"Curiosities of Literature: 2d series and his "Literary character".W. Pearson & Company, 1835 |
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... preserve what is precious . Bayle is the invent- or of a work which dignified a collection of facts constitut- ing his text , by the argumentative powers and the copious illustrations which charm us in his diversified commentary ...
... preserve what is precious . Bayle is the invent- or of a work which dignified a collection of facts constitut- ing his text , by the argumentative powers and the copious illustrations which charm us in his diversified commentary ...
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... preserved as a litera- ry curiosity , Bayle's Critique ' is declared to be defamato ry and calumnious , abounding with seditious forgeries , per- nicious to all good subjects , and therefore is condemned to be torn to pieces , and burnt ...
... preserved as a litera- ry curiosity , Bayle's Critique ' is declared to be defamato ry and calumnious , abounding with seditious forgeries , per- nicious to all good subjects , and therefore is condemned to be torn to pieces , and burnt ...
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... preserved it in their lectures . This singular produc tion has , however , had the hard fate of being unjustle depreciated : Lanzi calls it pittoresca veramente piu che poetico ; Mr Fuseli sarcastically compares it to a medi- cal ...
... preserved it in their lectures . This singular produc tion has , however , had the hard fate of being unjustle depreciated : Lanzi calls it pittoresca veramente piu che poetico ; Mr Fuseli sarcastically compares it to a medi- cal ...
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... preserved ; and if endowed with sufficient funds . there are important labours , which surpass the means and industry of the individual , which would be more advantageously formed by such liter- ary unions . An academy of literature can ...
... preserved ; and if endowed with sufficient funds . there are important labours , which surpass the means and industry of the individual , which would be more advantageously formed by such liter- ary unions . An academy of literature can ...
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... preserved this happy intention of Evelyn's , which exemplifies what may be called the continuity and genealogy of ... preservation of the Royal Society from the pas sions of the age . It was in the lodgings of Dr Wilkins in Wadham Col ...
... preserved this happy intention of Evelyn's , which exemplifies what may be called the continuity and genealogy of ... preservation of the Royal Society from the pas sions of the age . It was in the lodgings of Dr Wilkins in Wadham Col ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
afterwards amidst amusing ancient apoplexy appears awake Bayle become Ben Jonson Bishop body brain called cause Charles Cicero circumstance Coke curious death declared delight discovered dreams drunkards drunkenness duke Duke of Anjou effect English excited existence eyes fact fancy favour favourite feelings France French genius George Steevens give habit hand historian honour Hudibras human imagination invention Italian Italy Jesuits king labour lady learned letter liquor literary character literature lived Lord Lord Bacon Magius manuscript masques ment mind nation nature never Niceron night observed occasion Oldys opium original parliament party passion person Petrarch philosopher Plutarch poet political preserved principle produced proverbs queen racter Rawleigh remarkable says scene secret history seems Shenstone sleep society sometimes somnambulism spirit taste thing thought tion truth volume words writing
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 243 - Western nations at the close of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century.
Seite 19 - Though thy slumber may be deep, Yet thy spirit shall not sleep, There are shades which will not vanish, There are thoughts thou canst not banish ; By a power to thee unknown, Thou canst never be alone ; Thou art wrapt as with a shroud, Thou art gathered in a cloud ; And for ever shalt thou dwell In the spirit of this spell.
Seite 301 - Give me my scallop-shell of quiet, My staff of faith to walk upon. My scrip of joy, immortal diet, My bottle of salvation, My gown of glory, hope's true gage; And thus I'll take my pilgrimage.
Seite 82 - ... due observation, I have found that if the murders and manslaughters, the burglaries and robberies, the riots and tumults, the adulteries, fornications, rapes, and other enormities that have happened in that time, were divided into five parts, four of them have been the issues and product of excessive drinking — of tavern or ale-house drinking.
Seite 52 - Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages. Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.
Seite 321 - No, Sir, let it alone. It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.
Seite 47 - I keep the subject constantly before me, and wait till the first dawnings open slowly by little and little into a full and clear light.
Seite 23 - Scotland, purchased these lands from the titular, and therefore that the present prosecution was groundless. But, after an industrious search among his father's papers, an investigation of the public records, and a careful inquiry among all persons who had transacted law business for his father, no evidence could be recovered to support his defence.
Seite 18 - Man is a weed in those regions. The vast empires also, into which the enormous population of Asia has always been cast, give a further sublimity to the feelings associated with all Oriental names or images. In China, over and above what it has in common with the rest of southern...
Seite 407 - my history will not be long : the life that is devoted to knowledge passes silently away, and is very little diversified by events. To talk in public, to think in solitude, to read and to hear, to inquire and answer inquiries, is the business of a scholar. He wanders about the world without pomp or terror, and is neither known nor valued but by men like himself.