An Essay on Light Reading: As it May be Supposed to Influence Moral Conduct and Literary TasteJ. Carpenter, 1808 - 213 страници |
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... the nature of the novel , pro- perly so called : wishing it , however , to be understood that there are some volumes passing under that name which are in most points unexceptionable ; and of which I shall take notice before I conclude 6.
... the nature of the novel , pro- perly so called : wishing it , however , to be understood that there are some volumes passing under that name which are in most points unexceptionable ; and of which I shall take notice before I conclude 6.
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... indolence not less criminal , have neglected to inquire how all the hours of their offspring or their pupils were passed ; and , by an indifference wholly unpardonable , have allowed the work of moral and useful instruc- tion , to 27.
... indolence not less criminal , have neglected to inquire how all the hours of their offspring or their pupils were passed ; and , by an indifference wholly unpardonable , have allowed the work of moral and useful instruc- tion , to 27.
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... abettors of obscenity , scurrility , and folly , as bad as any thing for which we ourselves condemn the licentious days of the se- cond Charles . I say , with some confidence , that such is likely to be the sentence passed upon our 29.
... abettors of obscenity , scurrility , and folly , as bad as any thing for which we ourselves condemn the licentious days of the se- cond Charles . I say , with some confidence , that such is likely to be the sentence passed upon our 29.
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... passed upon our tastes by posterity ; because I hope that our existence , as a nation , is not at an end ; and am sure that our continuance will depend upon growing wiser and better . our The time , I trust , is to come , when the ...
... passed upon our tastes by posterity ; because I hope that our existence , as a nation , is not at an end ; and am sure that our continuance will depend upon growing wiser and better . our The time , I trust , is to come , when the ...
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... have , I know , become venerable ; they have passed the ordeal of criticism , and their claim to eminence as novel writers no one ventures to dispute . It would therefore be an act of more than or- dinary hardihood 44.
... have , I know , become venerable ; they have passed the ordeal of criticism , and their claim to eminence as novel writers no one ventures to dispute . It would therefore be an act of more than or- dinary hardihood 44.
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Страница 176 - And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit, in these degenerate times of shame, To catch the heart or strike for honest fame...
Страница 175 - And pinch'd with cold, and shrinking from the shower, With heavy heart deplores that luckless hour, When idly first, ambitious of the town, She left her wheel and robes of country brown.
Страница 168 - While the pent ocean, rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile ; — The slow canal, the yellow-blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated plain — A new creation rescued from his reign.
Страница 167 - To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And, sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward, methinks, and diligently slow, The...
Страница 181 - But urg'd by storms along its slippery way, I love thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st, And dreaded as thou art! Thou...
Страница 188 - British earth, that the ground on which he treads is holy, and consecrated by the genius of universal emancipation. No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced ; no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have...
Страница 174 - As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Tho' round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Страница 189 - No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced; no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon him; no matter in what disastrous battle his liberty may have been cloven down; no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of Slavery; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust...
Страница 183 - Tis morning ; and the sun, with ruddy orb Ascending, fires the horizon ; while the clouds, That crowd away before the driving wind, More ardent as the disk emerges more, Resemble most some city in a blaze, Seen through the leafless wood.
Страница 188 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.