Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volumen2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843 |
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... give occasion for scandal . She was , however , polite , eloquent , and not deficient in strength of mind . The bitter Saint Simon owns that no person whom she wished to attach could long resist the graces of her manners and of her ...
... give occasion for scandal . She was , however , polite , eloquent , and not deficient in strength of mind . The bitter Saint Simon owns that no person whom she wished to attach could long resist the graces of her manners and of her ...
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... give what orders he chose ; but to engage in such a siege was madness ; and the men should not be sent to certain death where there was no chance of obtaining any ad- vantage . At length , after three weeks of inaction , Peter- borough ...
... give what orders he chose ; but to engage in such a siege was madness ; and the men should not be sent to certain death where there was no chance of obtaining any ad- vantage . At length , after three weeks of inaction , Peter- borough ...
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... give battle , with so small a force , to a great regular army under the conduct of a Marshal of France , would have been madness . The Earl therefore made war after the fashion of the Minas and Empecinados of our own time . He took his ...
... give battle , with so small a force , to a great regular army under the conduct of a Marshal of France , would have been madness . The Earl therefore made war after the fashion of the Minas and Empecinados of our own time . He took his ...
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... give or to lend for the support of war ; the troops had shown neither discipline nor courage ; and now at last , when it seemed that all was lost , when it seemed that the most sanguine must relinquish all hope , the national spirit ...
... give or to lend for the support of war ; the troops had shown neither discipline nor courage ; and now at last , when it seemed that all was lost , when it seemed that the most sanguine must relinquish all hope , the national spirit ...
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... give an instance or two ; for , without in- stances , readers not very familiar with his works will scarcely understand our meaning . In the " Anec- dotes of Painting , " he states , very truly , that the art declined after the ...
... give an instance or two ; for , without in- stances , readers not very familiar with his works will scarcely understand our meaning . In the " Anec- dotes of Painting , " he states , very truly , that the art declined after the ...
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Página 240 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Página 37 - Forgiveness to the injured does belong ; But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
Página 262 - And they do claim, demand and insist upon all and singular the premises as their undoubted rights and liberties...
Página 475 - ... that the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the squares of the sides.
Página 189 - Lord," he said to the Duke of Devonshire, " I am sure that I can save this country, and that nobody else can.
Página 426 - Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Página 2 - ... occupies fifteen hundred inches cubic measure, and that it weighs sixty pounds avoirdupois. Such a book might, before the deluge, have been considered as light reading by Hilpa and Shalum.
Página 357 - Come, rest in this bosom, my own stricken deer, Though the herd have fled from thee, thy home is still here; Here still is the smile, that no cloud can o'ercast, And a heart and a hand all thy own to the last.
Página 209 - We find in it the diligence, the accuracy, and the judgment of Hallam, united to the vivacity and the colouring of Southey. A history of England, written throughout in this manner, would be the most fascinating book in the language. It would be more in request at the circulating libraries than the last novel.
Página 371 - My conceit of his person was never increased toward him by his place, or honours : but I have and do reverence him, for the greatness that was only proper to himself, in that he seemed to me ever, by his work, one of the greatest men, and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed, that God would give him strength ; for greatness he could not want.