The Metropolitan Magazine, Том 12

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Saunders and Otley, 1835

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Сторінка 164 - Greek, — the shrine of the genius of the old world; as universal as our race, as individual as ourselves ; of infinite flexibility, of indefatigable strength, with the complication and the distinctness of nature herself; to which nothing was vulgar, from which nothing was excluded ; speaking to the ear like Italian, speaking to the mind like English; with words like pictures, with words like the gossamer film of the summer; at once the variety and picturesquene.ss of Homer, the gloom and the intensity...
Сторінка 263 - WE parted in silence, we parted by night, On the banks of that lonely river ; Where the fragrant limes their boughs unite, We met — and we parted forever ! The night-bird sung, and the stars above Told many a touching story Of friends long passed to the kingdom of love, Where the soul wears its mantle of glory. We parted in silence, — our cheeks were wet With the tears that were past controlling ; We vowed we would never, no, never forget...
Сторінка 164 - State : inferior to its half parent and rival in the embodying of passion and in the distinguishing of thought, but equal to it in sustaining the measured march of history and superior to it in the indignant declamation of moral satire ; stamped with the mark of an imperial and...
Сторінка 164 - ... will not say evil, were the days allowed to me for such pursuits ; and I was constrained, still young and an unripe scholar, to forego them for the duties of an active and laborious profession. They are now amusements only, however delightful and improving. Far am I from assuming...
Сторінка 118 - I am confident, fully participate in the regret which I feel at the destruction, by accidental fire, of that part of the ancient Palace of Westminster, which has been long appropriated to the use of the two Houses of Parliament. Upon the occurrence of this calamity, I gave immediate directions that the best provision, of which the circumstances of the case would admit, should be made for your present meeting...
Сторінка 164 - Cicero, and by him found wanting ; yet majestic in its barrenness, impressive in its conciseness ; the true language of history, instinct with the spirit of nations, and not with the passions of individuals ; breathing the maxims of the world, and not the tenets of the schools ;' one and uniform in its air and spirit, whether touched by the stern and haughty...
Сторінка 261 - The nation has its laws ; it is so everywhere. Even England has its laws. How much more the celestial empire ! How flaming bright are its great laws and ordinances. More terrible than the awful thunderbolt ! Under this whole bright heaven, none dares to disobey them.

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