Literary Studies, Volumen1J. M. Dent & cons, Limited, 1927 |
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... historian , who lived in the times of the South Sea . ' He was a capital man of business according to the custom of that age - a dealer in many kinds . of merchandise - rivalling probably the complete tradesman ' of Defoe , who was to ...
... historian , who lived in the times of the South Sea . ' He was a capital man of business according to the custom of that age - a dealer in many kinds . of merchandise - rivalling probably the complete tradesman ' of Defoe , who was to ...
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... historian indeed says , ' On these ruins , ' the 10,000l . aforesaid , ' with skill and credit of which parliament had not been able to deprive him , my grandfather erected the edifice of a new fortune : the labours of sixteen years ...
... historian indeed says , ' On these ruins , ' the 10,000l . aforesaid , ' with skill and credit of which parliament had not been able to deprive him , my grandfather erected the edifice of a new fortune : the labours of sixteen years ...
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... historian's father indicates a strong judgment or an acute discrimination ; and there are some scarcely dubious signs of a rather weak character . Edward Gibbon , the historian , was born on the 27th of April 1737. Of his mother we hear ...
... historian's father indicates a strong judgment or an acute discrimination ; and there are some scarcely dubious signs of a rather weak character . Edward Gibbon , the historian , was born on the 27th of April 1737. Of his mother we hear ...
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... historians can illustrate or throw light upon anything , there is not a single point in all history so constantly , explicitly , and unanimously affirmed by them all , as the continual succession of these powers through all ages , from ...
... historians can illustrate or throw light upon anything , there is not a single point in all history so constantly , explicitly , and unanimously affirmed by them all , as the continual succession of these powers through all ages , from ...
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... historian ! . It is probable , however , that the skill of the Swiss pastor was not the really operating cause of the event . Perhaps ex- perience shows that the converts which Rome has made with the threat of unbelief and the weapons ...
... historian ! . It is probable , however , that the skill of the Swiss pastor was not the really operating cause of the event . Perhaps ex- perience shows that the converts which Rome has made with the threat of unbelief and the weapons ...
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Página 154 - Thy shadow, and the darkness of thy steps, And my heart ever gazes on the depth Of thy deep mysteries. I have made my bed In charnels and on coffins, where black death Keeps record of the trophies won from thee, Hoping to still these obstinate questionings Of thee and thine, by forcing some lone ghost Thy messenger, to render up the tale Of what we are.
Página 40 - Hence in a season of calm weather, Though inland far we be, Our Souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the Children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore...
Página 235 - Waken, lords and ladies gay." Waken, lords and ladies gay, To the green-wood haste away ; We can show you where he lies, Fleet of foot, and tall of size ; We can show the marks he made, When 'gainst the oak his antlers frayed ; You shall see him brought to bay,
Página 235 - Hounds are in their couples yelling, Hawks are whistling, horns are knelling, Merrily, merrily, mingle they,
Página 238 - Ah no, the bliss youth dreams is one For daylight, for the cheerful sun, For feeling nerves and living breath — Youth dreams a bliss on this side death. It dreams a rest, if not more deep, More grateful than this marble sleep ; It hears a voice within it tell : Calm's not life's crown, though calm is well. 'Tis all perhaps which man acquires, But 'tis not what our youth desires.
Página 40 - But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishings; Blank misgivings of a creature Moving about in worlds not realized, High instincts before which our mortal nature Did tremble like a guilty thing surprised...
Página 347 - And licked the soup from the cook's own ladles, Split open the kegs of salted sprats, Made nests inside men's Sunday hats, And even spoiled the women's chats By drowning their speaking With shrieking and squeaking In fifty different sharps and flats. At last the people in a body To the Town Hall came flocking: *'Tis clear...
Página 71 - For these words of good, evil, and contemptible, are ever used with relation to the person that useth them: there being nothing simply and absolutely so; nor any common rule of good and evil, to be taken from the nature of the objects themselves...
Página 349 - and get long poles! Poke out the nests and block up the holes ! Consult with carpenters and builders, And leave in our town not even a trace Of the rats ! " when suddenly up the face Of the Piper perked in the market-place, With a, "First, if you please, my thousand guilders!