The Spirit of the Age, Or, Contemporary PortraitsH. Colburn, 1825 - 424 стор. |
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... , his dress , and his manner , intent only on his grand theme of UTILITY -or pausing , perhaps , for want of breath and with lack - lustre eye to point out to the stranger a stone in the wall at the end of his garden ( JEREMY BENTHAM . 5.
... , his dress , and his manner , intent only on his grand theme of UTILITY -or pausing , perhaps , for want of breath and with lack - lustre eye to point out to the stranger a stone in the wall at the end of his garden ( JEREMY BENTHAM . 5.
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... perhaps , over - rates the importance of his own theories . He has been heard to say ( with- out any appearance of pride or affectation ) that " he should like to live the remaining years of his life , a year at a time at the end of the ...
... perhaps , over - rates the importance of his own theories . He has been heard to say ( with- out any appearance of pride or affectation ) that " he should like to live the remaining years of his life , a year at a time at the end of the ...
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... Perhaps the weak side of his conclu- sions also is , that he has carried this single view of his subject too far , and not made sufficient allowance for the varieties of human nature , and the caprices and irregularities of the human ...
... Perhaps the weak side of his conclu- sions also is , that he has carried this single view of his subject too far , and not made sufficient allowance for the varieties of human nature , and the caprices and irregularities of the human ...
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... Perhaps the Ordinary of New- gate bids as fair for this office as any one . What should Mr. Bentham , sitting at ease in his arm - chair , composing his mind before he begins to write by a prelude on the organ , and looking out at a ...
... Perhaps the Ordinary of New- gate bids as fair for this office as any one . What should Mr. Bentham , sitting at ease in his arm - chair , composing his mind before he begins to write by a prelude on the organ , and looking out at a ...
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... perhaps more powerful motives of action into harmony with it , it will not admit of a doubt that we advance to the goal of perfection , and answer the ends of our creation , those ends which not only morality enjoins , but which ...
... perhaps more powerful motives of action into harmony with it , it will not admit of a doubt that we advance to the goal of perfection , and answer the ends of our creation , those ends which not only morality enjoins , but which ...
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Сторінка 143 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Сторінка 362 - ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Сторінка 58 - That which is now a horse, even with a thought The rack dislimns, and makes it indistinct As water is in water.
Сторінка 398 - High birth, vigour of bone, desert in service, Love, friendship, charity, are subjects all To envious and calumniating time. One touch of nature makes the whole world kin...
Сторінка 262 - Out went the taper as she hurried in ; Its little smoke, in pallid moonshine, died: She closed the door, she panted, all akin To spirits of the air, and visions wide : No uttered syllable, or, woe betide...
Сторінка 363 - The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave ! Wave, Munich, all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry!
Сторінка 382 - Now upon Syria's land of roses Softly the light of eve reposes, And like a glory the broad sun Hangs over sainted Lebanon, Whose head in wintry grandeur towers And whitens with eternal sleet, While summer in a vale of flowers Is sleeping rosy at his feet.
Сторінка 191 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Сторінка 145 - Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he?
Сторінка 383 - ... gleam Variously in the crimson beam Of the warm West,— as if inlaid With brilliants from the mine, or made Of tearless rainbows, such as span The unclouded skies of Peristan.