The Spirit of the Age, Or, Contemporary PortraitsH. Colburn, 1825 - 424 стор. |
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... and im- practicable . The author of the Political Justice took abstract reason for the rule of conduct , and abstract good for its end . He places the human mind on an elevation , from which it commands a view of the c 5 WILLIAM GODWIN .
... and im- practicable . The author of the Political Justice took abstract reason for the rule of conduct , and abstract good for its end . He places the human mind on an elevation , from which it commands a view of the c 5 WILLIAM GODWIN .
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... human in- firmity ; but there is a want in his system of the mild and persuasive tone of the Gospel , where " all is conscience and tender heart . " Man was indeed screwed up , by mood and figure , into a logical ma- chine , that was to ...
... human in- firmity ; but there is a want in his system of the mild and persuasive tone of the Gospel , where " all is conscience and tender heart . " Man was indeed screwed up , by mood and figure , into a logical ma- chine , that was to ...
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... human frailty , yet , stripped wholly of it , he sinks at once into the brute . If it cannot stand alone , in its naked sim- plicity , but requires other props to buttress it up , or ornaments to set it off ; yet without it the moral ...
... human frailty , yet , stripped wholly of it , he sinks at once into the brute . If it cannot stand alone , in its naked sim- plicity , but requires other props to buttress it up , or ornaments to set it off ; yet without it the moral ...
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... human life , the pillar of society , the foundation of law , the beacon of nations , the golden chain let down from heaven , which links all accountable and all in- telligent natures in one common system - and in the vain strife between ...
... human life , the pillar of society , the foundation of law , the beacon of nations , the golden chain let down from heaven , which links all accountable and all in- telligent natures in one common system - and in the vain strife between ...
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... human reason as the sole law of human action . By overshooting the mark , or by " flying an eagle flight , forth and right on , " he has pointed out the limit or line of separation , be- tween what is practicable and what is barely ...
... human reason as the sole law of human action . By overshooting the mark , or by " flying an eagle flight , forth and right on , " he has pointed out the limit or line of separation , be- tween what is practicable and what is barely ...
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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.