Critical and Miscellaneous EssaysJ. Monroe, 1845 - 563 من الصفحات |
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... books . At a later period , when the drama had in a great measure gone out of fashion , Lord Byron , a man not inferior , perhaps , in poetical genius to any of the persons just mentioned , 1 ESSAYS MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉ,
... books . At a later period , when the drama had in a great measure gone out of fashion , Lord Byron , a man not inferior , perhaps , in poetical genius to any of the persons just mentioned , 1 ESSAYS MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉ,
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Alexander Hill Everett. poetical genius to any of the persons just mentioned , undertakes , without any view to the stage , to write a book of the same kind . What is the result ? Some- thing which , as Ninon de l'Enclos said of the ...
Alexander Hill Everett. poetical genius to any of the persons just mentioned , undertakes , without any view to the stage , to write a book of the same kind . What is the result ? Some- thing which , as Ninon de l'Enclos said of the ...
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... mentioned , is evidently guarded , probably from an apprehension that all letters passing through the post - office were subject to inspection ; but the language , though commonly laudatory , does not exceed the bounds of moderation and ...
... mentioned , is evidently guarded , probably from an apprehension that all letters passing through the post - office were subject to inspection ; but the language , though commonly laudatory , does not exceed the bounds of moderation and ...
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... mentioned , and also Madamoiselle de Fontanges , who was much more remarkable for beauty than for wit . " The Fontanges , ' said Madame , though her hair is rather red , is beautiful from head to foot ; it is impossible to see any thing ...
... mentioned , and also Madamoiselle de Fontanges , who was much more remarkable for beauty than for wit . " The Fontanges , ' said Madame , though her hair is rather red , is beautiful from head to foot ; it is impossible to see any thing ...
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... mention all the various alternations of opinion , and successive triumphs of one party or the other , which have probably marked its progress . We believe , how- ever , that the contemporaries of Lesage entertained some doubts as to his ...
... mention all the various alternations of opinion , and successive triumphs of one party or the other , which have probably marked its progress . We believe , how- ever , that the contemporaries of Lesage entertained some doubts as to his ...
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الصفحة 203 - Treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine Would I not have ; but nature should bring forth Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people.
الصفحة 203 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known : riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none : No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil : No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too ; but innocent and pure : No sovereignty : — Seb.
الصفحة 206 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
الصفحة 314 - So much understanding, so much knowledge, so much innocence, and such humility, I did not think had been the portion of any but angels, till I saw this gentleman.
الصفحة 400 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
الصفحة 456 - I had rather believe all the fables in the legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind ; and, therefore, God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.
الصفحة 249 - And more than echoes talk along the walls. Here, as I watch'd the dying lamps around, From yonder shrine I heard a hollow sound. "Come, sister, come! (it said, or seem'd to say) Thy place is here, sad sister, come away; Once like thyself, I trembled, wept, and pray'd, Love's victim then, though now a sainted maid : But all is calm in this eternal sleep ; Here Grief forgets to groan, and Love to weep, E'en Superstition loses every fear: For God, not man, absolves our frailties here.
الصفحة 237 - Greek mythology, a. monster with the body of a man and the head of a bull.
الصفحة 314 - Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day — Time's noblest offspring is the last.
الصفحة 206 - She riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry, her clothing is silk and purple. Strength and honour are in her clothing, and she shall rejoice in time to come.