Historical StudiesLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1865 - 472 páginas |
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... nature glorious . That one brought up in an atmosphere of bigotry , court stupidity , and aristocratic pride , should , through all the years of his youth , have been acquiring for himself a distinct perception and appreciation of the ...
... nature glorious . That one brought up in an atmosphere of bigotry , court stupidity , and aristocratic pride , should , through all the years of his youth , have been acquiring for himself a distinct perception and appreciation of the ...
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... natural excellencies , but contrary in their tastes , and travelling all their lives on divergent roads . Joseph's natural abilities , though by no means inconsiderable , were not brilliant . He learnt slowly , but his memory was ...
... natural excellencies , but contrary in their tastes , and travelling all their lives on divergent roads . Joseph's natural abilities , though by no means inconsiderable , were not brilliant . He learnt slowly , but his memory was ...
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... nature would have been corrected : it seems more probable that she never thoroughly understood his character , and that the tenderness natural to a loving nature like hers was mingled with fits of injudicious severity . Among the ...
... nature would have been corrected : it seems more probable that she never thoroughly understood his character , and that the tenderness natural to a loving nature like hers was mingled with fits of injudicious severity . Among the ...
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... dissimulation ; which nourished ( as others have pointed out with more truth ) a kind of fitful cynicism in his character , such as may not unfrequently be observed in gentle and enthusiastic natures thwarted JOSEPH II . 5.
... dissimulation ; which nourished ( as others have pointed out with more truth ) a kind of fitful cynicism in his character , such as may not unfrequently be observed in gentle and enthusiastic natures thwarted JOSEPH II . 5.
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Herman Merivale. not unfrequently be observed in gentle and enthusiastic natures thwarted by disappointment . He was consumed with eagerness for action , and yet could not move a limb against the pressure of the courtly bonds which were ...
Herman Merivale. not unfrequently be observed in gentle and enthusiastic natures thwarted by disappointment . He was consumed with eagerness for action , and yet could not move a limb against the pressure of the courtly bonds which were ...
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Página 100 - The pamphlet proves what I have always maintained, that any fool may write a most valuable book by chance, if he will only tell us what he heard and saw with veracity.
Página 188 - And you, my midnight darlings, my Folios ! must I part with the intense delight of having you (huge armfuls) in my embraces ? Must knowledge come to me, if it come at all, by some awkward experiment of intuition, and no longer by this familiar process of reading ? Shall I enjoy friendships there wanting the smiling indications which point me to them here, — the recognisable face the "sweet assurance of a look?