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... appear in a form which might seem to indicate that he thought them worthy of a permanent place in English literature . Nor would he now give his consent to the republication of pieces so imper- fect , if , by withholding his consent ...
... appear in a form which might seem to indicate that he thought them worthy of a permanent place in English literature . Nor would he now give his consent to the republication of pieces so imper- fect , if , by withholding his consent ...
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... appear as it probably would have appeared when it was first published , if he had then been allowed an additional day or two to revise the proof - sheets , with the assistance of a good library . The papers alluded to are included in ...
... appear as it probably would have appeared when it was first published , if he had then been allowed an additional day or two to revise the proof - sheets , with the assistance of a good library . The papers alluded to are included in ...
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... appear , that no poet has ever had to struggle with more unfavorable circumstances than Milton . He doubted , as he has himself owned , whether he had not been born " an age too late . " For this notion Johnson has thought fit to make ...
... appear , that no poet has ever had to struggle with more unfavorable circumstances than Milton . He doubted , as he has himself owned , whether he had not been born " an age too late . " For this notion Johnson has thought fit to make ...
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... appear but his characters . As soon as he attracts notice to his personal feelings , the illusion is broken . The effect is as unpleasant as that which is produced on the stage by the voice of a prompter or the entrance of a scene ...
... appear but his characters . As soon as he attracts notice to his personal feelings , the illusion is broken . The effect is as unpleasant as that which is produced on the stage by the voice of a prompter or the entrance of a scene ...
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... appear to be justifiable or criminal . We shall , therefore , make no apology for dedicating a few pages to the discussion of that interesting and most important question . We shall not argue it on general grounds . We shall not re- cur ...
... appear to be justifiable or criminal . We shall , therefore , make no apology for dedicating a few pages to the discussion of that interesting and most important question . We shall not argue it on general grounds . We shall not re- cur ...
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Miscellaneous Works of Lord Macaulay, Volumen1 Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Vista de fragmentos - 1899 |
Miscellaneous Works of Lord Macaulay, Volumen1 Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Vista de fragmentos - 1880 |
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Página 196 - 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 548 - The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him : but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed ! good were it for that man if he had never been born.
Página 56 - If their names were not found in the registers of heralds, they felt assured that they were recorded in the Book of Life. If their steps were not accompanied by a splendid train of menials, legions of ministering angels had charge over them.
Página 56 - He had been wrested by no common deliverer from the grasp of no common foe. He had been ransomed by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice.
Página 117 - And during the whole speech of the ghost, he sat with his eyes fixed partly on the ghost and partly on Hamlet, and with his mouth open; the same passions which succeeded each other in Hamlet succeeding likewise in him. When the scene was over, Jones said, Why, Partridge, you exceed my expectations. You enjoy the play more than I conceived possible.
Página 116 - I perceive now it is what you told me. I am not afraid of anything; for I know it is but a play. And if it was really a ghost, it could do one no harm at such a distance, and in so much company; and yet if I was frightened, I am not the only person.
Página 199 - To make the past present, to bring the distant near, to place us in the society of a great man, or on the eminence which overlooks the field of a mighty battle, to invest with the reality of human flesh and blood beings whom we are too much inclined to consider as personified qualities in an allegory, to call up our ancestors before us with all their peculiarities of language, manners, and garb, to show us over their houses, to seat us at their tables, to rummage their old-fashioned wardrobes, to...
Página 61 - What! have you let the false enchanter scape? O ye mistook; ye should have snatched his wand, And bound him fast. Without his rod reversed, And backward mutters of dissevering power, We cannot free the Lady that sits here In stony fetters fixed and motionless.
Página 57 - The intensity of their feelings on one subject made them tranquil on every other. One overpowering sentiment had subjected to itself pity and hatred, ambition and fear. Death had lost its terrors, and pleasure its charms.
Página 44 - ... him for having violated the articles of the Petition of Right, after having, for good and valuable consideration, promised to observe them : and we are informed that he was accustomed to hear prayers at six o'clock in the morning. It is to such considerations as these, together with his Vandyke dress, his handsome face and his peaked beard, that he owes, we verily believe, most of his popularity with the present generation.