Contributions to the Edinburgh ReviewD. Appleton and Company, 1873 - 762 páginas |
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... ment ; and of the just and ultimate subordination of the former to the latter . The praise in short to which I aspire , and to merit which I am conscious that my efforts were most con- stantly directed , is , that I have , more ...
... ment ; and of the just and ultimate subordination of the former to the latter . The praise in short to which I aspire , and to merit which I am conscious that my efforts were most con- stantly directed , is , that I have , more ...
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... ment , they had been the badges by which nature pointed out that state of suffering and decay which is now signified to us by the vid and emaciated face of sickness , or the wrinkled front , the quivering lip , and hollow cheek of age ...
... ment , they had been the badges by which nature pointed out that state of suffering and decay which is now signified to us by the vid and emaciated face of sickness , or the wrinkled front , the quivering lip , and hollow cheek of age ...
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... ment , we really do not see that it was at all necessary to impute any mysterious or intrin- Bc beauty to its complexion , in order to ac- count for the satisfaction with which we can then bear to behold it . Having said so much with a ...
... ment , we really do not see that it was at all necessary to impute any mysterious or intrin- Bc beauty to its complexion , in order to ac- count for the satisfaction with which we can then bear to behold it . Having said so much with a ...
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... ment , its termination is contemplated with far less emotion , and its course , upon the whole , is overshadowed with deeper clouds of ennui , than when it is presented as a scene of high duties and honourable labours , and holds out to ...
... ment , its termination is contemplated with far less emotion , and its course , upon the whole , is overshadowed with deeper clouds of ennui , than when it is presented as a scene of high duties and honourable labours , and holds out to ...
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... ment . It is knowledge that distracts by its variety , and satiates by its abundance , and generates , by its communication , that dark and cold spirit of fastidiousness and derision which revenges on those whom it possessrs , the pangs ...
... ment . It is knowledge that distracts by its variety , and satiates by its abundance , and generates , by its communication , that dark and cold spirit of fastidiousness and derision which revenges on those whom it possessrs , the pangs ...
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Página 319 - Give me my Romeo, and when he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine, That all the world will be in love with night, And pay no worship to the garish Sun.
Página 345 - And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide; But, chiefly, in their hearts with Grace Divine preside.
Página 381 - His back against a rock he bore, And firmly placed his foot before : — " Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I...
Página 317 - This was the noblest Roman of them all : All the conspirators, save only he, Did that they did in envy of great Caesar; He only, in a general honest thought, And common good to all, made one of them. His life was gentle; and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, This was a man!
Página 318 - For time is like a fashionable host, That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand, And with his arms outstretch'd, as he would fly, Grasps in the comer: welcome ever smiles, And farewell goes out sighing.
Página 157 - His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men.
Página 337 - I do bear This punishment for both — that thou wilt be One of the blessed— and that I shall die ; For hitherto all hateful things conspire To bind me In existence — in a life Which makes me shrink from immortality — A future like the past. I cannot rest I know not what I ask, nor what I seek : I feel but what thou art — and what I am ; And I would hear yet once before I perish The voice which was my music...
Página 357 - Our song and feast shall flow To the fame of your name, When the storm has ceased to blow, — When the fiery fight is heard no more, And the storm has ceased to blow.
Página 318 - For honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes abreast : keep then the path ; For emulation hath a thousand sons That one by one pursue : if you give way, Or hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an enter'd tide they all rush by And leave you hindmost...
Página 335 - The future, till the past be gulfd in darkness, It is not of my search. — My mother Earth ! And thou fresh breaking Day, and you, ye Mountains, Why are ye beautiful ? I cannot love ye. And thou, the bright eye of the universe, That openest over all, and unto all Art a delight — thou shin'st not on my heart.