had been the portion of any but angels, till I saw this gentleman.
400. oldal - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
456. oldal - I had rather believe all the fables in the legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind ; and, therefore, God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.
249. oldal - And more than echoes talk along the walls. Here, as I watch'd the dying lamps around, From yonder shrine I heard a hollow sound. "Come, sister, come! (it said, or seem'd to say) Thy place is here, sad sister, come away; Once like thyself, I trembled, wept, and pray'd, Love's victim then, though now a sainted maid : But all is calm in this eternal sleep ; Here Grief forgets to groan, and Love to weep, E'en Superstition loses every fear: For God, not man, absolves our frailties here.
237. oldal - Greek mythology, a. monster with the body of a man and the head of a bull.
314. oldal - Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day — Time's noblest offspring is the last.
206. oldal - She riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry, her clothing is silk and purple. Strength and honour are in her clothing, and she shall rejoice in time to come.