Old Words and Modern Meanings: Being a Collection of Examples from Ancient and Modern English Authors, Illustrating Some Changes in the Use of LanguageThomas Whitcombe Greene Longmans and Company, 1876 - 314 من الصفحات |
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... human nature , we look on men who have signalised themselves by their hostility to it with an indignation at once ... humanity and moderation of Manchester , the stern integrity of Hale , and the ardent public spirit of Sidney . But in ...
... human nature , we look on men who have signalised themselves by their hostility to it with an indignation at once ... humanity and moderation of Manchester , the stern integrity of Hale , and the ardent public spirit of Sidney . But in ...
الصفحة 58
... human being ever possessed . - MACAULAY . Commodity . Profit , benefit . Sure I am that divers grave and of the best affected of them [ the congregation ] have shewn their misliking of him to me , not only of his disorderliness in the ...
... human being ever possessed . - MACAULAY . Commodity . Profit , benefit . Sure I am that divers grave and of the best affected of them [ the congregation ] have shewn their misliking of him to me , not only of his disorderliness in the ...
الصفحة 66
... human infirmity in this case [ losing at cards . ] — Spectator . His [ Dr. Johnson's ] conversation seems to have been quite equal to his writings in matter , and far superior to them in manner . All his books are written in a learned ...
... human infirmity in this case [ losing at cards . ] — Spectator . His [ Dr. Johnson's ] conversation seems to have been quite equal to his writings in matter , and far superior to them in manner . All his books are written in a learned ...
الصفحة 93
... human policy so well deserving of examination and discussion as the Roman Catholic Church . The history of that Church joins together two great ages of human civilization . No other insti- tution is left standing which carries the mind ...
... human policy so well deserving of examination and discussion as the Roman Catholic Church . The history of that Church joins together two great ages of human civilization . No other insti- tution is left standing which carries the mind ...
الصفحة 94
... human life endures , habits that time will ameliorate , not destroy , occupations which will render sickness tolerable , solitude pleasant , age venerable , life more dignified and useful , and therefore death less terrible . There is ...
... human life endures , habits that time will ameliorate , not destroy , occupations which will render sickness tolerable , solitude pleasant , age venerable , life more dignified and useful , and therefore death less terrible . There is ...
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admiration Antony and Cleopatra applied Ballad BEAUMONT and FLETCHER beauty better Cæsar called character CHAUCER colour creature Cymbeline death delight DISRAELI doth dread DRYDEN English eyes Fairy Queen favour feel Formerly FULLER genius Gentlemen Gentlemen of Verona give grace hand hath head hear heaven Henry VI Henry VIII honour HORACE WALPOLE human husband JONSON Julius Cæsar King labour lady LAMB language literal live look Lord MACAULAY mankind manner ment merry Milton mind miserable modern nature never night noble observe obsolete old meaning old writers Once orator Paradise Lost passed passion PEPYS person pleasure poet Pope present Prince quaint Richard III sense SHAKSPEARE Shrew Sir Roger SPENSER spirit sweet SYDNEY SMITH Tale taste TAYLOR thee things thou thought Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night unto Version WALTER SCOTT whole word young
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الصفحة 274 - Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth. And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion.
الصفحة 231 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
الصفحة 82 - The proudest royal houses are but of yesterday, when compared with the line of the Supreme Pontiffs. That line we trace back in an unbroken series, from the Pope who crowned Napoleon in the nineteenth century to the Pope who crowned Pepin in the eighth; and far beyond the time of Pepin the august dynasty extends, till it is lost in the twilight of fable.
الصفحة 257 - There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness in all his lineaments ; the eye alone, I think, indicated the poetical character and temperament. It was large and of a dark cast, which glowed, I say literally glowed, when he spoke with feeling or interest. I never saw such another eye in a human head, though I have seen the most distinguished men of my time.
الصفحة 85 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
الصفحة 36 - The style of Bunyan is delightful to every reader, and invaluable as . a study to every person who wishes to obtain a wide command over the English language. The vocabulary is the vocabulary of the common people. There is not an expression, if we except a few technical . terms of theology, which would puzzle the rudest peasant. We have observed several pages which do not contain a single word of more than two syllables. Yet no writer has said more exactly...
الصفحة 287 - I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt of the Lords to stop the progress of reform, reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824, there set in a great flood upon that town — the tide rose to an incredible height — the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction.
الصفحة 102 - The observed of all observers, quite, quite down! And I, of ladies most deject and wretched, That suck'd the honey of his music vows, Now see that noble and most sovereign reason, Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh...
الصفحة 19 - Behind him cast. The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe.
الصفحة 57 - I have often been pleased to hear disputes adjusted between an inhabitant of Japan and an alderman of London, or to see a subject of the great mogul entering into a league with one of the Czar of Muscovy.