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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... father had no control forbade his taking that active share in the affairs of his country for which his talents and bis character so eminently fitted him , yet neither circumstances nor power could suppress these talents , or subdue and ...
... father had no control forbade his taking that active share in the affairs of his country for which his talents and bis character so eminently fitted him , yet neither circumstances nor power could suppress these talents , or subdue and ...
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... father abandoned him to his own resources , which were insuf- ficient , he thought , to justify him in studying for the profession of his choice - the Bar . So , after being within an ace of going out as supercargo to China , he ...
... father abandoned him to his own resources , which were insuf- ficient , he thought , to justify him in studying for the profession of his choice - the Bar . So , after being within an ace of going out as supercargo to China , he ...
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... father's only tangible and appreciable contribution towards their future ménage were six small silver teaspoons , which , from much wear , had become the ghosts of their former selves . One day , in the madness of his joy , he came ...
... father's only tangible and appreciable contribution towards their future ménage were six small silver teaspoons , which , from much wear , had become the ghosts of their former selves . One day , in the madness of his joy , he came ...
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... fathers of a hundred ruined families could be put to the question or brought to confession , ninety at least of them would own that their primary embarrass- ments ( like those of the Primrose family ) arose from the wish to keep up ...
... fathers of a hundred ruined families could be put to the question or brought to confession , ninety at least of them would own that their primary embarrass- ments ( like those of the Primrose family ) arose from the wish to keep up ...
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... father's feet and im- bued with his noble spirit , for the biographer of such a man , their doubts will vanish into thin air before they have half finished the seventh chapter , describing the building of the Foston Parsonage , and the ...
... father's feet and im- bued with his noble spirit , for the biographer of such a man , their doubts will vanish into thin air before they have half finished the seventh chapter , describing the building of the Foston Parsonage , and the ...
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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.