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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... genius and his worth . It was a theory of Lavater that we insensibly contract a certain degree of physical resemblance , especially as regards expression , to those with whom we live much in domestic intimacy . Be this as it may , there ...
... genius and his worth . It was a theory of Lavater that we insensibly contract a certain degree of physical resemblance , especially as regards expression , to those with whom we live much in domestic intimacy . Be this as it may , there ...
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... genius , holds equally true of wit or fun : ' as many as are not delighted by it , are disturbed , per- plexed , irritated . ' We are consequently not the least astonished to find Sydney Smith driven to the follow- ing defence , even at ...
... genius , holds equally true of wit or fun : ' as many as are not delighted by it , are disturbed , per- plexed , irritated . ' We are consequently not the least astonished to find Sydney Smith driven to the follow- ing defence , even at ...
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... genius as a superior aptitude to patience . May not goodness and virtue be resolved into the same element , when an uncongenial course of life is deliberately adopted , and a host of pri- vations and ( if you please , petty ) miseries ...
... genius as a superior aptitude to patience . May not goodness and virtue be resolved into the same element , when an uncongenial course of life is deliberately adopted , and a host of pri- vations and ( if you please , petty ) miseries ...
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... genius upon the exterior ; it escaped this danger , however , and the result was wonderful . Each year added to its charms : it grew younger and younger ; a new wheel , a new spring ; I christened it the Immortal ; it was known all over ...
... genius upon the exterior ; it escaped this danger , however , and the result was wonderful . Each year added to its charms : it grew younger and younger ; a new wheel , a new spring ; I christened it the Immortal ; it was known all over ...
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... genius than yourself , or one by whose works I have been more com- pletely interested , I will repudiate you , and dine with the more splendid phenomenon of the two . ' Ever yours sincerely , VOL . I. F ' SYDNEY SMITH . ' ' July 4 ...
... genius than yourself , or one by whose works I have been more com- pletely interested , I will repudiate you , and dine with the more splendid phenomenon of the two . ' Ever yours sincerely , VOL . I. F ' SYDNEY SMITH . ' ' July 4 ...
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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.