The Saint Petersburg English Review of Literature, the Arts and Sciences, Volume 3Hauer., 1842 |
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... things as communications from the departed may be per- mitted . I know all that has been said of the absurdity of imagining that , while no ghosts glide along the fields of Wa- terloo or Cannæ , or emerge from the waves of the Nile or ...
... things as communications from the departed may be per- mitted . I know all that has been said of the absurdity of imagining that , while no ghosts glide along the fields of Wa- terloo or Cannæ , or emerge from the waves of the Nile or ...
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... things , before my dozing eyes . I looked about , and I found it was broad daylight . Their Com- monships had sate late , and I had fallen asleep , like the great majority of the members during the debate . In a moment I collected my ...
... things , before my dozing eyes . I looked about , and I found it was broad daylight . Their Com- monships had sate late , and I had fallen asleep , like the great majority of the members during the debate . In a moment I collected my ...
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... spirit was troubled and wandering about ; for , poor thing , it knew what it were to go through , though I , old fool that I was , did not . » > 41 1 I FOUR COMPOSITIONS AFTER THE ANTIQUE , I. THE HUSBANDMAN . 14 ENGLISH REVIEW .
... spirit was troubled and wandering about ; for , poor thing , it knew what it were to go through , though I , old fool that I was , did not . » > 41 1 I FOUR COMPOSITIONS AFTER THE ANTIQUE , I. THE HUSBANDMAN . 14 ENGLISH REVIEW .
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... thing , probably , in buoyancy as well as in brilliancy ; but those intellectual powers which lie at the foundation of ex- cellence of this description remain the same , or rather im- proved and mellowed by age ; for these faculties are ...
... thing , probably , in buoyancy as well as in brilliancy ; but those intellectual powers which lie at the foundation of ex- cellence of this description remain the same , or rather im- proved and mellowed by age ; for these faculties are ...
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... things to which , in some view or other , it bears a resemblance . ' This distinction seems to us to represent the real difference which exists between the effects of a stroke of Imagination and a stroke of quick Thought , or wit - a ...
... things to which , in some view or other , it bears a resemblance . ' This distinction seems to us to represent the real difference which exists between the effects of a stroke of Imagination and a stroke of quick Thought , or wit - a ...
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Página 83 - twould a saint provoke," (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke ;} " No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this cheek a little red.
Página 361 - I never saw them afterwards, or any sign of them except three of their hats, one cap, and two shoes that were not fellows.
Página 24 - But the Imagination is conscious of an indestructible dominion; — the Soul may fall away from it, not being able to sustain its grandeur ; but, if once felt and acknowledged, by no act of any other faculty of the mind can it be relaxed, impaired, or diminished. — Fancy is given to quicken and to beguile the temporal part of our Nature, Imagination to incite and to support the eternal.
Página 230 - Whereas Daniel De Foe, alias De Fooe, is charged with writing a scandalous and seditious pamphlet, entitled The Shortest Way with the Dissenters ; he is a middle-sized spare man, about forty years old, of a brown complexion, and dark-brown coloured hair.
Página 360 - Robinson Kreutznaer; but by the usual corruption of words in England we are now called, nay, we call ourselves, and write our name "Crusoe," and so my companions always called me.
Página 174 - Fear ye not me? Saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Página 30 - But, gracious God, how well dost Thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide ! Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. O teach me to believe Thee thus concealed, And search no farther than Thyself revealed ; But her alone for my director take, Whom Thou hast promised never to forsake...
Página 29 - La mort a des rigueurs à nulle autre pareilles : On a beau la prier, La cruelle qu'elle est se bouche les oreilles, Et nous laisse crier. Le pauvre en sa cabane, où le chaume le couvre, Est sujet à ses lois; Et la garde qui veille aux barrières du Louvre N'en défend point nos Rois. De murmurer contre elle et perdre patience II est mal à propos ; Vouloir ce que Dieu veut est la seule science Qui nous met en repos.
Página 30 - Above it stood the Seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
Página 267 - ... first sight Of his terms, would back out, and take refuge in Flight. It is not my purpose to pause and inquire If he might not, in managing thus to retire, Jump out of the frying-pan into the fire ; Suffice it, that folks would have nothing to do, Who could possibly help it, with Shylock the Jew. But, however discreetly one cuts and contrives...