The National Miscellany, Том 1National Miscellany, 1853 |
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... hope and dread , a sense of effort , a want of that warm easy motion , of that freer action which takes place when the " hand is in . " The first speech of the actor , the first song of the singer , the first motion of the skater , the ...
... hope and dread , a sense of effort , a want of that warm easy motion , of that freer action which takes place when the " hand is in . " The first speech of the actor , the first song of the singer , the first motion of the skater , the ...
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... hope bye and bye to give forth our thoughts with fuller and easier tones . At any rate we begin with hope , and we are able to turn to a goodly host of able coadjutors prepared to aid us in our task . And to speak a few words in sober ...
... hope bye and bye to give forth our thoughts with fuller and easier tones . At any rate we begin with hope , and we are able to turn to a goodly host of able coadjutors prepared to aid us in our task . And to speak a few words in sober ...
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... hope , been somewhat " sold off . " French books do their best to keep up the taste , and with this addition , that they seem more deeply dyed with vice than those of English manufacture . May the whole herd of horror - mongers find it ...
... hope , been somewhat " sold off . " French books do their best to keep up the taste , and with this addition , that they seem more deeply dyed with vice than those of English manufacture . May the whole herd of horror - mongers find it ...
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... hope , that one , who has such knowledge and ability , with so much good sense , and so matured a judgment , may be yet spared to carry out on a larger scale and in a wider field , some , at least , of the humane suggestions , which are ...
... hope , that one , who has such knowledge and ability , with so much good sense , and so matured a judgment , may be yet spared to carry out on a larger scale and in a wider field , some , at least , of the humane suggestions , which are ...
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... hope as regards the real spirit and temper of the age , to observe how quickly this first phalanx of trashy or vicious books has been shouldered out of the field , or at any rate shouldered into comparative obscurity , by the rapid ...
... hope as regards the real spirit and temper of the age , to observe how quickly this first phalanx of trashy or vicious books has been shouldered out of the field , or at any rate shouldered into comparative obscurity , by the rapid ...
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Сторінка 237 - like a distressed prince who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid. I was undone by my auxiliary. When I had once called him in, I could not subsist without dependence on him.
Сторінка 19 - Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came up against all the fenced cities of Judah and took them.
Сторінка 405 - However, many of the most learned and wise adhere to the new scheme of expressing themselves by things ; which hath only this inconvenience attending it, that if a man's business be very great, and of various kinds, he must be obliged in proportion to carry a greater bundle of things upon his back, unless he can afford one or two strong servants to attend him.
Сторінка 405 - An expedient was therefore offered, that since words are only names for things, it would be more convenient for all men to carry about them such things as were necessary to express the particular business they are to discourse on.
Сторінка 229 - ... professes to awaken and direct your love, your pity, your kindness ; your scorn for untruth, pretension, imposture ; your tenderness for the weak, the poor, the oppressed, the unhappy. To the best of his means and ability he comments on all the ordinary actions and passions of life almost. He takes upon himself to be the week-day preacher, so to speak. Accordingly, as he finds, and speaks, and feels the truth best, we regard him, esteem him — sometimes love him.
Сторінка 6 - SONG. ON MAY MORNING. |0 W the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flow'ry May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and...
Сторінка 82 - mong men, not mailed in scorn, But in the armour of a pure intent. Great duties are before me, and great songs, And whether crowned or crownless, when I fall, It matters not, so as God's work is done.
Сторінка 79 - THE lark is singing in the blinding sky, Hedges are white with May. The bridegroom sea Is toying with the shore, his wedded bride, And, in the fulness of his marriage joy, He decorates her tawny brow with shells, Retires a space, to see how fair she looks, Then proud runs up to kiss her.
Сторінка 240 - As a picture of manners the novel of "Tom Jones" is indeed exquisite: as a work of construction quite a wonder: the by-play of wisdom; the power of observation; the multiplied felicitous turns and thoughts; the varied character of the great Comic Epic; keep the reader in a perpetual admiration and curiosity.* But against Mr.
Сторінка 227 - Lectures were once useful ; but now, when all can read, and books are so numerous, lectures are unnecessary. If your attention fails, and you miss a part of the lecture, it is lost ; you cannot go back as you do upon a book.