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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... this a some- what hazardous experiment , I have adopted the inter- mediate course of publishing a selection carefully revised . 8 ST . JAMES STREET : October 27 , 1878 . CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME . THE REV . SYDNEY.
... this a some- what hazardous experiment , I have adopted the inter- mediate course of publishing a selection carefully revised . 8 ST . JAMES STREET : October 27 , 1878 . CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME . THE REV . SYDNEY.
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... course . He might have turned out a Scarlett at Nisi Prius , and an Ellenborough on the Bench . He would also have been spared the sarcasms , galling though ill - founded , so repeatedly levelled at him for trifling with his sacred ...
... course . He might have turned out a Scarlett at Nisi Prius , and an Ellenborough on the Bench . He would also have been spared the sarcasms , galling though ill - founded , so repeatedly levelled at him for trifling with his sacred ...
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... course the principal contributors were speedily recognised , and had a mark set against their names by the dispensers of public honours and emoluments . Their position has been thus vividly portrayed by their clerical associate : From ...
... course the principal contributors were speedily recognised , and had a mark set against their names by the dispensers of public honours and emoluments . Their position has been thus vividly portrayed by their clerical associate : From ...
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... course of life is deliberately adopted , and a host of pri- vations and ( if you please , petty ) miseries are know- ingly encountered from a genuine and profound sense of duty ? — A diner - out , a wit , and a popular preacher , ' to ...
... course of life is deliberately adopted , and a host of pri- vations and ( if you please , petty ) miseries are know- ingly encountered from a genuine and profound sense of duty ? — A diner - out , a wit , and a popular preacher , ' to ...
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... course , and not a prize fight without an archdeacon in the paws of the police . ' He seems not to have been aware that the prince of pickpockets , Barrington , did attend a drawing - room in the dress of a bishop , and was apprehended ...
... course , and not a prize fight without an archdeacon in the paws of the police . ' He seems not to have been aware that the prince of pickpockets , Barrington , did attend a drawing - room in the dress of a bishop , and was apprehended ...
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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.