The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Том 54A. Constable, 1831 |
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Or Critical Journal. whose society a man might gladly quit the scenes of present ex- istence - might loathe to live , or at least not fear to die . In short , it would not be difficult to collect from the Dialogues of Plato , a volume of ...
Or Critical Journal. whose society a man might gladly quit the scenes of present ex- istence - might loathe to live , or at least not fear to die . In short , it would not be difficult to collect from the Dialogues of Plato , a volume of ...
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... presents of them , and then hope for " sweet remuneration " from the persons whom he had thus delighted to honour . ' The ... present age too independent , and that it might be improved by a gentle encouragement of that spirit of humble ...
... presents of them , and then hope for " sweet remuneration " from the persons whom he had thus delighted to honour . ' The ... present age too independent , and that it might be improved by a gentle encouragement of that spirit of humble ...
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... present imperfections . This , the only sound and rational encouragement , is directly opposed to that lenient tole- rance of ' inferior execution , ' which appears to receive the com- mendation of Mr Southey . Men are encouraged to do ...
... present imperfections . This , the only sound and rational encouragement , is directly opposed to that lenient tole- rance of ' inferior execution , ' which appears to receive the com- mendation of Mr Southey . Men are encouraged to do ...
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... present moment , the land of almost every Eastern country has been regarded as the exclusive property of the sovereign , who was thus enabled to fix the terms on which it should be occupied . Speaking generally , it has been held by its ...
... present moment , the land of almost every Eastern country has been regarded as the exclusive property of the sovereign , who was thus enabled to fix the terms on which it should be occupied . Speaking generally , it has been held by its ...
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... present sup- pose arranged into different classes , which we shall denote by the let- ters A , B , C , D , E , F , & c . the class A comprehending the soils of the greatest fertility , and the other letters expressing different classes ...
... present sup- pose arranged into different classes , which we shall denote by the let- ters A , B , C , D , E , F , & c . the class A comprehending the soils of the greatest fertility , and the other letters expressing different classes ...
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Страница 4 - But these men attained literary eminence in spite of their weaknesses. Boswell attained it by reason of his weaknesses. If he had not been a great fool, he would never have been a great writer.
Страница 3 - The Family Shakspeare ; in which nothing is added to the Original Text ; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud. By T. BOWDLEB, Esq. FRS New Edition, in Volumes for the Pocket ; with 36 Wood Engravings, from Designs by Smirke, Howard, and other Artists.
Страница 20 - Sir Adam introduced the ancient Greeks and Romans. JOHNSON, " Sir, the mass of both of them were barbarians. The mass of every people must be barbarous where there is no printing, and consequently knowledge is not generally diffused. Knowledge is diffused among our people by the newspapers.
Страница 87 - Ye adulterers and adulteresses know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God ? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Страница 24 - ... wig with the scorched foretop, the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and mouth moving with convulsive twitches; we see the heavy form rolling; we hear it puffing; and then comes the " Why, sir !
Страница 86 - I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Страница 433 - The way, hardly discernible in gloom, runs close by the mouth of the burning pit, which sends forth its flames, its noisome smoke, and its hideous shapes, to terrify the adventurer. Thence he goes on, amidst the snares and pitfalls, with the mangled bodies of those who have perished lying in the ditch by his side. At the end...
Страница 15 - Let us not be found, when our Master calls us, stripping the lace off our waistcoats, but the spirit of contention from our souls and tongues. Alas ! sir, a man who cannot get to heaven in a green coat will not find his way thither the sooner in a grey one.
Страница 2 - We arc not sure that there is in the whole history of the human intellect so strange a phenomenon as this book. Many of the greatest men that ever lived have written biography. Boswell was one of the smallest men that ever lived ; and he has beaten them all.
Страница 438 - I walked," says he, with his own peculiar eloquence, to a neighbouring town ; and sat down upon a settle in the street, and fell into a very deep pause about the most fearful state my sin had brought me to ; and after long musing, I lifted up my head ; but methought I saw as if the sun that shineth in the heavens did grudge to give me light; and as if the very stones in the street, and tiles upon the houses, did band themselves against me.