Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: To which are Added a Few Poems, Том 1J. Munroe, 1845 |
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... Peartree , whom he espouses on the same even- ing , both being by general acknowledgment among the prettiest and most amiable young women , as well as the best poetesses of the Celestial Empire . We are inform- ed by the translator ...
... Peartree , whom he espouses on the same even- ing , both being by general acknowledgment among the prettiest and most amiable young women , as well as the best poetesses of the Celestial Empire . We are inform- ed by the translator ...
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... Peartree . The concluding part of the trans- lator's Preface contains some observations on the style of the work , and on the principles by which he has been governed in the translation . It has been made a ques tion , whether titles of ...
... Peartree . The concluding part of the trans- lator's Preface contains some observations on the style of the work , and on the principles by which he has been governed in the translation . It has been made a ques tion , whether titles of ...
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... pear - tree , which was considered in the family as quite a masterpiece . We may remark en pas- sant that the Chinese poets seem to select their subjects , in preference , from the vegetable kingdom ; and that among the various sorts of ...
... pear - tree , which was considered in the family as quite a masterpiece . We may remark en pas- sant that the Chinese poets seem to select their subjects , in preference , from the vegetable kingdom ; and that among the various sorts of ...
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... Peartree , whose introduction is effected in the following manner . After taking leave of his mistress in the manner above described , our hero sets off for the capital of the empire , where he expects to find uncle Gu . He gets on for ...
... Peartree , whose introduction is effected in the following manner . After taking leave of his mistress in the manner above described , our hero sets off for the capital of the empire , where he expects to find uncle Gu . He gets on for ...
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... Peartree in disguise . If Red - Jasper hold the post of heroine , this visionary beauty has , we suspect , the whole heart of our author , though he allows her only half of that of his hero . He describes her on this her first ...
... Peartree in disguise . If Red - Jasper hold the post of heroine , this visionary beauty has , we suspect , the whole heart of our author , though he allows her only half of that of his hero . He describes her on this her first ...
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Сторінка 207 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known : riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none : No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil : No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too ; but innocent and pure : No sovereignty : — Seb.
Сторінка 207 - Treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine Would I not have ; but nature should bring forth Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people.
Сторінка 210 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Сторінка 404 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Сторінка 460 - I had rather believe all the fables in the legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind ; and, therefore, God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.
Сторінка 318 - Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day — Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Сторінка 407 - Excudent alii spirantia mollius aera, credo equidem, vivos ducent de marmore vultus, orabunt causas melius, caelique meatus describent radio et surgentia sidera dicent: 850 tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento; hae tibi erunt artes; pacisque imponere morem, parcere subiectis et debellare superbos.
Сторінка 317 - So much understanding, so much knowledge, so much innocence, and such humility, I did not think had been the portion of any but angels, till I saw this gentleman.
Сторінка 241 - Greek mythology, a. monster with the body of a man and the head of a bull.
Сторінка 248 - WHILE, lost to all his former mirth, Britannia's genius bends to earth, And mourns the fatal day : While stain'd with blood he strives to tear Unseemly from his sea-green hair...