Rambles in Italy: In the Years 1816....17N. G. Maxwell, J. Robinson, Printer, 1818 - 379 Seiten |
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... which I now behold with feelings that overpower me , yield in beauty and sublimity , to our trans - atlan- tick scenery . From what cause , then , do they derive their extraordinary influence over the imagination ? -- From 14 .
... which I now behold with feelings that overpower me , yield in beauty and sublimity , to our trans - atlan- tick scenery . From what cause , then , do they derive their extraordinary influence over the imagination ? -- From 14 .
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... feeling , and philosophical genius ; while gaiety , fancy and wit , will generally be the portion of a people , placed in a country , where the softness of the climate and the beau- ties of nature , compel the mind at every mo- ment ...
... feeling , and philosophical genius ; while gaiety , fancy and wit , will generally be the portion of a people , placed in a country , where the softness of the climate and the beau- ties of nature , compel the mind at every mo- ment ...
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... feeling . ** Over a nation , endowed with a temperament like this , moral and political institutions pos- sess a mighty influence . In the task of reform- ing , or establishing a government , the States- man would here have a purchase ...
... feeling . ** Over a nation , endowed with a temperament like this , moral and political institutions pos- sess a mighty influence . In the task of reform- ing , or establishing a government , the States- man would here have a purchase ...
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... feeling , and cure that shameless relaxation of morals , which , at present , disgraces their no- bility . Many persons think it a misfortune , that Buonaparte had not time to mature the benefi- cial plans he intended for Italy . If ...
... feeling , and cure that shameless relaxation of morals , which , at present , disgraces their no- bility . Many persons think it a misfortune , that Buonaparte had not time to mature the benefi- cial plans he intended for Italy . If ...
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... workings of the same passions and affections , manifesting them- selves from behind the disguises and artifi- cial modifications of society , seldom fails to inspire those feelings of comprehensive benevo- lence , which teach 40.
... workings of the same passions and affections , manifesting them- selves from behind the disguises and artifi- cial modifications of society , seldom fails to inspire those feelings of comprehensive benevo- lence , which teach 40.
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Seite 162 - Our political system is placed in a just correspondence and symmetry with the order of the world, and with the mode of existence decreed to a permanent body composed of transitory parts ; wherein, by the disposition of a stupendous wisdom, moulding together the great mysterious incorporation of the human race, the whole, at one time, is never old, or middle-aged, or young, but in a condition of unchangeable constancy, moves on through the...
Seite 2 - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Seite 226 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days : But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise...
Seite 234 - I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
Seite 120 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in, glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy.
Seite 39 - Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what (though rare) of later age, Ennobled hath the buskined stage. But O, sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek.
Seite 353 - Sometimes, with secure delight, The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid Dancing in the chequered shade...
Seite 107 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his loved mansionry that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed The air is delicate.
Seite 92 - Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
Seite 85 - At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air...