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... faithful delineation of the Southern Whig Peasantry of the Revolution , is the char- acter of Horse Shoe Robinson ! The characters here mentioned are correct representations of classes ; but the portraiture of individual character has ...
... faithful delineation of the Southern Whig Peasantry of the Revolution , is the char- acter of Horse Shoe Robinson ! The characters here mentioned are correct representations of classes ; but the portraiture of individual character has ...
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... FAITHFUL ABENAQUOIS . The following incident occurred at a village of the Abenaquois , on the Outawa river , where the French had established a military post , early in the 17th century . It is related by Père Lamartine , in the ...
... FAITHFUL ABENAQUOIS . The following incident occurred at a village of the Abenaquois , on the Outawa river , where the French had established a military post , early in the 17th century . It is related by Père Lamartine , in the ...
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Crouching there , the ambushed foeman Smote him from his horse ; There the faithful Indian woman Found his bleeding corse . Speechless , numb , in frozen sorrow , Seated at his head , Through a night that had no morrow , There she ...
Crouching there , the ambushed foeman Smote him from his horse ; There the faithful Indian woman Found his bleeding corse . Speechless , numb , in frozen sorrow , Seated at his head , Through a night that had no morrow , There she ...
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... faithfully representing a few of the appearances of per- sons in real life , who have met us while under its actual influence , generalizing , classifying , and affixing names , both generic and specific , in such manner as may best ...
... faithfully representing a few of the appearances of per- sons in real life , who have met us while under its actual influence , generalizing , classifying , and affixing names , both generic and specific , in such manner as may best ...
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... faithfully pe- rused and feelingly sympathized with the sensations experienced by Gulliver , when , on waking from sleep , he found himself fairly bound to the earth by the choleric little citizens of Lilliput , may form some conception ...
... faithfully pe- rused and feelingly sympathized with the sensations experienced by Gulliver , when , on waking from sleep , he found himself fairly bound to the earth by the choleric little citizens of Lilliput , may form some conception ...
Términos y frases comunes
absolutely endless actor admirers Alleghany Anthony Wayne band BARRY CORNWALL blessed Braddock Braddock's Field bright British constitution Burke cacoëthes censendi CANT OF CRITICISM censure wrong character colonists Corn Planter critic magnifique curious stranger deep distin distorted vision Drury Lane EDMUND KEAN ELAH eloquence English exhibition faculty FAITHFUL ABENAQUOIS fathers feel form some conception French French Revolution GALLEY-SLAVE genius grand or beautiful guishing characteristic Harvardiana heart hill influence of cacoëthes judgment Kean's labors last Number least the negative Manta memory ment mind ministerial party narrative NATIONAL NOVELS ne'er beguile novelist o'er o'ercast orator ornamental Othello patriotism perfect perhaps Pitt possessed quiet wave rapture recollections rejoice Revolution rifle scenes Shylock smile soldier species of writing spirit spot storm is past tastes and opinions TEAR OF SYMPATHY thee thou tion tomahawk TRAVELLER'S NOTE Virginia Colonel voice watched his dart writes amiss
Pasajes populares
Página 53 - Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill ; But, of the two, less dangerous is the offence To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Some few in that, but numbers err in this ; Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss : A fool might once himself alone expose : Now one in verse makes many more in prose.
Página 63 - Generous converse ; a soul exempt from pride ; And love to praise, with reason on his side ? Such once were critics ; such the happy few, Athens and Rome in better ages knew. The mighty...
Página 51 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind...
Página 62 - Unbiased, or by favor, or by spite, Not dully prepossessed, nor blindly right; Though learned, well-bred; and though well-bred, sincere; Modestly bold, and humanly severe; Who to a friend his faults can freely show, And gladly praise the merit of a foe?
Página 57 - So much they scorn the crowd, that if the throng By chance go right, they purposely go wrong; So schismatics the plain believers quit, And are but damn'd for having too much wit.
Página 56 - ... is good sense defaced: Some are bewilder'd in the maze of schools, And some made coxcombs Nature meant but fools. In search of wit these lose their common sense, And then turn critics...
Página 60 - And own stale nonsense which they ne'er invent. Some judge of authors' names, not works, and then Nor praise nor blame the writings, but the men. Of all this servile herd, the worst is he That in proud...
Página 51 - If there be one criterion," said Mr. Burke, " which more than all the rest distinguishes a wise and prudent Government from an administration weak and improvident, it is this, well to know when and in what manner to yield what it is impossible to keep. Early reformations are amicable compromises with a friend in power — Late reformations are terms imposed upon a conquered enemy.
Página 55 - Non audet nisi qui didicit dare; quod medicorum est, Promittunt medici; tractant fabrilia fabri; Scribimus indocti doctique poemata passim.
Página 48 - It should have some manuals of instruction to guide aright the education of the student; and it is for these reasons that we rejoice in the appearance of this second number of a series of volumes, containing collections of the best speeches of the great English Orators.