The Quarterly Review, Volumen51William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1834 |
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... kind of valet ; and still more sorry to say , that the art with which he disfigures this fact gives no fa- vourable impression of his candour . Who would not believe , from his expressions , that he and M. d'Avaray performed , in each ...
... kind of valet ; and still more sorry to say , that the art with which he disfigures this fact gives no fa- vourable impression of his candour . Who would not believe , from his expressions , that he and M. d'Avaray performed , in each ...
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... kind of prudence in it . The advance of the allies into France made it probable , in September , 1792 , that the royal cause was about to triumph , -and in that case a little tour to London would have been an irresistible claim to ...
... kind of prudence in it . The advance of the allies into France made it probable , in September , 1792 , that the royal cause was about to triumph , -and in that case a little tour to London would have been an irresistible claim to ...
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... kind from the stern calm of Danton . Danton showed no signs of terror , but Herault exhibited as tranquil an air and as lively a colour as if he were going out to a dinner . Every spectator was interested by his appearance , and ...
... kind from the stern calm of Danton . Danton showed no signs of terror , but Herault exhibited as tranquil an air and as lively a colour as if he were going out to a dinner . Every spectator was interested by his appearance , and ...
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... kind of hero with the Liberals now - a - days , just because Robespierre survived him ; as Brissot and Vergniaud are still greater favourites and have their statues on bridges and in palaces , merely because Danton and Robes- pierre put ...
... kind of hero with the Liberals now - a - days , just because Robespierre survived him ; as Brissot and Vergniaud are still greater favourites and have their statues on bridges and in palaces , merely because Danton and Robes- pierre put ...
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... kind of throne , would give a theme for discussion . It is evident that he was already - indeed he had been from an early stage of his Italian successes - playing the autocrat . < Déjà Napoléon perçait sous Bonaparte . ' These formal ...
... kind of throne , would give a theme for discussion . It is evident that he was already - indeed he had been from an early stage of his Italian successes - playing the autocrat . < Déjà Napoléon perçait sous Bonaparte . ' These formal ...
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Página 302 - I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death.
Página 37 - The charm dissolves apace ; And as the morning steals upon the night, Melting the darkness, so their rising senses Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle Their clearer reason.
Página 366 - ... and consequently no culture of the earth; no navigation nor use of the commodities that may be imported by sea; no commodious building; no instruments of moving and removing such things as require much force; no knowledge of the face of the earth; no account of time; no arts; no letters; no society; and, which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
Página 24 - Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for th' isles Of Javan or Gadire, With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails fill'd, and streamers waving, Courted by all the winds that hold them play...
Página 306 - I have loved justice, and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile...
Página 38 - O, speak again, bright angel ! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head, As is a winged messenger of heaven Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him, When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds And sails upon the bosom of the air.
Página 128 - Naaman the Syrian. 28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, 29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. 30 But he passing through the midst of them went his way.
Página 303 - So far have I been from any care to grace my pages with modern decorations, that I have studiously endeavoured to collect examples and authorities from the writers before the restoration, whose works I regard as the wells of English undefiled, as> the pure sources of genuine diction.
Página 303 - ... admitting among the additions of later times, only such as may supply real deficiencies, such as are readily adopted by the genius of our tongue, and incorporate easily with our native idioms.
Página 427 - Orientale;" but for correctness of costume, beauty of description, and power of imagination, it far surpasses all European imitations; and bears such marks of originality, that those who have visited the East will find some difficulty in believing it to be more than a translation. As an Eastern tale, even Rasselas must bow before it; his " Happy Valley" will not bear a comparison with the "Hall of Eblis.