Critical and Miscellaneous EssaysJ. Monroe, 1845 - 563 oldal |
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... make excellent books . At a later period , when the drama had in a great measure gone out of fashion , Lord Byron , a man not inferior , perhaps , in poetical genius to any of the persons just mentioned , 1 ESSAYS MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉ,
... make excellent books . At a later period , when the drama had in a great measure gone out of fashion , Lord Byron , a man not inferior , perhaps , in poetical genius to any of the persons just mentioned , 1 ESSAYS MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉ,
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... been rather at a loss to know how to find fault with them . The only objection . that has ever been made to the style , is , that the writer uses , perhaps half a dozen times in her twelve 6 EVERETT'S MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS .
... been rather at a loss to know how to find fault with them . The only objection . that has ever been made to the style , is , that the writer uses , perhaps half a dozen times in her twelve 6 EVERETT'S MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS .
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Alexander Hill Everett. uses , perhaps half a dozen times in her twelve volumes , two or three words , which , though considered polite in her time , are now obsolete . As regards the substance , there is no unfavorable judgment of much ...
Alexander Hill Everett. uses , perhaps half a dozen times in her twelve volumes , two or three words , which , though considered polite in her time , are now obsolete . As regards the substance , there is no unfavorable judgment of much ...
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... perhaps , as agreeable a specimen as can be given of her letters : Madame de Coulanges , ' We went to St. Cyr on Saturday , Madame de Bagnols , the Abbe Tita , and myself . On arriving we found that places had been kept for us . An ...
... perhaps , as agreeable a specimen as can be given of her letters : Madame de Coulanges , ' We went to St. Cyr on Saturday , Madame de Bagnols , the Abbe Tita , and myself . On arriving we found that places had been kept for us . An ...
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... perhaps appear to some as of too trifling a character to engage the attention of a journal habitually devoted to graver subjects . Let those who think so pass at once to the next article , and take their fill of Rail Roads ...
... perhaps appear to some as of too trifling a character to engage the attention of a journal habitually devoted to graver subjects . Let those who think so pass at once to the next article , and take their fill of Rail Roads ...
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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.