The North American Review, Volumen64Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Addison , too , he says , has left a great reputation of this kind , and Bolingbroke '
s superiority to all others cannot be doubted . But it seems to us , that he might as
well exalt the social powers of Adam and Eve , who may have been great in ...
Addison , too , he says , has left a great reputation of this kind , and Bolingbroke '
s superiority to all others cannot be doubted . But it seems to us , that he might as
well exalt the social powers of Adam and Eve , who may have been great in ...
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Aikin ' s Life of Addison . . . . . . . . 314 The Life of Joseph Addison . By Lucy Aikin .
IV . GREEK LEXICOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . 373 1 . A Comprehensive Lexicon of the
Greek Language , adapted to the Use of Colleges and Schools in the United ...
Aikin ' s Life of Addison . . . . . . . . 314 The Life of Joseph Addison . By Lucy Aikin .
IV . GREEK LEXICOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . 373 1 . A Comprehensive Lexicon of the
Greek Language , adapted to the Use of Colleges and Schools in the United ...
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For Byron there was a Bryant ; for Coleridge a Dana ; for Wordsworth a Percival ;
for Addison a Washington Irving . Those writers , and many others , had varied
talents and accomplishments , nay , genius ; but it was timid and tottering as a ...
For Byron there was a Bryant ; for Coleridge a Dana ; for Wordsworth a Percival ;
for Addison a Washington Irving . Those writers , and many others , had varied
talents and accomplishments , nay , genius ; but it was timid and tottering as a ...
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The Life of Joseph Addison . By LUCY Aikin . Philadelphia : Carey & Hart . 1846 .
12mo . pp . 279 . We had not ventured to promise ourselves an opportunity of
bringing this great man in review before us ; and we are not without misgivings
lest ...
The Life of Joseph Addison . By LUCY Aikin . Philadelphia : Carey & Hart . 1846 .
12mo . pp . 279 . We had not ventured to promise ourselves an opportunity of
bringing this great man in review before us ; and we are not without misgivings
lest ...
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One of the most striking traits of Addison ' s mind was his humor , a quality of
writing which is enjoyed more generally than it is understood . It is commonly
supposed to be a gift , something belonging to the native constitution of the mind ;
but if ...
One of the most striking traits of Addison ' s mind was his humor , a quality of
writing which is enjoyed more generally than it is understood . It is commonly
supposed to be a gift , something belonging to the native constitution of the mind ;
but if ...
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Página 419 - A made a finer end, and went away an it had been any christom child. A parted even just between twelve and one, even at the turning o' the tide. For after I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers, and smile upon his fingers...
Página 408 - And brier-roses, dwelt among; All beside was unknown waste, All was picture as he passed. Wiser far than human seer, Yellow-breeched philosopher ! Seeing only what is fair, Sipping only what is sweet, Thou dost mock at fate and care, Leave the chaff, and take the wheat.
Página 410 - T is mine, my children's and my name's. How sweet the west wind sounds in my own trees! How graceful climb those shadows on my hill! I fancy these pure waters and the flags Know me, as does my dog: we sympathize; And, I affirm, my actions smack of the soil." Where are these men? Asleep beneath their grounds: And strangers, fond as they, their furrows plough. Earth laughs in flowers, to see her boastful boys Earth-proud, proud of the earth which is not theirs; Who steer the plough, but cannot steer...
Página 216 - Stick to your aim ; the mongrel's hold will slip, But only crowbars loose the bulldog's grip...
Página 407 - Uprose the merry Sphinx, And crouched no more in stone; She melted into purple cloud, She silvered in the moon; She spired into a yellow flame; She flowered in blossoms red; She flowed into a foaming wave: She stood Monadnoc's head. Thorough a thousand voices Spoke the universal dame; "Who telleth one of my meanings Is master of all I am.
Página 188 - Walker's Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names.
Página 405 - It is a pleasant air, but a barren soil ; and there are very few instances of those who have added to their patrimony by any thing they have reaped from thence. Poetry and gaming which usually go together are alike in this too, that they seldom bring any advantage but to those who have nothing else to live on.
Página 453 - Conway to General Gates, he says, " Heaven has determined to save your country, or a weak general and bad counselors would have ruined it" ' " I am, sir, your humble servant,
Página 271 - CYCLOPEDIA OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. A Selection of the choicest productions of English Authors, from the earliest to the present time. Connected by a Critical and Biographical History. Forming two large imperial octavo volumes of TOO pages each, double column letter press ; with upwards of 300 elegant Illustrations.
Página 369 - CIVILE," as Lucan expresses it. Why could not faction find other advocates? But among the uncertainties of the human state, we are doomed to number the instability of friendship.
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| Título | The North American Review, Volumen64 Volúmenes181-183 de American periodical series, 1800-1850 Library of American civilization |
| Editores | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge |
| Editor | O. Everett, 1847 |
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