The Metropolitan, Volumen 22James Cochrane, 1838 |
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... course including Shakspeare . Nothing in the arid and shrivelled countenance of Baron Smith , or in his entire figure , could ever lead you to the belief that so brilliant and energetic an intellect found a dwelling in so miserable a ...
... course including Shakspeare . Nothing in the arid and shrivelled countenance of Baron Smith , or in his entire figure , could ever lead you to the belief that so brilliant and energetic an intellect found a dwelling in so miserable a ...
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... course , the radiating centre , scattering around the gorgeous produce of his profound and varied intellect . In his reminiscences Mr. Smith has had the modesty to speak of himself in the third person , for which , without any other ...
... course , the radiating centre , scattering around the gorgeous produce of his profound and varied intellect . In his reminiscences Mr. Smith has had the modesty to speak of himself in the third person , for which , without any other ...
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... course follow the dicta of their parents or friends whenever they venture to speak on political subjects ; and if they are employed by " fair speeches " to win over a wavering young man to that side they are told is the right one , they ...
... course follow the dicta of their parents or friends whenever they venture to speak on political subjects ; and if they are employed by " fair speeches " to win over a wavering young man to that side they are told is the right one , they ...
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... course of education to commence for themselves after their school - days were over ; rendered the more difficult from the absence of any foundation , or the obstruc- tion of a false one . For what are women in general taught , but the ...
... course of education to commence for themselves after their school - days were over ; rendered the more difficult from the absence of any foundation , or the obstruc- tion of a false one . For what are women in general taught , but the ...
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... course of an artist . But , as it may readily be supposed , scientific instruction for girls is considered quite unnecessary . The progress made by the most promising pupils in general amounts to little more than a facility of imitating ...
... course of an artist . But , as it may readily be supposed , scientific instruction for girls is considered quite unnecessary . The progress made by the most promising pupils in general amounts to little more than a facility of imitating ...
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Página 99 - Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Página 112 - 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 292 - The moon shines bright : — In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise...
Página 112 - 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.
Página 249 - If some proud brother eyed me with disdain, Or scornful sister with her sweeping train, Thy gentle accents soften'd all my pain. For thee I mourn, and mourn myself in thee, The wretched source of all this misery. The fate I caused, for ever I bemoan; Sad Helen has no friend, now thou art gone! Through Troy's wide streets abandon'd shall I roam! In Troy deserted, as abhorr'd at home!
Página 112 - I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. 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 date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Página 100 - MAIDEN ! heir of kings ! A king has left his place ! The majesty of Death has swept All other from his face ! And thou upon thy mother's breast, No longer lean adown, But take the glory for the rest, And rule the land that loves thee best...
Página 103 - Nor was his attention confined to the actions of men; he was an exact surveyor of the inanimate world; his descriptions have always some peculiarities, gathered by contemplating things as they really exist.
Página 315 - After so long an agitation of the spirits, exhausted not only for want of rest, but absolutely want of food, drenched in rains for twelve hours together, that a woman should be capable of such an undertaking as delivering herself to the enemy, probably in the night, and uncertain of what hands she might fall into, appeared an effort above human nature.
Página 72 - State — not their alliance, but their separation — on the Spirit of the World and the Spirit of Christianity, not as the same, but as opposed to one another. He talked of those who had 'inscribed the cross of Christ on banners dripping with human gore.