Biographic portraitures: or, Sketches of the lives and characters of a few illustrious persons1861 |
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... , exercises ; all without spirit or any proper purpose . " Still , so far as the virtue of such matters went , he appears to have made a very excellent proficiency . In the course of time he became competent to write HEYNE . 15.
... , exercises ; all without spirit or any proper purpose . " Still , so far as the virtue of such matters went , he appears to have made a very excellent proficiency . In the course of time he became competent to write HEYNE . 15.
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... spirit ? " Upwards , how- ever , he still strove with resolution . " A feeling of honour , a wish for something better , an effort to work myself out of this abasement , incessantly attended me ; but being without direction , it led me ...
... spirit ? " Upwards , how- ever , he still strove with resolution . " A feeling of honour , a wish for something better , an effort to work myself out of this abasement , incessantly attended me ; but being without direction , it led me ...
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... spirit . He longed to die and be at rest , knowing that in the grave there is no want . Yet there is always mercy in the world , and the kindliness of gentle hearts ever gushes , even among the arid places where the most unhappy wander ...
... spirit . He longed to die and be at rest , knowing that in the grave there is no want . Yet there is always mercy in the world , and the kindliness of gentle hearts ever gushes , even among the arid places where the most unhappy wander ...
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... spirits . She left him to prepare his coffee ; and returning with it about a quarter of an hour afterwards , she found him fallen down before his washing- stand . His hands being still wet , it appeared that death had overtaken him ...
... spirits . She left him to prepare his coffee ; and returning with it about a quarter of an hour afterwards , she found him fallen down before his washing- stand . His hands being still wet , it appeared that death had overtaken him ...
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... spirit and character , their way of life and thought ; " how , in short , the world and human life were represented to the minds of men in the olden foregone ages , and what manner of living and acting persons the Greeks and Romans ...
... spirit and character , their way of life and thought ; " how , in short , the world and human life were represented to the minds of men in the olden foregone ages , and what manner of living and acting persons the Greeks and Romans ...
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Biographic Portraitures: Or, Sketches of the Lives Ahd Characters of a Few ... John Leaf Повний перегляд - 1861 |
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Сторінка 93 - Tell them the men that placed him here Are scandals to the times — Are at a loss to find his guilt, And can't commit his crimes.
Сторінка 99 - Little remains : but every hour is saved From that eternal silence, something more, A bringer of new things; and vile it were For some three suns to store and hoard myself, And this gray spirit yearning in desire To follow knowledge like a sinking star, Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.
Сторінка 89 - I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women. We reproach the sex every day with folly and impertinence, while I am confident, had they the advantages of education equal to us, they would be guilty of less than ourselves.
Сторінка 99 - Little remains: but every hour is saved From that eternal silence, something more, A bringer of new things; and vile it were For some three suns to store and hoard myself...
Сторінка 91 - Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there: And 'twill be found upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation.
Сторінка 77 - We state Fichte's character, as it is known and admitted by men of all parties among the Germans, when we say that so robust an intellect, a soul so calm, so lofty, massive, and immovable, has not mingled in philosophical discussion since the time of Luther.
Сторінка 91 - COULD but our ancestors retrieve their fate, And see their offspring thus degenerate ; How we contend for birth and names unknown, And build on their past actions, not our own ; They'd cancel records, and their tombs deface, And openly disown the vile degenerate race : For fame of families is all a cheat, It's personal virtue only makes us great.
Сторінка 91 - We can never enjoy a settled, uninterrupted union and tranquillity in this nation till the spirit of Whiggism, faction, and schism is melted down like the old money.
Сторінка 84 - famous on various accounts, and every one of them dear to Britons who love their country, value the Protestant interest, or have an aversion to tyranny and oppression.
Сторінка 99 - And what if the Pretender should Come ? or, some Considerations of the Advantages and real Consequences of the Pretender's possessing the Crown of Great Britain.