New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection, Moral, Instructive and Entertaining, from the Most Eminent Prose and Epistolary Writers, Band 2,Teile 3-4C. and C. Whittingham, 1827 |
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... , followed by a long train of prelates and nobles , and surrounded by the presents which he had bequeathed to the monastery . LINGARD . EDWARD THE CONFESSOR . If we estimate the character of 2 P. III . ELEGANT EXTRACTS .
... , followed by a long train of prelates and nobles , and surrounded by the presents which he had bequeathed to the monastery . LINGARD . EDWARD THE CONFESSOR . If we estimate the character of 2 P. III . ELEGANT EXTRACTS .
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... character of a sovereign by the test of popular affection , we must rank Ed- ward among the best princes of his time ... CHARACTERS . Edward the Confessor William the Conqueror Robert and William Rufus William Rufus Ditto.
... character of a sovereign by the test of popular affection , we must rank Ed- ward among the best princes of his time ... CHARACTERS . Edward the Confessor William the Conqueror Robert and William Rufus William Rufus Ditto.
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... character of this great man ; whether we consider the grandeur of the plans he formed , the courage and wisdom with which they were executed , or the splendour of that success which , adorning his youth , continued without the smallest ...
... character of this great man ; whether we consider the grandeur of the plans he formed , the courage and wisdom with which they were executed , or the splendour of that success which , adorning his youth , continued without the smallest ...
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... of an unbounded and irregular spirit , he filled the world with an equal admiration and pity of his splendid qualities and great misfortunes . WILLIAM was of a character very different . His views CHARACTERS . 7 Ditto.
... of an unbounded and irregular spirit , he filled the world with an equal admiration and pity of his splendid qualities and great misfortunes . WILLIAM was of a character very different . His views CHARACTERS . 7 Ditto.
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... character very different . His views were short , his designs few , his genius narrow , and his manners brutal ; full of craft , rapacious , without faith , without religion ; but circumspect , steady and courageous for his ends , not ...
... character very different . His views were short , his designs few , his genius narrow , and his manners brutal ; full of craft , rapacious , without faith , without religion ; but circumspect , steady and courageous for his ends , not ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
admiration affairs ambition appeared arts attention authority character Charlemagne church Cicero conduct court crown death delight Demosthenes dignity Dodington duke duke of Burgundy duke of Guise earl elegant eloquence eminent enemies England English equal esteem excellent eyes fame father favour favourites felicity fortune France Gazna genius GILBERT STUART glory happy Henry Henry VIII honour HORACE WALPOLE human humour indulged James judgment justice king kingdom knew laws learning liberty LINGARD lived Lord Lord Byron Louis Louis XI manners memory ment merit mind minister monarch nation nature ness never noble occasion opinion orator parliament passion peace perhaps person Petrarch pleasure political possessed praise prejudices prince qualities queen racter reign religion respect ROBERT GUISCARD Scotland seemed sentiments sions Sir Robert Walpole Soame Jenyns sovereign speeches spirit subjects superior talents temper thing thought throne tion vices vigour virtues whilst wisdom
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 275 - He was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul, All the images of Nature were still present to him, and he drew them, not laboriously, but luckily: when he describes any thing, you more than see it, you feel it too.
Seite 285 - What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said: But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.
Seite 277 - ... human nature at one glance, and to be the only author that gives ground for a very new opinion, That the philosopher, and even the man of the world, may be born, as well as the poet.
Seite 216 - He was a man of admirable parts, of general knowledge, of a versatile understanding fitted for every sort of business, of infinite wit and pleasantry, of a delightful temper, and with a mind most perfectly disinterested.
Seite 294 - Call, is still read as a popular and powerful book of devotion. His precepts are rigid, but they are founded on the gospel: his satire is sharp, but it is drawn from the knowledge of human life ; and many of his portraits are not unworthy of the pen of La Bruyere.
Seite 200 - ... for himself of profit, diversion, or relaxation. During the session, the first in, and the last out of the House of Commons, he passes from the senate to the camp ; and seldom seeing the seat of his ancestors, he is always in the senate to serve his country, or in the field to defend it.
Seite 96 - Without doubt, no man with more wickedness ever attempted any thing, or brought to pass what he desired more wickedly, more in the face and contempt of religion and moral honesty : yet wickedness as great as his could never have accomplished those designs without the assistance of a great spirit, an admirable circumspection and sagacity, and a most magnanimous resolution.
Seite 338 - Mahomet must have been gradually stained: and the influence of such pernicious habits would be poorly compensated by the practice of the personal and social virtues which are necessary to maintain the reputation of a prophet among his sectaries and friends. Of his last years, ambition was the ruling passion; and a politician will suspect that he secretly smiled (the victorious impostor!) at the enthusiasm of his youth and the credulity of his proselytes.
Seite 36 - Had he been a private man, he would have been termed proud. But in a wise Prince, it was but keeping of distance, which indeed he did towards all; not admitting any near or full approach, either to his power, or to his secrets, for he was governed by none.
Seite 342 - ... consciousness of superior worth; in the pursuit of greatness he was never arrested by the scruples of justice, and seldom moved by the feelings of humanity ; though not insensible of fame, the choice of open or clandestine means, was determined only by his present advantage. The surname of Guiscard...