Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: To which are Added a Few Poems, Том 1J. Munroe, 1845 |
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... de Sévigné . The time will probably come , in the progress of civiliza- tion , when the military and civic glories of this period - rest , - ―― - as will be still more lightly , because 26 EVERETT'S MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS .
... de Sévigné . The time will probably come , in the progress of civiliza- tion , when the military and civic glories of this period - rest , - ―― - as will be still more lightly , because 26 EVERETT'S MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS .
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... tion which once existed in Spain , * and , after it was abol- * It is rather remarkable that Sir John Copley , lately appointed Lord Chancellor of England , ( son of our countryman , the celebrated painter , ) in a speech on the ...
... tion which once existed in Spain , * and , after it was abol- * It is rather remarkable that Sir John Copley , lately appointed Lord Chancellor of England , ( son of our countryman , the celebrated painter , ) in a speech on the ...
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... tion the work with the Bachelor of Salamanca , Guzman de Alfarache , and Le Diable Boiteux , among the author's imitations or translations from the Spanish , as if he had himself acknowledged it to be so , as he did the others . It ...
... tion the work with the Bachelor of Salamanca , Guzman de Alfarache , and Le Diable Boiteux , among the author's imitations or translations from the Spanish , as if he had himself acknowledged it to be so , as he did the others . It ...
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... tion or imitation from the Spanish . Father Isla , notwith- standing his confident tone , has no direct proof whatever to support his assertion ; nor has he attempted even to make it out by internal evidence , as he naturally should ...
... tion or imitation from the Spanish . Father Isla , notwith- standing his confident tone , has no direct proof whatever to support his assertion ; nor has he attempted even to make it out by internal evidence , as he naturally should ...
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... tion of the French and Spanish nations , the public lost sight for a time of this dispute about the origin of Gil Blas , and we do not find that any thing of note was published respecting it until the year 1818 , when Count François de ...
... tion of the French and Spanish nations , the public lost sight for a time of this dispute about the origin of Gil Blas , and we do not find that any thing of note was published respecting it until the year 1818 , when Count François de ...
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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...