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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Critics of that nation have complained of want of novelty in his life of Voltaire ; but
they do not say whether they expected him to discover new facts in the history of
one who spent all his life in the daylight , or whether they wished him to exert his
...
Critics of that nation have complained of want of novelty in his life of Voltaire ; but
they do not say whether they expected him to discover new facts in the history of
one who spent all his life in the daylight , or whether they wished him to exert his
...
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Though Lord Brougham , in his particular criticisms on Dr . Johnson ' s mind and
character , is not always entirely just , his summary of the whole is given in terms
to which no objection can be made . He says , that those who saw him but once ...
Though Lord Brougham , in his particular criticisms on Dr . Johnson ' s mind and
character , is not always entirely just , his summary of the whole is given in terms
to which no objection can be made . He says , that those who saw him but once ...
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He says that he came to it without the right preparation , not rich in classical
attainments , nor indeed in any kind of learning , upacquainted with the principles
of criticism , and deficient also in correctness and simplicity of taste . But his style
...
He says that he came to it without the right preparation , not rich in classical
attainments , nor indeed in any kind of learning , upacquainted with the principles
of criticism , and deficient also in correctness and simplicity of taste . But his style
...
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... and the two learned persons whose works we have before us would have
been accused of wishing to depreciate the genius of the great Florentine poet .
No such feeling is now entertained ; literary criticism having made so much
progress of ...
... and the two learned persons whose works we have before us would have
been accused of wishing to depreciate the genius of the great Florentine poet .
No such feeling is now entertained ; literary criticism having made so much
progress of ...
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In their associated authority they visited with severe criticism contemporaneous
publications of professional and literary men , not overlooking single occasional
sermons , and orations delivered before large assemblies on national festive
days ...
In their associated authority they visited with severe criticism contemporaneous
publications of professional and literary men , not overlooking single occasional
sermons , and orations delivered before large assemblies on national festive
days ...
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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.
Información bibliográfica
| 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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