The Quarterly Review, Volume 46William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1832 - English literature |
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... doubt , have been more agreeable to the mul- titude of our literati , if Mr. Croker had not urged pretensions of so many sorts at one and the same time upon their candour . We may flatter ourselves , if we will , that we are geniuses ...
... doubt , have been more agreeable to the mul- titude of our literati , if Mr. Croker had not urged pretensions of so many sorts at one and the same time upon their candour . We may flatter ourselves , if we will , that we are geniuses ...
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... doubt , be elicited in the course of their exertions , but the general effect will be to swamp the solid classics of the land amidst a chaos of crude abridgments , and tasteless rifaccimentos . It was a saying of , if we recollect ...
... doubt , be elicited in the course of their exertions , but the general effect will be to swamp the solid classics of the land amidst a chaos of crude abridgments , and tasteless rifaccimentos . It was a saying of , if we recollect ...
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... doubt , -excepting , yet hardly excepting , a few immortal monuments of creative ge- nius , that English book , which , were this island to be sunk to- morrow with all that it inhabits , would be most prized in other days and countries ...
... doubt , -excepting , yet hardly excepting , a few immortal monuments of creative ge- nius , that English book , which , were this island to be sunk to- morrow with all that it inhabits , would be most prized in other days and countries ...
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... doubts whether he ever unbosomed himself to any one of them with real brotherly confidence . In so far as we can presume to ... doubt , had originally a great share in Johnson's acceptance of him - there was , on the other hand , almost ...
... doubts whether he ever unbosomed himself to any one of them with real brotherly confidence . In so far as we can presume to ... doubt , had originally a great share in Johnson's acceptance of him - there was , on the other hand , almost ...
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... doubt thought what Lord Thurlow ex- pressed to the author himself : I have read it ? -Yes , d - n you , every word - but I could not help it ; ' - were ashamed of them- selves , in short , for having condescended to be amused with such ...
... doubt thought what Lord Thurlow ex- pressed to the author himself : I have read it ? -Yes , d - n you , every word - but I could not help it ; ' - were ashamed of them- selves , in short , for having condescended to be amused with such ...
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Page 162 - Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide. They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
Page 129 - The whispering zephyr and the purling rill? Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies?
Page 27 - Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd...
Page 451 - I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure, any intention to subvert the present church establishment as settled by law within this realm, and I do solemnly swear, that I never will exercise any privilege to which I am or may become entitled, to disturb or weaken the protestant religion or protestant government in the United Kingdom.
Page 27 - Praise, said the sage, with a sigh, is to an old man an empty sound. I have neither mother to be delighted with the reputation of her son, nor wife to partake the honours of her husband.
Page 39 - I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of romance might have delighted to feign. I had indeed no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air was soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude.
Page 160 - Vare, tuum nomen, superet modo Mantua nobis, Mantua vae miserae nimium vicina Cremonae, cantantes sublime ferent ad sidera cycni.' L. Sic tua Cyrneas fugiant examina taxos, 30 sic cytiso pastae distendant ubera vaccae : incipe, si quid habes. Et me fecere poetam Pierides, sunt et mihi carmina, me quoque dicunt vatem pastores ; sed non ego credulus illis. Nam neque adhuc Vario videor nec dicere Cinna 35 digna, sed argutos inter strepere anser olores.
Page 220 - I am convinced that those societies (as the Indians) which live without government, enjoy in their general mass an infinitely greater degree of happiness than those who live under the European governments.
Page 293 - The Atlantic was roused : Mrs. Partington's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a slop or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest.
Page 469 - Chateaubriand, pourquoi fuir ta patrie, Fuir son amour, notre encens et nos soins? N'entends-tu pas la France qui s'écrie: Mon beau ciel pleure une étoile de moins!