The Spirit of the Age, Or, Contemporary Portraits, Том 2 |
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Сторінка 40
In proportion as we strengthen and expand this principle , and bring our
affections and subordinate , but 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 ...
In proportion as we strengthen and expand this principle , and bring our
affections and subordinate , but 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 ...
Сторінка 79
As he is , perhaps , though a burning and a shining light , not “ one of the fixed , ”
we shall take this opportunity of discussing his merits , while he is at his meridian
height ; and in doing so , shall • nothing extenuate , nor set down aught in ...
As he is , perhaps , though a burning and a shining light , not “ one of the fixed , ”
we shall take this opportunity of discussing his merits , while he is at his meridian
height ; and in doing so , shall • nothing extenuate , nor set down aught in ...
Сторінка 181
Perhaps the most pleasing and striking of all Mr . Southey ' s poems are not his
triumphant taunts hurled against oppression , are not his glowing effusions to
Liberty , but those in which , with a mild melancholy , he seems conscious of his
own ...
Perhaps the most pleasing and striking of all Mr . Southey ' s poems are not his
triumphant taunts hurled against oppression , are not his glowing effusions to
Liberty , but those in which , with a mild melancholy , he seems conscious of his
own ...
Сторінка 246
... but we think he has judged ill in endeavouring to invalidate the principle ,
instead of confining himself to point out the ' misapplication of it . There is one
argument introduced in this Reply , which will , perhaps , 246 THE SPIRIT OF
THE AGE .
... but we think he has judged ill in endeavouring to invalidate the principle ,
instead of confining himself to point out the ' misapplication of it . There is one
argument introduced in this Reply , which will , perhaps , 246 THE SPIRIT OF
THE AGE .
Сторінка 256
But perhaps it may be nearer the mark to suppose that his dulness is guarantee
for his sincerity ; or that before he is the tool of the profligacy of others , he is the
dupe of his own jaundiced feelings , and narrow , hood - winked perceptions .
But perhaps it may be nearer the mark to suppose that his dulness is guarantee
for his sincerity ; or that before he is the tool of the profligacy of others , he is the
dupe of his own jaundiced feelings , and narrow , hood - winked perceptions .
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| Назва | The Spirit of the Age, Or, Contemporary Portraits, Том 2 |
| Автор | William Hazlitt |
| Видавець | Henry Colburn, 1825 |
| Оригінал із | Нью-Йоркська публічна бібліотека |
| Оцифровано | 15 груд. 2006 |
| Обсяг | 408 стор. |
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