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Página 39
... fathers ; it is then for genius , through the novel , to point out , and invest these spots with the enchantment of the associations of romance , and to assist the historian in keeping alive a remembrance of the past . The novel , for ...
... fathers ; it is then for genius , through the novel , to point out , and invest these spots with the enchantment of the associations of romance , and to assist the historian in keeping alive a remembrance of the past . The novel , for ...
Página 40
... fathers . Let them be illustrated , and set before the people ; in their bright examples being in- centives to imitation , and in their history of sacrifices . marking with reprobation the citizen recreant to his coun- try's 40.
... fathers . Let them be illustrated , and set before the people ; in their bright examples being in- centives to imitation , and in their history of sacrifices . marking with reprobation the citizen recreant to his coun- try's 40.
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... love of valor and honor , that for ages made them irresistible in the field . Are there not in the public characters of the fathers of the Republic virtues VOL . II . NO . II . 6 more elevated and inspiring , than even those of the 41.
... love of valor and honor , that for ages made them irresistible in the field . Are there not in the public characters of the fathers of the Republic virtues VOL . II . NO . II . 6 more elevated and inspiring , than even those of the 41.
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... father , and in this last character we rejoice to find marks of deep , generous feeling . We are carried from scenes , where the afflicted father is com- pelled for bread to assume the guise of merriment , to his home to see him mourn ...
... father , and in this last character we rejoice to find marks of deep , generous feeling . We are carried from scenes , where the afflicted father is com- pelled for bread to assume the guise of merriment , to his home to see him mourn ...
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... of opposition . Like our fathers , in the formation of our constitution , he made provision to adapt the British constitution to the character of the times , without however impairing its stability , or original form . 50.
... of opposition . Like our fathers , in the formation of our constitution , he made provision to adapt the British constitution to the character of the times , without however impairing its stability , or original form . 50.
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.