Essays from the Times: Being a Selection from the Literary Papers which Have Appeared in that JournalJohn Murray, 1851 - 310 стор. |
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... France - for his wife , the adulation of women in whose veins poured the richest blood of the land - for his son , the companionship of a King - for himself , the obsequious worship of millions ? What if we should go on to say , how ...
... France - for his wife , the adulation of women in whose veins poured the richest blood of the land - for his son , the companionship of a King - for himself , the obsequious worship of millions ? What if we should go on to say , how ...
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... France , the result of his daring and splendid imposture , are as real as the life of George Hudson , and the history of railway speculation in England . And not only are both histories true , but to the observant and inquiring mind ...
... France , the result of his daring and splendid imposture , are as real as the life of George Hudson , and the history of railway speculation in England . And not only are both histories true , but to the observant and inquiring mind ...
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... France , a Philip of Orleans courted the people , and mocked it with a show of popular concession . When the same monarch lay quietly in his grave , a Philip of Orleans took virtual possession of his seat at the bidding of a parliament ...
... France , a Philip of Orleans courted the people , and mocked it with a show of popular concession . When the same monarch lay quietly in his grave , a Philip of Orleans took virtual possession of his seat at the bidding of a parliament ...
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... France to win the co - operation of her brother by the offer of a mistress and a pension . The ambassadress fulfilled her mission to the letter . The money was paid ; the mistress was created Duchess of Portsmouth , and Henrietta of ...
... France to win the co - operation of her brother by the offer of a mistress and a pension . The ambassadress fulfilled her mission to the letter . The money was paid ; the mistress was created Duchess of Portsmouth , and Henrietta of ...
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... France , from the King to the peasant , paid homage to his genius . Commanding afterwards in Spain , he gained fresh laurels , and returned to Paris after a victorious campaign , to be fêted for his suc- cess , and execrated for his ...
... France , from the King to the peasant , paid homage to his genius . Commanding afterwards in Spain , he gained fresh laurels , and returned to Paris after a victorious campaign , to be fêted for his suc- cess , and execrated for his ...
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Сторінка 126 - Cannot be ill, cannot be good : if ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I...
Сторінка 263 - The Genius of Poetry must work out its own salvation in a man. It cannot be matured by law and precept, but by sensation and watchfulness in itself. That which is creative must create itself.
Сторінка 28 - Could I have rewarded these services I would not now call upon my country ; but as that has not been in my power, I leave Emma, Lady Hamilton therefore a legacy to my king and country, that they will give her an ample provision to maintain her rank in life.
Сторінка 269 - The cemetery is an open space among the ruins, covered in winter with violets and daisies. It might make one in love with death, to think that one should be buried in so sweet a place.
Сторінка 145 - ... most timid writer or artist, who found himself for the first time among Ambassadors and Earls. They will remember that constant flow of conversation, so natural, so animated, so various, so rich with observation and anecdote ; that wit which never gave a wound ; that exquisite mimicry which ennobled, instead of degrading...
Сторінка 28 - Then in sight of the combined fleets of France and Spain, distant about ten miles. " Whereas the eminent services of Emma Hamilton, widow of the Right Honourable Sir William Hamilton, have been of the very greatest service to my king and country, to my knowledge, without ever receiving any reward from either our king or country.
Сторінка 29 - I have called two or three of our fresh ships round, and have no doubt of giving them a drubbing." "I hope," said Nelson, "none of our ships have struck ? ' ' Hardy answered, '
Сторінка 272 - Grote the compliment which he pays to others, "the poets, historians, orators, and philosophers of Greece, have been all rendered both more intelligible and more instructive to the student, and the general picture of the Grecian world may now be conceived with a degree of fidelity which, considering our imperfect materials, it is curious to contemplate.
Сторінка 194 - To Jeffrey as an individual I shall ever be ready to show every kind of individual courtesy; but of Judge Jeffrey of the Edinburgh Review I must ever think and speak as of a bad politician, a worse moralist, and a critic, in matters of taste, equally incompetent and unjust.
Сторінка 23 - I hope some day to have the pleasure of introducing you to Lady Hamilton, she is one of the very best women in the world ; she is an honour to her sex.