Collected Papers (original and Reprinted) in Prose and Verse, 1842-1862John Murray, 1862 - 293 páginas |
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... human food , in these islands one - sixteenth of the soil under plough suffices to yield such an amount of wheat as it consists with good husbandry to raise . The annual produce of cereals in France is thus stated by our author : wheat ...
... human food , in these islands one - sixteenth of the soil under plough suffices to yield such an amount of wheat as it consists with good husbandry to raise . The annual produce of cereals in France is thus stated by our author : wheat ...
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... human affairs ; and what striking differences may we not discern in the groups of facts which command the approval of the actual generation of the day , to be contemned and avoided by that of another ! Like all foreign interpreters of ...
... human affairs ; and what striking differences may we not discern in the groups of facts which command the approval of the actual generation of the day , to be contemned and avoided by that of another ! Like all foreign interpreters of ...
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... human life can furnish . Splendour and comfort are every- where to be found side by side with misery ; benevo- lence , piety , love of order , in company with squalid indigence , and debauched and vicious habits ; whilst industry ...
... human life can furnish . Splendour and comfort are every- where to be found side by side with misery ; benevo- lence , piety , love of order , in company with squalid indigence , and debauched and vicious habits ; whilst industry ...
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... humanity he cherishes , to address them in the following language - in reference to the foregoing statements : - “ Il y a là un scandale qui pèse à la conscience publique ; chacun sent bien que , dans un pays où de pareilles maladies se ...
... humanity he cherishes , to address them in the following language - in reference to the foregoing statements : - “ Il y a là un scandale qui pèse à la conscience publique ; chacun sent bien que , dans un pays où de pareilles maladies se ...
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... human suffering is curable by human agency , and how much incurable . The Turk or Egyptian fatalist quietly resigns himself to misfortune and suffering , in the belief that no part of it is curable by man . This is one end of the scale ...
... human suffering is curable by human agency , and how much incurable . The Turk or Egyptian fatalist quietly resigns himself to misfortune and suffering , in the belief that no part of it is curable by man . This is one end of the scale ...
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Collected Papers (original and Reprinted) in Prose and Verse, 1842-1862 Harriet Grote Vista completa - 1862 |
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Página 122 - Quoted an excellent mot of somebody to Fontenelle, on the latter saying that he flattered himself he had a good heart — " Yes, my dear Fontenelle, you have as good a heart as can be made out of brains." In talking with Hallam afterwards, I put it to him, why it was that this short way of expressing truths did not do with the world, often as it had been tried, even Rochefoucauld being kept alive chiefly by his ill-nature. There was in this one saying to Fontenelle all that I myself had expended...
Página 106 - Lord B., Scott, and I dined at the Pellegrino ; before we went Lord B. read me what he has done of the third canto of ' Don Juan.' In the evening all went to the Opera together, and from thence at twelve o'clock to a sort of public-house, to drink hot punch ; forming a strange contrast to a dirty cobbler, whom we saw in a nice room delicately eating ice. Lord B. took me home in his gondola at two o'clock ; a beautiful moonlight, and the reflection...
Página 211 - It is not needed in order to recommend truth to wise men, and indeed, from its generally dealing in exaggeration and slight misrepresentation, is likely to offend them. It is his mastery of ridicule which renders Sydney Smith so powerful as a diffuser of ideas, for in order to diffuse widely it is necessary to be able to address fools. His powers as a diffuser, as compared with the powers of a great inventor, who was latterly altogether wanting in the diffusing power, are well shown in his article...
Página 115 - All this very kind and liberal of Lord Wellesley ; and God knows how useful such an aid would be to me, as God alone knows how I am to support all the burdens now heaped upon me ; but I could not accept such a favour.
Página 110 - This day ten years we were married, and, though Time has made his usual changes in us both, • we are still more like lovers than any married couples of the same standing I am acquainted with. Asked to dine at Rancliffe's, but dined at home alone with Bessy. This being Sunday, our dance, in celebration of the day, deferred till to-morrow. Received a letter yesterday from my dear father, which, notwithstanding the increased tremor...
Página 107 - From thence to the church of the Annunziata : heard mass sung, which was very fine. Whether it be my popish blood or my poetical feelings, nothing gives me more delight than the
Página 91 - Such are my plans, and such are my hopes. I wait but for the arrival of the Edinburgh Review, and then ' a long farewell to all my greatness.