The Spirit of the Age, Or, Contemporary PortraitsH. Colburn, 1825 - 424페이지 |
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... writings would by that time have had upon the world . " Alas ! his name will hardly live so long ! Nor do we think , in point of fact , that Mr. Bentham has given any new or decided impulse to the human mind . He cannot be looked upon ...
... writings would by that time have had upon the world . " Alas ! his name will hardly live so long ! Nor do we think , in point of fact , that Mr. Bentham has given any new or decided impulse to the human mind . He cannot be looked upon ...
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... writings are , therefore , chiefly valuable as books of reference , as bringing down the account of intellectual inquiry to the present period , and dis- posing the results in a compendious , connected , and tangible shape ; but books ...
... writings are , therefore , chiefly valuable as books of reference , as bringing down the account of intellectual inquiry to the present period , and dis- posing the results in a compendious , connected , and tangible shape ; but books ...
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... picture : the outline , the dispo- sition is correct , but it wants colouring and relief . There is a technicality of manner , which renders his writings of more value to the professional inquirer than to 22 THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE .
... picture : the outline , the dispo- sition is correct , but it wants colouring and relief . There is a technicality of manner , which renders his writings of more value to the professional inquirer than to 22 THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE .
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William Hazlitt. writings of more value to the professional inquirer than to the general reader . Again , his style is unpopular , not to say unintelligible . He writes a language of his own , that darkens knowledge . His works have been ...
William Hazlitt. writings of more value to the professional inquirer than to the general reader . Again , his style is unpopular , not to say unintelligible . He writes a language of his own , that darkens knowledge . His works have been ...
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William Hazlitt. of his wealth . Mr. Godwin , in all his writings , dwells upon one idea or exclusive view of a subject , aggran- dises a sentiment , exaggerates a character , or pushes an argument to extremes , and makes up by the force ...
William Hazlitt. of his wealth . Mr. Godwin , in all his writings , dwells upon one idea or exclusive view of a subject , aggran- dises a sentiment , exaggerates a character , or pushes an argument to extremes , and makes up by the force ...
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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.