The Rev. Sydney Smith ... Samuel Rogers. Frederic von Gentz. Maria Edgeworth ... The countess Hahn-Hahn. De Stendhal (Henri Beyle). Alexander DumasLongmans, Green, and Company, 1878 - Biography |
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... appear in its natural shape and genuine colours . In his hands the logical process called the reductio ad absurdum operated like the spear of Ithuriel . No form of sophistry or phase of bigotry could help throwing off its disguise at ...
... appear in its natural shape and genuine colours . In his hands the logical process called the reductio ad absurdum operated like the spear of Ithuriel . No form of sophistry or phase of bigotry could help throwing off its disguise at ...
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... appear abridged in three volumes octavo . ' An excellent judge of composition ( Milman ) has spoken of the increased vigour of style and boldness of illustration in Sydney Smith's writings as he advanced in years . This is most ...
... appear abridged in three volumes octavo . ' An excellent judge of composition ( Milman ) has spoken of the increased vigour of style and boldness of illustration in Sydney Smith's writings as he advanced in years . This is most ...
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... appear- ance as a poet , which was not unlikely , considering the amount of labour that he was wont to devote to his compositions . The Ode to Superstition , with some other Poems , ' was published in 1786. It was an eighteen- penny ...
... appear- ance as a poet , which was not unlikely , considering the amount of labour that he was wont to devote to his compositions . The Ode to Superstition , with some other Poems , ' was published in 1786. It was an eighteen- penny ...
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... appears ! ' This is genuine poetry . It will bear any test or criterion , and will fare best by being tried by Words- worth's , —the extent to which the imagination blends itself with the scene supposed to be passing , and realises it ...
... appears ! ' This is genuine poetry . It will bear any test or criterion , and will fare best by being tried by Words- worth's , —the extent to which the imagination blends itself with the scene supposed to be passing , and realises it ...
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... appears from time to time tells to his credit in the various Memoirs , & c . You find him always a peacemaker , always giving wise counsel , generous and kind .'— Private MS . 6 The author of The Winter's Walk , ' after al- luding to ...
... appears from time to time tells to his credit in the various Memoirs , & c . You find him always a peacemaker , always giving wise counsel , generous and kind .'— Private MS . 6 The author of The Winter's Walk , ' after al- luding to ...
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Page 83 - And rise to faults true critics dare not mend. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part. And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art, Which, without passing through the judgment, gains The heart, and all its end at once attains.
Page 94 - IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon-light; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray.
Page 106 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the...
Page 214 - Thou hast also known too well ! Fairest flower, behold the lily, Blooming in the sunny ray : Let the blast sweep o'er the valley, See it prostrate on the clay. Hear the wood-lark charm the forest, Telling o'er his little joys ; Hapless bird ! a prey the surest To each pirate of the skies. Dearly bought the hidden treasure Finer feelings can bestow ; Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure Thrill the deepest notes of woe.
Page 115 - Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light: But, oh ! she dances such a way— No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.
Page 117 - Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low, — an excellent thing in woman.
Page 22 - Better a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.