The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Том 54A. Constable, 1831 |
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... results not more from a solidity of structure , that defies the shock of time , than from a keen and exquisite polish of surface , that repels the canker of decay . We must not imagine , however , that little topics engross the whole ...
... results not more from a solidity of structure , that defies the shock of time , than from a keen and exquisite polish of surface , that repels the canker of decay . We must not imagine , however , that little topics engross the whole ...
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... results of induction and the promptings of original thought . Would that we had more of them upon which to make the ex- periment ! Among the many regrets occasioned by the ravages of the arch - destroyer , we know none more keen than ...
... results of induction and the promptings of original thought . Would that we had more of them upon which to make the ex- periment ! Among the many regrets occasioned by the ravages of the arch - destroyer , we know none more keen than ...
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... results of their labours may have been certain or ingenious , still have Aristotle's maxims ever furnished a clew , by which men have conducted their researches into the essence , objects , and instruments of the fine arts ; they have ...
... results of their labours may have been certain or ingenious , still have Aristotle's maxims ever furnished a clew , by which men have conducted their researches into the essence , objects , and instruments of the fine arts ; they have ...
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... results of that unfortunate , but too natural ambition , which tempted him to forego a station of literary eminence for one of political distinction . And , while something both in the tone and minuteness of the precepts , with which ...
... results of that unfortunate , but too natural ambition , which tempted him to forego a station of literary eminence for one of political distinction . And , while something both in the tone and minuteness of the precepts , with which ...
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... result ; and secondly , we say , that if true , it is not a subject for regret , as it is evidently considered by Mr Southey . It seems almost a waste of words to confute so untenable a theory ---- as that education is unfavourable to ...
... result ; and secondly , we say , that if true , it is not a subject for regret , as it is evidently considered by Mr Southey . It seems almost a waste of words to confute so untenable a theory ---- as that education is unfavourable to ...
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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.