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I discussed with singular smartness and electric brilliancy of effect ; while its
Tales , Poetry , and lighter materials are invariably conceived with originality ,
and executed with a strong and delicate touch . It would indeed be inconceivable
if a ...
I discussed with singular smartness and electric brilliancy of effect ; while its
Tales , Poetry , and lighter materials are invariably conceived with originality ,
and executed with a strong and delicate touch . It would indeed be inconceivable
if a ...
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thing which tends so indisputably as a public execution does to prove to the mass
of the people that there is actually a government in the country , willing and
strong enough to enforce the laws . Up to the period of the ceremony , therefore ,
to ...
thing which tends so indisputably as a public execution does to prove to the mass
of the people that there is actually a government in the country , willing and
strong enough to enforce the laws . Up to the period of the ceremony , therefore ,
to ...
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Mr . Daisy stopped to take a whiff at his pipe , which was going out , and then
proceeded - at first in a snuffling tone , occasioned by keen enjoyment of the
tobacco and strong pulJing at the pipe , and afterwards with encreasing
distinctness ...
Mr . Daisy stopped to take a whiff at his pipe , which was going out , and then
proceeded - at first in a snuffling tone , occasioned by keen enjoyment of the
tobacco and strong pulJing at the pipe , and afterwards with encreasing
distinctness ...
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With these words , he applied himself to a closer examination of the prostrate
form , while Barnaby , holding the torch as he had been directed , looked on in
silence , fascinated by interest or curiosity , but repelled nevertheless by some
strong ...
With these words , he applied himself to a closer examination of the prostrate
form , while Barnaby , holding the torch as he had been directed , looked on in
silence , fascinated by interest or curiosity , but repelled nevertheless by some
strong ...
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cried the idiot falling back , and shuddering as with a strong spasm ; « he ' s
bloody . » . « It ' s in his nature I know , " muttered the locksmith , « it ' s cruel to
ask him , but I must have help . Barnaby - good Barnaby - dear Barnaby — if you
know ...
cried the idiot falling back , and shuddering as with a strong spasm ; « he ' s
bloody . » . « It ' s in his nature I know , " muttered the locksmith , « it ' s cruel to
ask him , but I must have help . Barnaby - good Barnaby - dear Barnaby — if you
know ...
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Página 201 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice ; To be imprison'd in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendent world...
Página 6 - Lords and Commons of England, consider what nation it is whereof ye are and whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to.
Página 202 - Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Página 202 - Above them all the arch-angel: but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrenched; and care Sat on his faded cheek, but under brows Of dauntless courage, and considerate pride Waiting revenge...
Página 205 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Página 202 - Archangel: but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrenched, and care Sat on his faded cheek, but under brows Of dauntless courage, and considerate* pride Waiting revenge. Cruel his eye, but cast Signs of remorse and passion to behold The fellows of his crime, the followers rather (Far other once beheld in bliss), condemned For ever now to have their lot in pain...
Página 433 - Who would have thought the old man had so much blood in him...
Página 200 - Darke, dolefull, dreary, like a greedy grave, That still for carrion carcases doth crave : On top whereof ay dwelt the ghastly Owle, Shrieking his balefull note, which ever drave Far from that haunt all other chearefull fowle, And all about it wandring ghostes did wayle and howle.
Página 536 - Only Dick Christian,';}; answers Lord Forester, ' and it is nothing new to him.' ' But he'll be drowned,' exclaims Lord Kinnaird. ' I shouldn't wonder,
Página 6 - ... and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to. Therefore the studies of learning in her deepest sciences have been so ancient, and so eminent among us, that writers of good antiquity, and ablest judgment have been persuaded that even the school of Pythagoras, and the Persian wisdom took beginning from the old philosophy of this island.