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... Letters . Edited by Mrs. AUSTIN . In 2 vols . London : 1855 . THE publication of this book affords us the oppor- tunity for which we have been anxiously watching , which we must ere long have found or made for ourselves , had it not ...
... Letters . Edited by Mrs. AUSTIN . In 2 vols . London : 1855 . THE publication of this book affords us the oppor- tunity for which we have been anxiously watching , which we must ere long have found or made for ourselves , had it not ...
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... Letters , was also well qualified by a friendship of many years , by recipro- cated esteem , and by intellectual accomplishments , to form a just and adequate conception of her under- taking . She has executed it , as might have been ...
... Letters , was also well qualified by a friendship of many years , by recipro- cated esteem , and by intellectual accomplishments , to form a just and adequate conception of her under- taking . She has executed it , as might have been ...
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... letter in the selection bears the date of 1801 , the fourth year after his arrival there . He was in the thirty - first year of his age when this Review was projected . Are we to infer that so active - minded a man , with his laudable ...
... letter in the selection bears the date of 1801 , the fourth year after his arrival there . He was in the thirty - first year of his age when this Review was projected . Are we to infer that so active - minded a man , with his laudable ...
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... letters and inaugurate a new era in criticism . Editorial identity differs widely from personal , and , after the lapse of more than half a century , will be found to resemble that of Sir John Cutler's stockings , which was preserved by ...
... letters and inaugurate a new era in criticism . Editorial identity differs widely from personal , and , after the lapse of more than half a century , will be found to resemble that of Sir John Cutler's stockings , which was preserved by ...
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... letters he fairly owns that every guinea he was enabled to add to his growing fortune was a gratification to him . His preaching had been much admired , both at Edinburgh and London ; and one of his projects , about 1805 , for gaining ...
... letters he fairly owns that every guinea he was enabled to add to his growing fortune was a gratification to him . His preaching had been much admired , both at Edinburgh and London ; and one of his projects , about 1805 , for gaining ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
admiration afterwards amongst Andlau asked attend beauty Beyle Beyle's called cause character circuit Combe Florey counsel court dinner Duke Edinburgh Review English Erskine exclaimed eyes fame fancy father Faustine favour favourite feeling fortune genius gentleman George George Selwyn give grace habits Hahn-Hahn hand heard heart honour House House of Lords humour judge Lady letter live London Lord Brougham Lord Byron Lord Carlisle Lord Chesterfield Lord Eldon Lord Mansfield Lord Melbourne Lord Thurlow Madame Madame de Staël manner ment mind moral never noble object observed occasion once Paris party passion period pleasure poet political profession remarkable replied Rogers Rogers's Scott Selwyn Sheridan society speak speech story style Sydney Smith talents talk taste tell thing thought Thurlow tion told took Twiss Ulrich verses Walpole whilst wish woman writes young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 417 - And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying ; Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird...
Seite 85 - The soul of music slumbers in the shell, Till waked and kindled by the master's spell ; And feeling hearts — touch them but rightly — pour A thousand melodies unheard before...
Seite 188 - Eximia veste et victu convivia, ludi, pocula crebra, unguenta coronae serta parantur, nequiquam, quoniam medio de fonte leporum surgit amari aliquid quod in ipsis floribus angat...
Seite 65 - And rise to faults true critics dare not mend. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part. And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art, Which, without passing through the judgment, gains The heart, and all its end at once attains.
Seite 307 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Seite 417 - And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies ; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
Seite 417 - And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast saying. Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
Seite 313 - Oh, what was love made for, if 'tis not the same Through joy and through torment, through glory and shame, I know not, I ask not, if guilt's in that heart : I but know that I love thee, whatever thou art.
Seite 86 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the...
Seite 92 - Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light: But, oh ! she dances such a way— No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.