Critical and Miscellaneous EssaysJ. Monroe, 1845 - 563 من الصفحات |
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... passes , in a lively , original , and entertaining way . The brilliant imagination and magical pen of Madame de Sévigné threw an air of novelty over all these every - day characters and incidents , and we follow the development - of ...
... passes , in a lively , original , and entertaining way . The brilliant imagination and magical pen of Madame de Sévigné threw an air of novelty over all these every - day characters and incidents , and we follow the development - of ...
الصفحة 19
... passing through the post - office were subject to inspection ; but the language , though commonly laudatory , does not exceed the bounds of moderation and justice , for Louis XIV . did , in fact , possess great qualities , combined with ...
... passing through the post - office were subject to inspection ; but the language , though commonly laudatory , does not exceed the bounds of moderation and justice , for Louis XIV . did , in fact , possess great qualities , combined with ...
الصفحة 21
... pass away , like the taste for coffee . Both have now stood the test of nearly two cen- turies , and seem to be gaining rather than losing ground in the public favor . Madame de Sévigné herself , at a later period , became more just to ...
... pass away , like the taste for coffee . Both have now stood the test of nearly two cen- turies , and seem to be gaining rather than losing ground in the public favor . Madame de Sévigné herself , at a later period , became more just to ...
الصفحة 23
... passes in that city at the election of a Pope . He was satisfied that the Christian religion must be of divine origin to be able to sustain itself in the midst of so many disorders . This , my dear cousin , is the proper view of the ...
... passes in that city at the election of a Pope . He was satisfied that the Christian religion must be of divine origin to be able to sustain itself in the midst of so many disorders . This , my dear cousin , is the proper view of the ...
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... pass their days and nights in studying and illustrating the similar works of the ancient authors . By the same rule , the poems which these critics now reject as immoral or frivolous , will become the favorite objects of investigation ...
... pass their days and nights in studying and illustrating the similar works of the ancient authors . By the same rule , the poems which these critics now reject as immoral or frivolous , will become the favorite objects of investigation ...
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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.