The Uses of Biography: Romantic, Philosophic, and DidacticPartridge and Oakey, 1852 - 210페이지 |
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... matter , of which we speak , in a tolerably clear light . When dining once with the Grand Duke Della Scala , the fool , the buffoon of the court , was making infinite amusement for the court , with merry antics and mimes ; the duke was ...
... matter , of which we speak , in a tolerably clear light . When dining once with the Grand Duke Della Scala , the fool , the buffoon of the court , was making infinite amusement for the court , with merry antics and mimes ; the duke was ...
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... matters ; but it is also the province of large minds to give small things their legitimate place , remembering that ... matter thus far , and now may say there is no vainer work than to linger over the " If's , " Had's , " and " But's ...
... matters ; but it is also the province of large minds to give small things their legitimate place , remembering that ... matter thus far , and now may say there is no vainer work than to linger over the " If's , " Had's , " and " But's ...
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... matter of no little importance . Biography , we said a few pages back , was a museum . Yes , and there lie before us the memo- rials of every age , country , and race . The analytic process has not been very keenly applied to the papyri ...
... matter of no little importance . Biography , we said a few pages back , was a museum . Yes , and there lie before us the memo- rials of every age , country , and race . The analytic process has not been very keenly applied to the papyri ...
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... , the judge contrived his matters so as to finish all his business at the King's Bench , before the assizes began at Chelmsford . When within a short dis- tance of the place he dismissed his horse , and 58 THE USES OF BIOGRAPHY .
... , the judge contrived his matters so as to finish all his business at the King's Bench , before the assizes began at Chelmsford . When within a short dis- tance of the place he dismissed his horse , and 58 THE USES OF BIOGRAPHY .
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... matter with you ? what reason have you for disagreeing ? " " I have several reasons , my lord , " replied the miller ; " the first is , they have given all the gen- tlemen of the jury ten broad pieces of gold , and me but five , which ...
... matter with you ? what reason have you for disagreeing ? " " I have several reasons , my lord , " replied the miller ; " the first is , they have given all the gen- tlemen of the jury ten broad pieces of gold , and me but five , which ...
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179 페이지 - Oblivion is not to be hired: the greater part must be content to be as though they had not been, to be found in the Register of God, not in the record of man.
96 페이지 - ... passage in a ship bound for America, and, at the same time, paid the captain for my freight and all the other expenses of my voyage. But it so happened that the wind did not answer for three weeks ; and you know, mother, that I could not command the elements. My misfortune was, that, when the wind served, I happened to be with a party in the country, and my friend, the captain, never inquired after me, but set sail with as much indifference as if I had been on board.
179 페이지 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
179 페이지 - Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana, he is almost lost that built it. Time hath spared the epitaph of Adrian's horse, confounded that of himself. In vain we compute our felicities by the advantage of our good names, since bad have equal durations, and Thersites is like to live as long as Agamemnon.
24 페이지 - Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content. No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of the spring : no man can, at the same time, fill his cup from the source and from the mouth of the Nile.
179 페이지 - Who knows whether the best of men be known, or whether there be not more remarkable persons forgot, than any that stand remembered in the known account of time?
198 페이지 - I am come because you have been here many days shut up in a dark room, and no one dares to come near you. Are you not ashamed to grieve in this manner, when you ought to be thanking God for having given you the most beautiful child that ever was seen...
154 페이지 - According to my state of mind I am with Achilles shouting in the Trenches, or with Theocritus in the Vales of Sicily. Or I throw my whole being into Troilus, and repeating those lines, 'I wander, like a lost Soul upon the Stygian Banks staying for waftage,' I melt into the air with a voluptuousness so delicate that I am content to be alone.
200 페이지 - No. Let us save ourselves, then. All else was swallowed up in one grand ruin. To make the best of our misfortune, we availed ourselves of the light from the ship to steer a tolerably good course towards the shore. She continued to burn till about midnight, when the saltpetre...
154 페이지 - The roaring of the wind is my wife and the Stars through the window pane are my Children.