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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... life in the daylight , or whether they wished him to exert his inventive genius in
giving a charm to biographical writing . ... resent those wrongs which otherwise
they would have no means of avenging The greatest fault in this writer ' s portrait
...
... life in the daylight , or whether they wished him to exert his inventive genius in
giving a charm to biographical writing . ... resent those wrongs which otherwise
they would have no means of avenging The greatest fault in this writer ' s portrait
...
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We do not ihink that this writer , in his estimate of Johnson , 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 ...
We do not ihink that this writer , in his estimate of Johnson , 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 ...
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... 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.
... 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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He was unfortunately fastidious in his judgment of his own works ; he had
eighteen folio volumes of his own writing , which he ordered to be destroyed
before his death . His friends promised that it should be done ; but he was not
satisfied till ...
He was unfortunately fastidious in his judgment of his own works ; he had
eighteen folio volumes of his own writing , which he ordered to be destroyed
before his death . His friends promised that it should be done ; but he was not
satisfied till ...
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With one of those tremendous strides , which remind us of the expression “ sic itur
ad astra , ” Lord Brougham passes to the Englishman Gibbon , if English he may
be called , who prided himself on writing French like a native , and whose joy it ...
With one of those tremendous strides , which remind us of the expression “ sic itur
ad astra , ” Lord Brougham passes to the Englishman Gibbon , if English he may
be called , who prided himself on writing French like a native , and whose joy it ...
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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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