Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review ... Ed. with Introduction, Notes and Index by F. C. Montague, Volumen 3Methuen & Company, 1903 |
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... interest , either makes it impossible for the objects of his care to borrow at all , or places them at the mercy of the worst class of usurers . A lawgiver who , from tenderness for labouring men , fixes the hours of their work and the ...
... interest , either makes it impossible for the objects of his care to borrow at all , or places them at the mercy of the worst class of usurers . A lawgiver who , from tenderness for labouring men , fixes the hours of their work and the ...
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... interest and on landed security ; and this judicious investment was the beginning of the most splendid private fortune in Europe . Wycherley was not so lucky . The partiality with which the great lady regarded him was indeed the talk of ...
... interest and on landed security ; and this judicious investment was the beginning of the most splendid private fortune in Europe . Wycherley was not so lucky . The partiality with which the great lady regarded him was indeed the talk of ...
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... interests or whims of favourites were con- cerned , the government of Charles was deaf to all remonstrances . Wycherley did not choose to be out of the fashion . He embarked , was present at a battle , and celebrated it , on his return ...
... interests or whims of favourites were con- cerned , the government of Charles was deaf to all remonstrances . Wycherley did not choose to be out of the fashion . He embarked , was present at a battle , and celebrated it , on his return ...
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... interests of his church , raises in us a surmise which Mr. Leigh Hunt will , we fear , pronounce very uncharitable . We cannot help suspecting that it was at this time that Wycherley returned to the com- munion of the Church of Rome ...
... interests of his church , raises in us a surmise which Mr. Leigh Hunt will , we fear , pronounce very uncharitable . We cannot help suspecting that it was at this time that Wycherley returned to the com- munion of the Church of Rome ...
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... interest and of probability . The characters are either not distinguishable , or are distinguished only by peculiarities of the most glaring kind . But the dialogue is resplendent with wit and eloquence , which indeed are so abundant ...
... interest and of probability . The characters are either not distinguishable , or are distinguished only by peculiarities of the most glaring kind . But the dialogue is resplendent with wit and eloquence , which indeed are so abundant ...
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Página 384 - Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Página 342 - Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war : In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Página 40 - Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance. It becomes me not to draw my pen in the defence of a bad cause when I have so often drawn it for a good one.
Página 162 - Chancellor, and, for a moment, seemed to pierce even the resolute heart of the defendant. The ladies in the galleries, unaccustomed to such displays of eloquence, excited by the solemnity of the occasion, and perhaps not unwilling to display their taste and sensibility, were in a state of uncontrollable emotion. Handkerchiefs were pulled out; smelling-bottles were handed round; hysterical sobs and screams were heard; and Mrs.
Página 161 - Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes and the English Hyperides. There was Burke, ignorant, indeed, or negligent of the art of adapting his reasonings and his style to the- capacity and taste of his hearers, but in amplitude of comprehension and richness of imagination superior to every orator, ancient or modern.
Página 81 - His mind bears a singular analogy to his body. It is weak even to helplessness for purposes of manly resistance ; but its suppleness and its tact move the children of sterner climates to admiration not unmingled with contempt.
Página 366 - We have not the least doubt that if Addison had written a novel, on an extensive plan, it would have been superior to any that we possess. As it is, he is entitled to be considered not only as the greatest of the English essayists, but as the forerunner of the great English novelists.
Página 34 - Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
Página 74 - ... extreme of misery. A time comes when the evils of submission are obviously greater than those of resistance ; when fear itself begets a sort of courage ; when a convulsive burst of popular rage and despair warns tyrants not to presume too far on the patience of mankind. But against misgovernment such as then afflicted Bengal, it was impossible to struggle. The superior intelligence and energy of the dominant class made their power irresistible. A war of Bengalees against Englishmen was like a...
Página 302 - O'Trigger, than every one of Miss Austen's young divines to all his reverend brethren. And almost all this is done by touches so delicate, that they elude analysis, that they defy the powers of description, and that we know them to exist only by the general effect to which they have contributed.