The Spirit of the Age, Or, Contemporary PortraitsH. Colburn, 1825 - 424페이지 |
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... seem as important as the rule . By attending to the minute , we overlook the great ; and in summing up an ac- count , it will not do merely to insist on the number of items without considering their amount . Our author's page presents a ...
... seem as important as the rule . By attending to the minute , we overlook the great ; and in summing up an ac- count , it will not do merely to insist on the number of items without considering their amount . Our author's page presents a ...
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... seems to stand above the author , and " what in him is weak , to strengthen , what is low , to raise and support : " nor is there any work of genius that does not come out of his hands like an illuminated Missal , sparkling even in its ...
... seems to stand above the author , and " what in him is weak , to strengthen , what is low , to raise and support : " nor is there any work of genius that does not come out of his hands like an illuminated Missal , sparkling even in its ...
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... seems trifling , and scarce worth a thought , and they prefer the contemplation of all that is , or has been , or can be , to the making a coil about doing what , when done , is no better than vanity . It is hard to concentrate all our ...
... seems trifling , and scarce worth a thought , and they prefer the contemplation of all that is , or has been , or can be , to the making a coil about doing what , when done , is no better than vanity . It is hard to concentrate all our ...
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... seem to express his natural convictions , or to be engaged in a mortal struggle . This greater ease and indifference is the result of vast superiority of personal appearance , which " to be admired needs but to be seen , " and does not ...
... seem to express his natural convictions , or to be engaged in a mortal struggle . This greater ease and indifference is the result of vast superiority of personal appearance , which " to be admired needs but to be seen , " and does not ...
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... the pencil of a master . His conversation resembled a political camera obscura - as quaint as it was magical . To some pompous pre- tenders he might seem to narrate fabellas aniles ( old THE LATE MR . HORNE TOOKE . 111.
... the pencil of a master . His conversation resembled a political camera obscura - as quaint as it was magical . To some pompous pre- tenders he might seem to narrate fabellas aniles ( old THE LATE MR . HORNE TOOKE . 111.
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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.