Contributions to the Edinburgh Review, Band 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846 - 733 Seiten |
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... admirable remarks , and touches , with the hand of a master , upon many of the disputable parts of the question ; but he evades the particular point at issue between us and Mr. Knight , by stating , that it is quite immaterial to his ...
... admirable remarks , and touches , with the hand of a master , upon many of the disputable parts of the question ; but he evades the particular point at issue between us and Mr. Knight , by stating , that it is quite immaterial to his ...
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... admired , and so deserving of admiration , occur to them at every moment , and with them , all those enthusiastic ideas of ancient genius and glory , which the study of so many years of youth so naturally leads them to form . Or , if ...
... admired , and so deserving of admiration , occur to them at every moment , and with them , all those enthusiastic ideas of ancient genius and glory , which the study of so many years of youth so naturally leads them to form . Or , if ...
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... admiring what they now laugh at ; as certainly as those who succeed them twenty years hereafter will laugh at them ... admired , and exalted , were habitually arrayed . They were associated , therefore , with ideas of opulence , and ...
... admiring what they now laugh at ; as certainly as those who succeed them twenty years hereafter will laugh at them ... admired , and exalted , were habitually arrayed . They were associated , therefore , with ideas of opulence , and ...
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... admiration which these recollections afford , seems to give a kind of sanctity to the place where they dwelt , and converts every thing into beauty which appears to have been connected with them . " There are similar impressions , -as ...
... admiration which these recollections afford , seems to give a kind of sanctity to the place where they dwelt , and converts every thing into beauty which appears to have been connected with them . " There are similar impressions , -as ...
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... admired and enchanting passages in poetry , which consist entirely in the expres- sion of affecting sentiments , the question would be speedily decided ; and it is a fact , at all events , too re- markable to be omitted , that some of ...
... admired and enchanting passages in poetry , which consist entirely in the expres- sion of affecting sentiments , the question would be speedily decided ; and it is a fact , at all events , too re- markable to be omitted , that some of ...
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Seite 402 - His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, * When Kempenfelt went down 'With twice four hundred men.
Seite 430 - Time made thee what thou wast, king of the woods ; And time hath made thee what thou art — a cave For owls to roost in.
Seite 430 - The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And all thine embryo vastness at a gulp.
Seite 717 - With all the visionary fervor of his imagination, its fondest dreams fell short of the reality. He died in ignorance of the real grandeur of his discovery. Until his last breath he entertained the idea that he had merely opened a new way to the old resorts of opulent commerce, and had discovered some of the wild regions of the East. He supposed Hispauiola to be the ancient Ophir which had been visited by the ships of Solomon, and that Cuba and Terra Firma were but remote parts of Asia.
Seite 709 - Bobadilla should order in their name ; by their authority he has put upon me these chains, I will wear them until they shall order them to be taken off, and I will preserve them afterwards as relics and memorials of the reward of my services...
Seite 702 - Rome : a modest smile lighted up his features, showing that he enjoyed the state and glory in which he came ; and certainly nothing could be more deeply moving to a mind inflamed by noble ambition, and conscious of having greatly deserved, than these testimonials of the admiration and gratitude of a nation, or rather of a world.
Seite 607 - N'oubliez jamais, dans quelque position que vous placent ma politique et l'intérêt de mon Empire , que vos premiers devoirs sont envers moi, vos seconds envers la France : tous vos autres devoirs, même ceux envers les peuples que je pourrais vous confier, ne viennent qu'après.
Seite 471 - So great was his reason and goodness, that upon consideration it made my folly appear to me so vile, that from that day until the day of his death I never thought fit to ask him any business but what he communicated freely to me in order to his estate or family.
Seite 404 - I shall see you again. I shall hear your voice. We shall take walks together. I will show you my prospects, the hovel, the alcove, the Ouse and its banks, everything that I have described. I anticipate the pleasure of those days not very far distant, and feel a part of it at this moment. Talk not of an inn ! Mention it not for your life ! We have never had so many visitors but we could easily accommodate them all...
Seite 150 - Long did I endeavour, with unfeigned and unwearied zeal, to preserve from breaking that fine and noble China vase, the British empire ; for I knew, that, being once broken, the separate parts could not retain even their share of the strength or value that existed in the whole, and that a perfect reunion of those parts could scarce ever be hoped for.