Stanley: Or, The Recollections of a Man of the World, المجلد 1Lea & Blanchard, 1838 |
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... whole morning , before my table , and at the end of it had written but little . I still perse- vered , and by the evening had the satisfaction of finding that though my progress was still to be estimated by lines rather than by pages ...
... whole morning , before my table , and at the end of it had written but little . I still perse- vered , and by the evening had the satisfaction of finding that though my progress was still to be estimated by lines rather than by pages ...
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... whole being was at this time , poetry , and I naturally thought of making my first trial in this department . I finished with the utmost rapidity a poem which I had long meditated , and by adding a few minor pieces which I had thrown ...
... whole being was at this time , poetry , and I naturally thought of making my first trial in this department . I finished with the utmost rapidity a poem which I had long meditated , and by adding a few minor pieces which I had thrown ...
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... whole of my absence I had not addressed a single word to Emily , nor had I heard any thing from her . I had wished to bury myself in ab- solute retirement , and in silence and obscurity work out my triumph . I felt assured that she ...
... whole of my absence I had not addressed a single word to Emily , nor had I heard any thing from her . I had wished to bury myself in ab- solute retirement , and in silence and obscurity work out my triumph . I felt assured that she ...
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... whole earth ; that the same Nature which looked , laughed , spoke to me in vale and hill and shady grove , spoke , looked and laughed also to woman and to man wherever dwelling ; - not reflecting that to the enthusiast's eye life is ...
... whole earth ; that the same Nature which looked , laughed , spoke to me in vale and hill and shady grove , spoke , looked and laughed also to woman and to man wherever dwelling ; - not reflecting that to the enthusiast's eye life is ...
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... whole , extremely like filleted oxen going up to be sacrificed at the temple of Jupiter Capi- tolinus . I had heard that a friend of mine , a delightful person to meet with any where , was at this time at the shore ; and while my eye ...
... whole , extremely like filleted oxen going up to be sacrificed at the temple of Jupiter Capi- tolinus . I had heard that a friend of mine , a delightful person to meet with any where , was at this time at the shore ; and while my eye ...
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acquaintance action admiration beauty Ben Jonson Bishop Sprat Bolingbroke bosom Bosphorus breast breath Byron calm character Cicero Coleridge conversation delight divine door dream Emily Emily Wilson excited exhibited existence Falstaff fancy father fear feeling Gauden genius Giaour hand happiness Harold heard heart heaven Henry Pelham honour hope human imagine impression instinct intel intellect interest labour lect letter light live look Lord Lord Byron Lucullus manner Mansfield Park matter ment mental mind moral nation nature ness never night object observed passed passion paused perceived person philosopher pleasure poet poetry PRIDE AND PREJUDICE principle racter reached reason replied says scene scheme seemed sense sentiment Seward silent soul spirit splendid Stanley stood strong Suetonius taste temper thing thought tion true truth Tyler Vathek vigour virtue Vitellius walked whole Wilkins youth
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الصفحة 55 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
الصفحة 109 - ... motions, and regular paces, though they give no sound unto the ear, yet to the understanding they strike a note most full of harmony.
الصفحة 15 - Dreams, books, are each a world ; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good : Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow.
الصفحة 203 - For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
الصفحة 258 - I ever met with. The Big Bow-wow Strain I can do myself like any now going ; but the exquisite touch, which renders ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting, from the truth of the description and the sentiment, is denied to me.
الصفحة 22 - Tis strange — even those who do despair above, Yet shape themselves some fantasy on earth, To which frail twig they cling, like drowning men. Man. Ay — father ! I have had those earthly visions And noble aspirations in my youth, To make my own the mind of other men, The enlightener of nations ; and to rise I knew not whither — it might be to fall ; But fall, even as the mountain-cataract, Which having leapt from its more dazzling height, Even in the foaming strength of its abyss, (Which casts...
الصفحة 121 - Let Phidias have rude and obstinate stuff to carve, though his art do that it should, his work will lack that beauty which otherwise in fitter matter it might have had. He that striketh an instrument with skill may cause notwithstanding a very unpleasant sound, if the string whereon he striketh chance to be uncapable of harmony. In the matter whereof things...
الصفحة 258 - That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements and feelings and characters of ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with.
الصفحة 238 - And wear, and lose them: yet remains an ear-ring To purchase them again, and this whole state. A gem but worth a private patrimony Is nothing: we will eat such at a meal. The heads of parrots, tongues of nightingales. The brains of peacocks and of...
الصفحة 258 - Among some other talk, in returning, he spoke with praise of Miss Ferrier as a novelist, and then with still higher praise of Miss Austen. Of the latter he said — ' I find myself every now and then with one of her books in my hand. There's a finishing-off in some of her scenes that is really quite above everybody else. And there's that Irish lady, too — but I forget everybody's name now' * Miss Edgeworth,' I said — ' Ay, Miss Edgeworth — she's very clever, and best in the little touches too.