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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... writers have followed him into the field which he had opened ; Brown and Lord Mahon in England , and two in Germany . But as he was the first , so he continues to be the best ; and the enthusiasm which he brought to the beginning of his ...
... writers have followed him into the field which he had opened ; Brown and Lord Mahon in England , and two in Germany . But as he was the first , so he continues to be the best ; and the enthusiasm which he brought to the beginning of his ...
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... writer , powerful as he is , has not , in every respect , the best qualifications for such a work ; but the reader is sure of find- ing independent views and valuable information ; and if there should be a measure of prejudice and ...
... writer , powerful as he is , has not , in every respect , the best qualifications for such a work ; but the reader is sure of find- ing independent views and valuable information ; and if there should be a measure of prejudice and ...
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... writer's portrait - painting proceeds from an occasional waywardness and haste , which lead him into views and representations which his slower judgment would have disapproved . We need not go far for an illustra- tion of the truth of ...
... writer's portrait - painting proceeds from an occasional waywardness and haste , which lead him into views and representations which his slower judgment would have disapproved . We need not go far for an illustra- tion of the truth of ...
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... writer , in his estimate of John- son , makes sufficient allowance for the effect of the disease which hung like a millstone round his neck through all his mortal existence , a disease which brings with it every form of gloom and ...
... writer , in his estimate of John- son , makes sufficient allowance for the effect of the disease which hung like a millstone round his neck through all his mortal existence , a disease which brings with it every form of gloom and ...
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... of this world's honors by attaching more importance to his worth than to his fame . Certainly this is high praise , and such as few can ever - - deserve . But we do not see in this writer 66 [ Jan. Brougham's Lives of.
... of this world's honors by attaching more importance to his worth than to his fame . Certainly this is high praise , and such as few can ever - - deserve . But we do not see in this writer 66 [ Jan. Brougham's Lives of.
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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,
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.