The Spirit of the Age, Or, Contemporary PortraitsH. Colburn, 1825 - 424 стор. |
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William Hazlitt. writings of more value to the professional inquirer than to the general reader . Again , his style is unpopular , not to say unintelligible . He writes a language of his own , that darkens knowledge . His works have been ...
William Hazlitt. writings of more value to the professional inquirer than to the general reader . Again , his style is unpopular , not to say unintelligible . He writes a language of his own , that darkens knowledge . His works have been ...
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... reader identifies himself with the author ; and the secret of this is , that the author has identified himself with his personages . Indeed , he has created them . They are the proper issue of his brain , lawfully begot , not foundlings ...
... reader identifies himself with the author ; and the secret of this is , that the author has identified himself with his personages . Indeed , he has created them . They are the proper issue of his brain , lawfully begot , not foundlings ...
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... readers of his " Astronomical Discourses . " No one was satisfied with his argu- ments , no one could answer them , but every one wanted to try what he could make of them , as we try to find out a riddle . " By his so potent art , " the ...
... readers of his " Astronomical Discourses . " No one was satisfied with his argu- ments , no one could answer them , but every one wanted to try what he could make of them , as we try to find out a riddle . " By his so potent art , " the ...
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... reader was proportionate ; for , whatever were the merits of the style or matter , both were new and striking ; and the train of thought that was unfolded at such length and with such stre- nuousness , was bold , well - sustained , and ...
... reader was proportionate ; for , whatever were the merits of the style or matter , both were new and striking ; and the train of thought that was unfolded at such length and with such stre- nuousness , was bold , well - sustained , and ...
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... readers . Mr. Tooke clears away the rubbish of school - boy tech- nicalities , and strikes at the root of his subject . In accomplishing his arduous task , he was , perhaps , aided not more by the strength and resources of his mind than ...
... readers . Mr. Tooke clears away the rubbish of school - boy tech- nicalities , and strikes at the root of his subject . In accomplishing his arduous task , he was , perhaps , aided not more by the strength and resources of his mind than ...
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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.