The National Review, Volumen3Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot Robert Theobald, 1856 |
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... tion this ( adds Boswell ) to show the faculty he had of placing h.s adversary in a ridiculous position . " What would the story be without the comment ? What should we have learned of this same Samuel Johnson from his memoirs and ...
... tion this ( adds Boswell ) to show the faculty he had of placing h.s adversary in a ridiculous position . " What would the story be without the comment ? What should we have learned of this same Samuel Johnson from his memoirs and ...
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... Leasowes . Thinking it the grandest thing in the world to be at the head of some literary institu- tion , I organised my two shop - friends , Tom Ennis and Johnny Delany , into a debating and literary society , of which I 6 Thomas Moore .
... Leasowes . Thinking it the grandest thing in the world to be at the head of some literary institu- tion , I organised my two shop - friends , Tom Ennis and Johnny Delany , into a debating and literary society , of which I 6 Thomas Moore .
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... tion made in one of these societies with respect to the expediency of assassination ? ' ' O , no , my lord .'- He then turned again to Duigenan , and after a few words with him resumed : ' When such are the answers you are able to give ...
... tion made in one of these societies with respect to the expediency of assassination ? ' ' O , no , my lord .'- He then turned again to Duigenan , and after a few words with him resumed : ' When such are the answers you are able to give ...
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... tion of the Roman Catholic religion . But he never cared to use his knowledge to make up his own opinions . He was born a Roman Catholic , and continued so till his death : partly from a principle of honour which made him feel it an ...
... tion of the Roman Catholic religion . But he never cared to use his knowledge to make up his own opinions . He was born a Roman Catholic , and continued so till his death : partly from a principle of honour which made him feel it an ...
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... tion , no jury would convict . Denman advises that " The plaintiff will be hissed ; My lords the judges laugh , and you're dismissed . " So much safer is it in England to libel the Government than to offend Exeter Hall . In the summer ...
... tion , no jury would convict . Denman advises that " The plaintiff will be hissed ; My lords the judges laugh , and you're dismissed . " So much safer is it in England to libel the Government than to offend Exeter Hall . In the summer ...
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Página 377 - Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground!
Página 376 - I cannot see what flowers are at my feet Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs, But, in embalmed darkness, guess each sweet...
Página 50 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Página 360 - He is a portion of the loveliness Which once he made more lovely: he doth bear His part, while the one Spirit's plastic stress Sweeps through the dull dense world, compelling there, All new successions to the forms they wear; Torturing th...
Página 370 - Keen as are the arrows Of that silver sphere, Whose intense lamp narrows In the white dawn clear Until we hardly see, we feel that it is there.
Página 369 - I will compose poetry." The greatest poet even cannot say it ; for the mind in creation is as a fading coal, which some invisible influence, like an inconstant wind, awakens to transitory brightness...
Página 377 - Darkling I listen; and for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain To thy high requiem become a sod.
Página 370 - Teach us, sprite or bird, What sweet thoughts are thine: I have never heard Praise of love or wine That panted forth a flood of rapture so divine.
Página 50 - But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future fate of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Página 241 - ... erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same, or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast, or any part of Central America...