The North American Review, Volumen64Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1847 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... readers in the follow- ing pages . The year 1721 had opened under happy auspices for the partisans of the Stuarts , for an heir had been born to the throne , and their hopes and affections , so long chilled by the weakness of the father ...
... readers in the follow- ing pages . The year 1721 had opened under happy auspices for the partisans of the Stuarts , for an heir had been born to the throne , and their hopes and affections , so long chilled by the weakness of the father ...
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... readers he brings a still higher claim , as the translator of Prescott's Conquest of Mexico . It was during a tour in Scotland , and with Waverley for his guide - book , that he first formed the idea of a life of Charles Edward , as an ...
... readers he brings a still higher claim , as the translator of Prescott's Conquest of Mexico . It was during a tour in Scotland , and with Waverley for his guide - book , that he first formed the idea of a life of Charles Edward , as an ...
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... reader is sure of find- ing independent views and valuable information ; and if there should be a measure of prejudice and occasional passion , this will only prove that his Lordship is not exempt from the mis- leading influences with ...
... reader is sure of find- ing independent views and valuable information ; and if there should be a measure of prejudice and occasional passion , this will only prove that his Lordship is not exempt from the mis- leading influences with ...
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... readers in France with un- mingled satisfaction , perhaps for the reason that they are too severely true . Critics of that nation have complained of want of novelty in his life of Voltaire ; but they do not say whether they expected him ...
... readers in France with un- mingled satisfaction , perhaps for the reason that they are too severely true . Critics of that nation have complained of want of novelty in his life of Voltaire ; but they do not say whether they expected him ...
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... readers and satisfied them in the day for which it was intended ; and , if it has lost its attraction , it is in the same predicament with the Spectator , which no one now thinks of sitting down to devour . That it was not wholly ...
... readers and satisfied them in the day for which it was intended ; and , if it has lost its attraction , it is in the same predicament with the Spectator , which no one now thinks of sitting down to devour . That it was not wholly ...
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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.
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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,
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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.