Museum of Foreign Literature and Science, Volume 6Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith E. Littell, 1825 |
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Pagina 5
... truth , one must make some sacrifices to obtain good society ; for here am I shut out of several places where I used to play the fool very agreeably . " It often happened amid those sharper wits with whom he now as- sociated , that the ...
... truth , one must make some sacrifices to obtain good society ; for here am I shut out of several places where I used to play the fool very agreeably . " It often happened amid those sharper wits with whom he now as- sociated , that the ...
Pagina 12
... truth with which the principal characters are designed , make the Vicar of Wakefield one of the most delicious morsels of fictitious compo- sition on which the human mind was ever employed . The princi- pal character , that of the ...
... truth with which the principal characters are designed , make the Vicar of Wakefield one of the most delicious morsels of fictitious compo- sition on which the human mind was ever employed . The princi- pal character , that of the ...
Pagina 13
... truth or accuracy ; and even if he were , that the extracts made , and the inferences drawn , were more conspicuous for gar- bling and ill - nature , than fairness and impartiality . So far we agree with the American critic , who takes ...
... truth or accuracy ; and even if he were , that the extracts made , and the inferences drawn , were more conspicuous for gar- bling and ill - nature , than fairness and impartiality . So far we agree with the American critic , who takes ...
Pagina 15
... truth we should not ; for , to our own particular knowledge , every one of these adventures might happen , and , in all probability , do hap- pen , every day . We should be inclined to laugh , however , if this valuable information were ...
... truth we should not ; for , to our own particular knowledge , every one of these adventures might happen , and , in all probability , do hap- pen , every day . We should be inclined to laugh , however , if this valuable information were ...
Pagina 18
... truth . If the Americans do not understand this , we shall explain it better by a sentence from the last Edinburgh Review— " There is a set , " says the honest reviewer , " of miserable per- sons in England , who are dreadfully afraid ...
... truth . If the Americans do not understand this , we shall explain it better by a sentence from the last Edinburgh Review— " There is a set , " says the honest reviewer , " of miserable per- sons in England , who are dreadfully afraid ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 85 - Friend after friend departs ; Who hath not lost a friend? There is no union here of hearts, That finds not here an end.
Pagina 92 - Yet, when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resigned ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind nature's signal of retreat...
Pagina 161 - AND is there care in heaven ? and is there love In heavenly spirits to these creatures base, That may compassion of their evils move ? There is : else much more wretched were the case Of men than beasts...
Pagina 161 - How oft do they their silver bowers leave, To come to succour us that succour want ! How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting...
Pagina 86 - Beyond the reign of death, There surely is some blessed clime Where life is not a breath, Nor life's affections transient fire, Whose sparks fly upward and expire.
Pagina 375 - I shall detain you now no longer in the demonstration of what we should not do, but straight conduct you to a hill-side, where I will point you out the right path of a virtuous and noble education ; laborious indeed at the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospect, and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming-.