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... dangerous . They work as race - horses work , with the utmost intensity of effort during short spaces of time , taxing all their powers whilst the brilliant effort lasts . When Beckford wrote the wonderful tale " Vathek " in his ...
... dangerous . They work as race - horses work , with the utmost intensity of effort during short spaces of time , taxing all their powers whilst the brilliant effort lasts . When Beckford wrote the wonderful tale " Vathek " in his ...
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... danger of putting an end to it altogether . I know two men , about fifty - five years old both of them , and both of them admirably active . They tell me that their bodily activity has been preserved by an effort of the will ; that if ...
... danger of putting an end to it altogether . I know two men , about fifty - five years old both of them , and both of them admirably active . They tell me that their bodily activity has been preserved by an effort of the will ; that if ...
الصفحة 51
... dangers also . The colours sink and alter ; they lose their relative values ; they lose their pearly purity , their glowing transparence - they turn to buff and black . The fine arts bristle all over with technical difficulties , and ...
... dangers also . The colours sink and alter ; they lose their relative values ; they lose their pearly purity , their glowing transparence - they turn to buff and black . The fine arts bristle all over with technical difficulties , and ...
الصفحة 60
... danger of this evil , however , from the discipline which we impose upon ourselves than from that which is im- Opinion of posed upon us by the opinion of the society in which we live . The intellectual life has this remarkable ...
... danger of this evil , however , from the discipline which we impose upon ourselves than from that which is im- Opinion of posed upon us by the opinion of the society in which we live . The intellectual life has this remarkable ...
الصفحة 62
... danger , I know not which is the more magnificent spectacle , the splendour of the intel- lectual light , or the beauty and solidity of the moral constitution that sustained it . LETTER III . LETTER III . 66 Disinter estedness . TO A ...
... danger , I know not which is the more magnificent spectacle , the splendour of the intel- lectual light , or the beauty and solidity of the moral constitution that sustained it . LETTER III . LETTER III . 66 Disinter estedness . TO A ...
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acquired activity Alcibiades Alexander Humboldt amateur amongst ancient artist attainment believe brain Châteaubriand Claude Tillier cultivated culture curaçoa custom degree difficulty discipline drudgery effect energy English Englishman exercise experience faculty favourable feeling foreign France French gentleman George Sand German Giordano Bruno Goethe Greek habit human ignorance influence instances intel intellectual labour intellectual pursuits interest Italian Julian Fane kind knowledge lady Latin learned lectual Leonardo da Vinci less LETTER 11 LETTER III LETTER VII literary literature living marriage master memory ment mental mind modern languages moral natural necessary never noble observe painter painting perfect person physical poet poetry possess practice Provençal racter rich Sainte-Beuve scholars scientific sense society sort sound speak student things thought tion tongue truth Tycho Brahe Vathek whilst wine women write young
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الصفحة 52 - THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF THE BEST SONGS AND LYRICAL POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Selected and arranged, with Notes, by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE.
الصفحة 52 - The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language. Selected and arranged, with Notes, by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE.
الصفحة 61 - Morte d'Arthur. — SIR THOMAS MALORY'S BOOK OF KING ARTHUR AND OF HIS NOBLE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. The original Edition of CAXTON, revised for Modern Use. With an Introduction by Sir EDWARD STRACHEY, Bart. pp. xxxvii., 509. "It is with perfect confidence that we recommend this edition of the ola romance to every class of readers.
الصفحة 366 - Unaffrighted by the silence round them, Undistracted by the sights they see, These demand not that the things without them Yield them love, amusement, sympathy.
الصفحة 5 - Marie de France, Gaston de Foix, Thibault de Champagne, and Lorris ; was fostered by Charles of Orleans, by Margaret of Valois, by Francis the First ; that gave a crowd of versifiers to France, enriched, strengthened, developed, and fixed the French language, and prepared the way for Corneille and for Racine.
الصفحة 37 - THE PRINCE'S PROGRESS, AND OTHER POEMS. With two Designs by DG ROSSETTI. Fcap. 8vo. 6s. " Miss Rossetti' 's poems are of the kind which recalls Shelley's definition of Poetry as the record of the best and happiest moments of the best and happiest minds.
الصفحة 54 - The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Edited from the Original Edition by JW CLARK, MA Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
الصفحة 7 - Thousand. Crown 8vo, cloth. 6s. A GERMAN TRANSLATION OF THE SAME. With TENNIEL'S Illustrations. Crown 8vo, gilt. 6s. A FRENCH TRANSLATION OF THE SAME. With TENNIEL'S Illustrations. Crown 8vo, gilt. 6s. AN ITALIAN TRANSLATION OF THE SAME. By TP ROSSETTE. With TENNIEL'S Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 6s.
الصفحة 55 - ILLUSTRATED TIMES. A Book of Worthies. Gathered from the Old Histories and written anew by the Author of "THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFE.
الصفحة 53 - The Book Of Praise. From the Best English Hymn Writers. Selected and arranged by LORD SELBORNE.