Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: To which are Added a Few Poems, Volume 1J. Munroe, 1845 |
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... talent of Madame de Sévigné , and the elevated sphere in which she moved . It has been justly observed by Madame de Staël , that the private life of almost every individual , properly treated , would furnish materials for an interesting ...
... talent of Madame de Sévigné , and the elevated sphere in which she moved . It has been justly observed by Madame de Staël , that the private life of almost every individual , properly treated , would furnish materials for an interesting ...
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... talents , an almost childish simplicity of character , could , nevertheless , at times say a good thing , and one day ... talent in this way , the latter having in one of his ballads introduced the following highly complimentary epigram ...
... talents , an almost childish simplicity of character , could , nevertheless , at times say a good thing , and one day ... talent in this way , the latter having in one of his ballads introduced the following highly complimentary epigram ...
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... talent and good fortune , but allowed to Turenne the higher praise of prudence and good conduct . This brilliant aristocracy little thought , at the time , how soon a Corsican adven- turer , with very doubtful pretensions to nobility of ...
... talent and good fortune , but allowed to Turenne the higher praise of prudence and good conduct . This brilliant aristocracy little thought , at the time , how soon a Corsican adven- turer , with very doubtful pretensions to nobility of ...
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... talent . ' ' That he has , Sire , ' said I ; ' and these young ladies have certainly a great deal , too . They play their parts as if they had never done any thing else . ' ' It is true enough , ' replied the King . His Majesty then ...
... talent . ' ' That he has , Sire , ' said I ; ' and these young ladies have certainly a great deal , too . They play their parts as if they had never done any thing else . ' ' It is true enough , ' replied the King . His Majesty then ...
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... talent over every other exercise of intellect , as a means of conferring permanent distinction on its possessors and all with whom they are connected . The age of Louis XIV . is universally considered as one of the brightest periods in ...
... talent over every other exercise of intellect , as a means of conferring permanent distinction on its possessors and all with whom they are connected . The age of Louis XIV . is universally considered as one of the brightest periods in ...
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Page 207 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known : riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none : No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil : No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too ; but innocent and pure : No sovereignty : — Seb.
Page 207 - Treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine Would I not have ; but nature should bring forth Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people.
Page 210 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Page 404 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Page 460 - I had rather believe all the fables in the legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind ; and, therefore, God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.
Page 318 - Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day — Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Page 407 - Excudent alii spirantia mollius aera, credo equidem, vivos ducent de marmore vultus, orabunt causas melius, caelique meatus describent radio et surgentia sidera dicent: 850 tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento; hae tibi erunt artes; pacisque imponere morem, parcere subiectis et debellare superbos.
Page 317 - So much understanding, so much knowledge, so much innocence, and such humility, I did not think had been the portion of any but angels, till I saw this gentleman.
Page 241 - Greek mythology, a. monster with the body of a man and the head of a bull.
Page 248 - WHILE, lost to all his former mirth, Britannia's genius bends to earth, And mourns the fatal day : While stain'd with blood he strives to tear Unseemly from his sea-green hair...