Essays: Biographical and criticalLongman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1850 |
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... possessed and manifested , so far surpas- sing what one would have thought possible in a single mind , as to give one's admiration the flavour and quality of wonder . ' Let this statement of a critic , the soundness of whose judgments ...
... possessed and manifested , so far surpas- sing what one would have thought possible in a single mind , as to give one's admiration the flavour and quality of wonder . ' Let this statement of a critic , the soundness of whose judgments ...
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... to exert whatever influence he possessed in behalf of the good men of all parties . ' You may observe , sir , ' said Fuller to him , ' that I เ 6 am a somewhat corpulent man , and I am 8 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THOMAS FULLER .
... to exert whatever influence he possessed in behalf of the good men of all parties . ' You may observe , sir , ' said Fuller to him , ' that I เ 6 am a somewhat corpulent man , and I am 8 LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THOMAS FULLER .
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... possessed , namely , method and taste , will do more to give books permanent power and popularity , than even the very truths they contain . Indeed , that , to a great extent , may be said of every discourse , which Fuller says more ...
... possessed , namely , method and taste , will do more to give books permanent power and popularity , than even the very truths they contain . Indeed , that , to a great extent , may be said of every discourse , which Fuller says more ...
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... possessed of genuine veneration for all that is divine , and genuine sympathy with all that is human . The limits within which wit and humour may be lawfully used , are well laid down by himself in his ' Holy and Profane State , ' in ...
... possessed of genuine veneration for all that is divine , and genuine sympathy with all that is human . The limits within which wit and humour may be lawfully used , are well laid down by himself in his ' Holy and Profane State , ' in ...
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... possessed not ; still less the happy art of a picturesque and graceful disposition of his materials . But in his diligent heed to tradi- tional stories , in the personal pains and labour which he was willing to take in the accumulation ...
... possessed not ; still less the happy art of a picturesque and graceful disposition of his materials . But in his diligent heed to tradi- tional stories , in the personal pains and labour which he was willing to take in the accumulation ...
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admiration admit ancient Andrew Marvell Anglo-Saxon appear argument Aristotle Augustus William Hare beautiful believe character characteristic Church composition Demosthenes Descartes dialogues Differential Calculus discourses doctrine doubt Edinburgh Review eloquence English equally essay evidence evil expression fact fancy Faugère feeling Fuller genius give Guhrauer honour human imagination indulged intellect Jeremy Taylor knowledge language Latin Leibnitz less letters literary literature Luther manner Marvell Marvell's matter means ment mind mode moral nature never Newton object origin Pascal passages peculiarities perhaps philosopher Plato possessed preacher present principles Protagoras Provincial Letters question racter reader reason remarks reply Saxon says scarcely scepticism seems sermons Sir James Mackintosh Socrates speak species spirit style sublime sufficient supposed taste tells thing THOMAS FULLER thought tion topics translation true truth universal volumes whole wisdom wonder words worthy writings
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14 페이지 - Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound.
18 페이지 - Philosophers place it in the rear of the head, and it seems the mine of memory lies there, because there men naturally dig for it, scratching it when they are at a loss.
42 페이지 - A quibble is the golden apple for which he will always turn aside from his career or stoop from his elevation. A quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him such delight that he was content to purchase it by the sacrifice of reason, propriety, and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it.
95 페이지 - Holland, that scarce deserves the name of land, As but the off-scouring of the British sand ; And so much earth as was contributed By English pilots when they heav'd the lead ; Or what by th
89 페이지 - O Printing! how hast thou disturbed the peace of mankind! That lead, when moulded into bullets, is not so mortal, as when founded into letters. There was a mistake, sure, in the story of Cadmus; and the serpent's teeth, which he sowed, were nothing else but the letters which he invented.
289 페이지 - Then they essayed to look, but the remembrance of that last thing that the Shepherds had shown them, made their hands shake; by means of which impediment, they could not look steadily through the glass; yet they thought they saw something like the gate, and also some of the glory of the place.
494 페이지 - Were all books reduced thus to their quintessence, many a bulky author would make his appearance in a penny paper : there would be scarce such a thing in nature as a folio : the works of an age would be contained on a few shelves ; not to mention millions of volumes that would be utterly annihilated.
437 페이지 - For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
482 페이지 - ... like the indulgence and veneration for antiquity of his predecessor — there shall posterity still hang with rapture on the half of Campbell, and the fourth part of Byron, and the sixth of Scott, and the scattered tithes of Crabbe, and the three per cent.
486 페이지 - Monophysite controversy were indeed consumed in the public baths, a philosopher may allow, with a smile, that it was ultimately devoted to the benefit of mankind. I sincerely regret the more valuable libraries which have been involved in the ruin of the Roman empire; but, when I seriously compute the lapse of ages, the waste of ignorance, and the calamities of war, our treasures, rather than our losses, are the object of my surprise.