The Spirit of the Age, Or, Contemporary PortraitsH. Colburn, 1825 - 424페이지 |
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... affectation ) that " he should like to live the remaining years of his life , a year at a time at the end of the next six or eight cen- turies , to see the effect which his writings would by that time have had upon the world . " Alas ...
... affectation ) that " he should like to live the remaining years of his life , a year at a time at the end of the next six or eight cen- turies , to see the effect which his writings would by that time have had upon the world . " Alas ...
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... affectation of an obsolete style and mode of thinking , than by any thing else . But he has con- trived to jumble these several characters together in an unheard - of and unwarranted manner , and the fas- cination is altogether ...
... affectation of an obsolete style and mode of thinking , than by any thing else . But he has con- trived to jumble these several characters together in an unheard - of and unwarranted manner , and the fas- cination is altogether ...
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... affectation and quaintness of style did not merit such severity of castigation . As a translator , Mr. Gifford's version of the Roman sa- tirist is the baldest , and , in parts , the most offensive of all others . We do not know why he ...
... affectation and quaintness of style did not merit such severity of castigation . As a translator , Mr. Gifford's version of the Roman sa- tirist is the baldest , and , in parts , the most offensive of all others . We do not know why he ...
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... affectation ; and knows how to respect this quality in others , without prudery or intolerance . He can censure a friend or a stranger , and serve him effectually at the same time . He ex- presses his disapprobation , but not as an ...
... affectation ; and knows how to respect this quality in others , without prudery or intolerance . He can censure a friend or a stranger , and serve him effectually at the same time . He ex- presses his disapprobation , but not as an ...
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... affectation , cant , hollow profes sions , trimming , fickleness , and effeminate imbecility . It is best to choose and act up to some one leading character , as it is best to have some settled profession or regular pursuit in life . We ...
... affectation , cant , hollow profes sions , trimming , fickleness , and effeminate imbecility . It is best to choose and act up to some one leading character , as it is best to have some settled profession or regular pursuit in life . We ...
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143 페이지 - 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 페이지 - 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 페이지 - That which is now a horse, even with a thought The rack dislimns, and makes it indistinct As water is in water.
398 페이지 - 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 페이지 - 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 페이지 - 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 페이지 - 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 페이지 - 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 페이지 - Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he?
383 페이지 - ... 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.