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... whole surface of the country is broken up into mountainous ridges and hills . Braddock's Field lies on the slope of a hill , rising with a gentle ascent from the Monongahela . Two deep ravines enclose it on either side , and at the time ...
... whole surface of the country is broken up into mountainous ridges and hills . Braddock's Field lies on the slope of a hill , rising with a gentle ascent from the Monongahela . Two deep ravines enclose it on either side , and at the time ...
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... whole life of the actor , his public triumphs , and his domestic relations , are so eagerly examined . His companions are earnestly scanned with the eye of curiosity , and men are not content till they have opened his mind , and laid ...
... whole life of the actor , his public triumphs , and his domestic relations , are so eagerly examined . His companions are earnestly scanned with the eye of curiosity , and men are not content till they have opened his mind , and laid ...
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... whole , and trumpet it to the little or the great world , of whose tastes and opinions he has the guidance . And who can tell the number of such censors ? - " Go count the busy drops that swell the sea . " Amid their hosts , how hard ...
... whole , and trumpet it to the little or the great world , of whose tastes and opinions he has the guidance . And who can tell the number of such censors ? - " Go count the busy drops that swell the sea . " Amid their hosts , how hard ...
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... whole interests , sympathies , affec- tions seem transferred to that realm of ether , where " thron'd on the centre of his thin designs , " he delights to reign in peerless sublimity , " lord " ( we hope ) " of all he surveys . " How ...
... whole interests , sympathies , affec- tions seem transferred to that realm of ether , where " thron'd on the centre of his thin designs , " he delights to reign in peerless sublimity , " lord " ( we hope ) " of all he surveys . " How ...
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... whole capacious brain has been for years absorbed in one thought ; it is the abstract notion of that seventh folly of science , a " faultless piece , " pro- nounced by the highest authority something which " ne'er was , nor is , nor e ...
... whole capacious brain has been for years absorbed in one thought ; it is the abstract notion of that seventh folly of science , a " faultless piece , " pro- nounced by the highest authority something which " ne'er was , nor is , nor e ...
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.