Essays from the North American ReviewAllen Thorndike Rice D. Appleton, 1879 - 482 páginas |
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... least of his good fortunes that he left the task of record- ing it to one so competent as Mr. Lockhart ; who , to a familiarity with the person and habits of his illustrious sub- ject , unites such entire sympathy with his pursuits ...
... least of his good fortunes that he left the task of record- ing it to one so competent as Mr. Lockhart ; who , to a familiarity with the person and habits of his illustrious sub- ject , unites such entire sympathy with his pursuits ...
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... least taste and sensibility must find so much to applaud . It is enough to say that , in passing from the letters of Scott , with which the work is besprinkled , to the text of the biographer , we find none of those chilling transitions ...
... least taste and sensibility must find so much to applaud . It is enough to say that , in passing from the letters of Scott , with which the work is besprinkled , to the text of the biographer , we find none of those chilling transitions ...
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... least so far as the English libraries to which he had access would permit , he next endeavored , while at the University , to which he had been transferred from the High School , to pursue the same subject in the Continental languages ...
... least so far as the English libraries to which he had access would permit , he next endeavored , while at the University , to which he had been transferred from the High School , to pursue the same subject in the Continental languages ...
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... least as to its effect on the mind of his friend , since he sent a copy of the yet unpublished article to the latter on the day he was engaged to dine with him , with a request for a speedy an- swer . Scott testified no visible marks of ...
... least as to its effect on the mind of his friend , since he sent a copy of the yet unpublished article to the latter on the day he was engaged to dine with him , with a request for a speedy an- swer . Scott testified no visible marks of ...
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... public . Another beneficial result to letters was and we shall gain credit , at least , for candor in confessing it - that it broke down somewhat of that divinity which hedged in the despotic we of the reviewer SIR WALTER SCOTT . 19.
... public . Another beneficial result to letters was and we shall gain credit , at least , for candor in confessing it - that it broke down somewhat of that divinity which hedged in the despotic we of the reviewer SIR WALTER SCOTT . 19.
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Página 94 - Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom.
Página 99 - But to return to our own institute; besides these constant exercises at home, there is another opportunity of gaining experience to be won from pleasure itself abroad; in those vernal seasons of the year when the air is calm and pleasant, it were an injury and sullenness against nature, not to go out and see her riches, and partake in her rejoicing with heaven and earth.
Página 105 - Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay.
Página 73 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Página 98 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Página 73 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry, her clothing is silk and purple.
Página 316 - Hark! hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise, His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies; And winking Mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes; With everything that pretty bin : My lady sweet, arise! Arise! arise!
Página 110 - For softness she and sweet attractive grace: He for God only, she for God in him. His fair large front and eye sublime declared Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad...
Página 316 - But who the melodies of morn can tell ? — The wild brook babbling down the mountain side ; The lowing herd ; the sheepfold's simple bell ; The pipe of early shepherd dim descried In the lone valley ; echoing far and wide, The clamorous horn along the cliffs above ; The hollow murmur of the ocean-tide ; The hum of bees ; the linnet's lay of love ; And the full choir that wakes the universal grove.
Página 399 - Thus conscience does make cowards of us all, And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought, And enterprises of great pitch and moment With this regard their currents turn awry And lose the name of action.