Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays and Poems, Volúmenes1-2Dana Estes & Company, 1860 |
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... present sketch has been able to glean few facts regarding his career which are not generally known . His life was comparatively barren in events , and though he rose to conspicuous social , literary , and political station , he had ...
... present sketch has been able to glean few facts regarding his career which are not generally known . His life was comparatively barren in events , and though he rose to conspicuous social , literary , and political station , he had ...
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... present , and he had the delight of the poet in viewing as things what the historian had recorded in words . All men are more positive in regard to what they have seen than in re gard to what they have heard . If what they have seen ...
... present , and he had the delight of the poet in viewing as things what the historian had recorded in words . All men are more positive in regard to what they have seen than in re gard to what they have heard . If what they have seen ...
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... Present Administration , " one of the most acri- monious and audacious political articles ever published in the Edinburgh Review . Its tone was so violent and virulent , and excited so much opposition , that , in the next number of the ...
... Present Administration , " one of the most acri- monious and audacious political articles ever published in the Edinburgh Review . Its tone was so violent and virulent , and excited so much opposition , that , in the next number of the ...
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... present his matter in such a form as to ex- clude the possibility of doubt , either in his statement or argument . Of all great English writers he is there fore the least suggestive . All that he demands of a reader is simple ...
... present his matter in such a form as to ex- clude the possibility of doubt , either in his statement or argument . Of all great English writers he is there fore the least suggestive . All that he demands of a reader is simple ...
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... present . Otherwise , I fear , you will soon renew your acquaint- ance with politicians , in a manner quite as unpleasant as that to which you allude . " 66 Averting Gods ! what do you mean ? ” " I will tell you . There are rumors of ...
... present . Otherwise , I fear , you will soon renew your acquaint- ance with politicians , in a manner quite as unpleasant as that to which you allude . " 66 Averting Gods ! what do you mean ? ” " I will tell you . There are rumors of ...
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Página 430 - The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Página 246 - Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait forever.
Página 219 - But now my task is smoothly done: I can fly, or I can run Quickly to the green earth's end, Where the bowed welkin slow doth bend, And from thence can soar as soon To the corners of the moon. Mortals, that would follow me, Love Virtue; she alone is free. She can teach...
Página 257 - They went through the world, like Sir Artegal's iron man Talus with his flail, crushing and trampling down oppressors, mingling with human beings, but having neither part nor lot in human infirmities; insensible to fatigue, to pleasure, and to pain; not to be pierced by any weapon, not to be withstood by any barrier.
Página 255 - ... themselves rich in a more precious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand. The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged, on whose slightest action the spirits of light and darkness looked with anxious interest, who had been destined before heaven and earth were created to enjoy a felicity which should continue when heaven and earth should...
Página 393 - But these men attained literary eminence in spite of their weaknesses. Boswell attained it by reason of his weaknesses. If he had not been a great fool, he would never have been a great writer.
Página 255 - On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests, they looked down with contempt; for they esteemed themselves rich in a more precious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand.
Página 213 - The most striking characteristic of the poetry of Milton is the extreme remoteness of the associations by means of which it acts on the reader. Its effect is produced, not so much by what it expresses, as by what it suggests ; not so much by the ideas which it directly conveys, as by other ideas which are connected with them.
Página 460 - Satan; so call him now; his former name Is heard no more in heaven...
Página 264 - It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve the attention of every man who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language. They abound with passages compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff, with gorgeous embroidery.