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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... close to their ears . What does it mean ! This man will tell you who now enters . The King has a pen in his hand , with which he is about to appoint his new Prime Minister . 66 Sign not , " shouts the last comer — a man of the press ...
... close to their ears . What does it mean ! This man will tell you who now enters . The King has a pen in his hand , with which he is about to appoint his new Prime Minister . 66 Sign not , " shouts the last comer — a man of the press ...
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... the reckless spirit of plunder against the tremulous though tenacious spirit of possession . In truth , the fighting is worthy of the BLOODY CLOSE OF TABLEAU THE FOURTH . 123 desperate struggle 122 DRAMA OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION .
... the reckless spirit of plunder against the tremulous though tenacious spirit of possession . In truth , the fighting is worthy of the BLOODY CLOSE OF TABLEAU THE FOURTH . 123 desperate struggle 122 DRAMA OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION .
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... CLOSE OF TABLEAU THE FOURTH . 123 desperate struggle , and denotes the mighty interests bound up in it . There is now no childish and un- meaning invasion of the Hall of Assembly . Poverty knows how much depends upon the conflict , and ...
... CLOSE OF TABLEAU THE FOURTH . 123 desperate struggle , and denotes the mighty interests bound up in it . There is now no childish and un- meaning invasion of the Hall of Assembly . Poverty knows how much depends upon the conflict , and ...
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... close of the sitting . Folks had to pay a second time to ascertain the fate of the hero with whose existence they had the day before been made acquainted . We shall not be blamed for following so illustrious an example . " Five truths ...
... close of the sitting . Folks had to pay a second time to ascertain the fate of the hero with whose existence they had the day before been made acquainted . We shall not be blamed for following so illustrious an example . " Five truths ...
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... close and dark , and the floor so ruinous that it could not be washed . The whole prison was greatly out of repair , while it had not been whitewashed for years . Many persons had died in it the year preceding Howard's visit — a ...
... close and dark , and the floor so ruinous that it could not be washed . The whole prison was greatly out of repair , while it had not been whitewashed for years . Many persons had died in it the year preceding Howard's visit — a ...
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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.