New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volumen117Henry Colburn, 1859 |
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... nature of which has not yet been ascertained , decay almost invariably takes place at either side of the junction . There is something ominous in this , and we wonder that a pine - tree , with such a name as Wellingtonea gigantea ...
... nature of which has not yet been ascertained , decay almost invariably takes place at either side of the junction . There is something ominous in this , and we wonder that a pine - tree , with such a name as Wellingtonea gigantea ...
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... nature to be so devoid of fear . We shall see nothing , Miss Mary , " she added , aloud ; " a looked - for ghost never comes . " As if to confute the woman's words , the same rushing sound , as of garments passing them , was heard , and ...
... nature to be so devoid of fear . We shall see nothing , Miss Mary , " she added , aloud ; " a looked - for ghost never comes . " As if to confute the woman's words , the same rushing sound , as of garments passing them , was heard , and ...
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... nature is not in my thoughts , since I do not propose to offer much criti- cism on literary labours of a class so antique and foreign as are old Gaelic effusions . Nor is it intended to harp upon the merits of the Irish bards in their ...
... nature is not in my thoughts , since I do not propose to offer much criti- cism on literary labours of a class so antique and foreign as are old Gaelic effusions . Nor is it intended to harp upon the merits of the Irish bards in their ...
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... nature than the sword , the authority that ranks second to supernatural in force upon human affairs . Yet we obtain a fuller idea of the origin of " the almost miraculous power , " as Lord Macaulay terms it , exercised by an ancient ...
... nature than the sword , the authority that ranks second to supernatural in force upon human affairs . Yet we obtain a fuller idea of the origin of " the almost miraculous power , " as Lord Macaulay terms it , exercised by an ancient ...
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... natural knowledge , and fell from them gradually , with the advance of real knowledge . Hence the bitter animosity of their order , in pagan times , to Christian missionaries . Very inferior to this pseudo - ce- lestial department came ...
... natural knowledge , and fell from them gradually , with the advance of real knowledge . Hence the bitter animosity of their order , in pagan times , to Christian missionaries . Very inferior to this pseudo - ce- lestial department came ...
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Página 36 - Are not the mountains, waves, and skies, a part Of me and of my soul, as I of them?
Página 166 - He reads much; He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men ; he loves no plays As thou dost, Antony ; he hears no music ; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort, As if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing.
Página 373 - Booz ne savait point qu'une femme était là, Et Ruth ne savait point ce que Dieu voulait d'elle, Un frais parfum sortait des touffes d'asphodèle; Les souffles de la nuit flottaient sur Galgala.
Página 439 - Men are not more zealous for truth than they often are for error, and a sufficient application of legal or even of social penalties will generally succeed in stopping the propagation of either. The real advantage which truth has, consists in this, that when an opinion is true, it may be extinguished once, twice, or many times, but in the course of ages there will generally be found persons to rediscover it...
Página 333 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Página 166 - Let me have men about me that are fat ; Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o' nights. Yond' Cassius has a lean and hungry look ; He thinks too much : such men are dangerous.
Página 31 - And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed...
Página 50 - Shaftesbury is not too genteel for me, nor Jonathan Wild too low. I can read anything which I call a book. There are things in that shape which I cannot allow for such. In this catalogue of books which are no books...
Página 373 - Car on voyait passer dans la nuit, par moment, Quelque chose de bleu qui paraissait une aile. La respiration de Booz qui dormait, Se mêlait au bruit sourd des ruisseaux sur la mousse.
Página 50 - Draught Boards, bound and lettered on the back, Scientific Treatises, Almanacks, Statutes at Large : the works of Hume, Gibbon, Robertson, Beattie, Soame Jenyns, and, generally, all those volumes which " no gentleman's library should be without : " the Histories of Flavius Josephus (that learned Jew), and Paley's Moral Philosophy.