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... eye and soul have disappeared much of the beauty and glory both of nature and life . " - WILSON . Recre- ations of C. North . " Madame de Staël observes that much of the guilt and the misery which are vulgarly imputed to great talents ...
... eye and soul have disappeared much of the beauty and glory both of nature and life . " - WILSON . Recre- ations of C. North . " Madame de Staël observes that much of the guilt and the misery which are vulgarly imputed to great talents ...
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... eyes than had they borne any other name . " - D'ISRAELI . Curiosities . " To reconstruct such a work in another language were business for a man of different powers than has yet attempted German translation among us . " - CARLYLE ...
... eyes than had they borne any other name . " - D'ISRAELI . Curiosities . " To reconstruct such a work in another language were business for a man of different powers than has yet attempted German translation among us . " - CARLYLE ...
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... , saw with his mind's eye , the two kings , accompanied by their armies ; but if this could justify him in describing the kings alone , 66 as spreading themselves in bodies over the kingdom , 84 MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE .
... , saw with his mind's eye , the two kings , accompanied by their armies ; but if this could justify him in describing the kings alone , 66 as spreading themselves in bodies over the kingdom , 84 MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE .
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... eye Virgil's well - known hiatus valde deflendus ; but his memory failing him as to the exact words , he supplies the loss by coupling an adjective of the neuter gender with a noun of the masculine . Mrs. Sigourney's Latin is on a par ...
... eye Virgil's well - known hiatus valde deflendus ; but his memory failing him as to the exact words , he supplies the loss by coupling an adjective of the neuter gender with a noun of the masculine . Mrs. Sigourney's Latin is on a par ...
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... eyes to this absurdity . And yet here is a gentleman who has presided over the province of criticism for a quarter of a century , and who boasts of having conferred distinction and fame upon most of the writers that have adorned our ...
... eyes to this absurdity . And yet here is a gentleman who has presided over the province of criticism for a quarter of a century , and who boasts of having conferred distinction and fame upon most of the writers that have adorned our ...
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absurdity adopted Alison Blair blemish blunder borrowed Bulwer Lytton character Christopher North Cobbett composition correct couplet Courchamps criticism Curiosities of Literature D'Israeli describes employed English Language error Essay esteem Europe from Fall examples expression Fall of Napoleon fame fault following sentence foreign words French genius grammar Hallam Hazlitt historian History of Europe Ibid idea imperfect tense inaccuracy infallibility instance Isaac D'Israeli James Naylor Junius king L'Esprit LADY MORGAN Latin less Letter Literary Portraits Literature of Europe Lord Lord Byron Macaulay means meant to say mind modern nominative notice noun numerous occurs original parenthesis perspicuity phrase plagiarism plural poem poet poetry political Pope popular preposition present pronoun prose Quarrels of Authors quoted racter reader remarks sample sense sentiment singular Sir Archibald Sir Bulwer Lytton Sir Home Popham Sir Walter Scott speaking species style thing thought tion translation truth uncon verb writer intended written
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Page 286 - De sorte que toute la suite des hommes, pendant le cours de tant de siècles, doit être considérée comme un même homme qui subsiste toujours et qui apprend continuellement...
Page 221 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Page 267 - Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed, Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees, In fancy, fair St. Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled.
Page 279 - There's but the twinkling of a star Between a man of peace and war, A thief and justice, fool and knave, A huffing officer and a slave, A crafty lawyer and pick-pocket, A great philosopher and a block-head, A formal preacher and a player, A learn'd physician and...
Page 111 - So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair, That ever since in love's embraces met; Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Page 279 - Still, where rosy pleasure leads, See a kindred grief pursue ; Behind the steps that misery treads, Approaching comfort view : The hues of bliss more brightly glow, Chastised by sabler tints of woe ; And blended, form with artful strife The strength and harmony of life.
Page 227 - Hark! they whisper; Angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath?
Page 284 - ... the true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.
Page 232 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn. Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Page 228 - O'er my dim eyes a darkness hung ; My ears with hollow murmurs rung. Tn dewy damps my limbs were chill'd : My blood with gentle horrors thrill'd; My feeble pulse forgot to play ; I fainted, sunk, and died away.