Contributions to the Edinburgh Review, Band 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846 - 733 Seiten |
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... thought had a tendency to make men happier and better . - I am quite aware of the arrogance which may be ascribed to this statement and even of the ridicule which may attach to it . Nevertheless , it is the only apology which I now wish ...
... thought had a tendency to make men happier and better . - I am quite aware of the arrogance which may be ascribed to this statement and even of the ridicule which may attach to it . Nevertheless , it is the only apology which I now wish ...
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... thought it was now " too late ; and reminded him that I had often pointed " out to him the consequences of letting his work be- come a party tool . He said , he did not care for the consequences : There were but four men he feared as 66 ...
... thought it was now " too late ; and reminded him that I had often pointed " out to him the consequences of letting his work be- come a party tool . He said , he did not care for the consequences : There were but four men he feared as 66 ...
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... thought the intemperate tone of some of our political articles and though I generally made the best defence I could for them , I distinctly remember more than one occasion on which , after admitting that the youthful ardour of some of ...
... thought the intemperate tone of some of our political articles and though I generally made the best defence I could for them , I distinctly remember more than one occasion on which , after admitting that the youthful ardour of some of ...
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... thought the most beautiful , this epithet is scarcely ever employed but to denote some rare and unusual combination of veins , colours , or dimensions . As to landscapes , again , and almost all the works of art , without exception ...
... thought the most beautiful , this epithet is scarcely ever employed but to denote some rare and unusual combination of veins , colours , or dimensions . As to landscapes , again , and almost all the works of art , without exception ...
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... thought , and to such pro- tracted meditations ; but we cannot possibly admit that their existence is necessary to the perception of beauty , or that it is in this state of mind exclusively that the sense of beauty exists . The ...
... thought , and to such pro- tracted meditations ; but we cannot possibly admit that their existence is necessary to the perception of beauty , or that it is in this state of mind exclusively that the sense of beauty exists . The ...
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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.