Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volumen2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843 |
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... less ingenuity , less taste , less delicacy of perception than the con- quered ; but far more pride , firmness , and courage , a more solemn demeanour , a stronger sense of honour . The subject had more subtlety in speculation , the ...
... less ingenuity , less taste , less delicacy of perception than the con- quered ; but far more pride , firmness , and courage , a more solemn demeanour , a stronger sense of honour . The subject had more subtlety in speculation , the ...
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... less valuable than the old kingdoms of Castile and Arragon , and which , having always been governed by foreigners , would not be likely to feel acutely the humiliation of being turned over from one master to another . That England and ...
... less valuable than the old kingdoms of Castile and Arragon , and which , having always been governed by foreigners , would not be likely to feel acutely the humiliation of being turned over from one master to another . That England and ...
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... less of two evils ; and , as long as there was no imminent danger of a counter - revolution , were disposed to thwart and mortify the sovereign by whom they were , nevertheless , ready to stand , in case of necessity , with their lives ...
... less of two evils ; and , as long as there was no imminent danger of a counter - revolution , were disposed to thwart and mortify the sovereign by whom they were , nevertheless , ready to stand , in case of necessity , with their lives ...
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... less dear to his chivalrous temper , of saving the life and honour of the beau- tiful Duchess of Popoli , whom he met flying with dishevelled hair from the fury of the soldiers . He availed himself dexterously of the jealousy with which ...
... less dear to his chivalrous temper , of saving the life and honour of the beau- tiful Duchess of Popoli , whom he met flying with dishevelled hair from the fury of the soldiers . He availed himself dexterously of the jealousy with which ...
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... less licentiousness that one half of them were in the hospitals . Charles remained dawdling in Catalonia . Peterborough had taken Requena , and wished to march from Valencia towards Madrid , and to effect a junction with Galway ; but ...
... less licentiousness that one half of them were in the hospitals . Charles remained dawdling in Catalonia . Peterborough had taken Requena , and wished to march from Valencia towards Madrid , and to effect a junction with Galway ; but ...
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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.