Miscellaneous EssaysD. Appleton, 1860 - 390 páginas |
De dentro do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 100
Página 9
... cause that his tions , shown himself true to the cause of virtue . astonishing success has been owing . We feel Amidst all the innumerable combinations of in his characters that it is not romance , but character , event , and dialogue ...
... cause that his tions , shown himself true to the cause of virtue . astonishing success has been owing . We feel Amidst all the innumerable combinations of in his characters that it is not romance , but character , event , and dialogue ...
Página 21
... cause , we are persuaded , that the extraordina- The columns of the temple of Jupiter Olym ry impression produced by the pyramids , and pius produced the same effects on the enthu all the works of the Cyclopean age in archi - siastic ...
... cause , we are persuaded , that the extraordina- The columns of the temple of Jupiter Olym ry impression produced by the pyramids , and pius produced the same effects on the enthu all the works of the Cyclopean age in archi - siastic ...
Página 26
... cause them to love as well as fear you . Should any contro- versy or tumult arise , sift it to the bottom , whether the result be favourable or unfavour- It is to be regretted that Chateaubriand did not visit Upper Egypt . His ardent ...
... cause them to love as well as fear you . Should any contro- versy or tumult arise , sift it to the bottom , whether the result be favourable or unfavour- It is to be regretted that Chateaubriand did not visit Upper Egypt . His ardent ...
Página 29
... cause his exile into honourable and lucrative unknown to Cæsar or Frederick , and touches banishment at Hamburgh is to be ascribed . with a light hand on those glorious successes Whether this banishment was justly or un- which justly ...
... cause his exile into honourable and lucrative unknown to Cæsar or Frederick , and touches banishment at Hamburgh is to be ascribed . with a light hand on those glorious successes Whether this banishment was justly or un- which justly ...
Página 46
... causes and effects , on which the fate of empires depends , springs at once from the secrets of Divine Providence . God ... cause being · carried into operation to overthrow the longest | backslider in 46 ALISON'S MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS .
... causes and effects , on which the fate of empires depends , springs at once from the secrets of Divine Providence . God ... cause being · carried into operation to overthrow the longest | backslider in 46 ALISON'S MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS .
Outras edições - Ver todos
Termos e frases comuns
admiration amidst ancient Antwerp appear arms army Assembly authority beauty Blackwood's Magazine British Carlists cause character Charles X Chateaubriand church Citizen King civil classes consequence constitution Cortes democracy democratic despotism effect elevated empire enemy England English equal Europe existence eyes favour feeling force France freedom French French Revolution genius Girondists glory hand human imagination influence interest Jacobins Janissaries Junot king labours liberty Louis Louis Philippe Madame de Staël Malebolge mankind manner ment military mind modern monarchy mountains multitude Napoleon nature never noble object observation Paris party passion period Poland political popular possession present principles produced provinces race racter recollection reign religion rendered Revolution revolutionary Robespierre Roman Rome ruins Russian scene shores sion society soldiers spirit success taste thing thought thousand throne tion triumph troops truth ulema vast victory whole writers
Passagens mais conhecidas
Página 386 - PER me si va nella città dolente, Per me si va nell' eterno dolore, Per me si va tra la perduta gente. Giustizia mosse il mio alto fattore : Fecemi la divina potestate, La somma sapienza e il primo amore. Dinanzi a me non fur cose create, Se non eterne, ed io eterno duro : Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch...
Página 255 - ... regulations and ordinances necessary for the execution of the laws and the safety of the State.
Página 160 - Slow sinks, more lovely ere his race be run, Along Morea's hills the setting sun: Not, as in northern climes, obscurely bright, But one unclouded blaze of living light!
Página 386 - Con lieto volto, ond' io mi confortai, Mi mise dentro alle segrete cose. Quivi sospiri, pianti ed alti guai Risonavan per l'aer senza stelle, Perch' io al cominciar ne lagrimai. Diverse lingue, orribili favelle, Parole di dolore, accenti d'ira, Voci alte e fioche, e suon di man con elle, Facevano un tumulto, il qual s' aggira Sempre in quell' aria senza tempo tinta, Come la rena quando a turbo spira.
Página 254 - But although, from the very first, we clearly discerned and forcibly pointed out the disastrous effects on the freedom, peace, and tranquillity, first of France, and then of the...
Página 71 - The sun was now resting his huge disk upon the edge of the level ocean, and gilded the accumulation of towering clouds through which he had travelled the livelong day, and which now assembled on all sides, like misfortunes and disasters around a sinking empire and falling monarch.
Página 72 - Still, however, his dying splendor gave a sombre magnificence to the massive congregation of vapors, forming out of their unsubstantial gloom the show of pyramids and towers, some touched with gold, some with purple, some with a hue of deep and dark red. The distant sea, stretched beneath this varied and gorgeous canopy, lay almost portentously still, reflecting back the dazzling and level beams of the descending luminary, and the splendid coloring of the clouds amidst which he was setting.
Página 13 - Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below.
Página 161 - The world was sad ; the garden was a wild ! And man, the hermit, sighed, till woman smiled...
Página 161 - That hangs his head, and a' that ? The coward-slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea stamp ; The man's the gowd for a