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Pagina 6
... scenes amidst which he lived were the only subjects upon which he could in- dulge his talent ; and it says much , that in the observation of them , he never seems to have tired , but to have ever found a theme for his eulogies in the 66 ...
... scenes amidst which he lived were the only subjects upon which he could in- dulge his talent ; and it says much , that in the observation of them , he never seems to have tired , but to have ever found a theme for his eulogies in the 66 ...
Pagina 9
... scene of wretchedness , that the most eloquent of our writers ( I had almost said of our poets ) Jeremy Taylor , wrote the following paragraph , which at least , in Longinus's sense of the word , we may place among the sublime passages ...
... scene of wretchedness , that the most eloquent of our writers ( I had almost said of our poets ) Jeremy Taylor , wrote the following paragraph , which at least , in Longinus's sense of the word , we may place among the sublime passages ...
Pagina 13
... scene . The illusion is very pretty , and the thing in its appli- cation though not in its principles , entirely new . AVALANCHE . - Sir Robert Ker Porter , in his travels through Persia , gives the following description of an Avalanche ...
... scene . The illusion is very pretty , and the thing in its appli- cation though not in its principles , entirely new . AVALANCHE . - Sir Robert Ker Porter , in his travels through Persia , gives the following description of an Avalanche ...
Pagina 22
... scene of the execu- tion ; for I anticipate my reader's feelings in the exhaustion of my own heart . Serene and with unaltered countenance the lofty minded Harlin heard the strokes of the death - bell , stood before the scaf- fold while ...
... scene of the execu- tion ; for I anticipate my reader's feelings in the exhaustion of my own heart . Serene and with unaltered countenance the lofty minded Harlin heard the strokes of the death - bell , stood before the scaf- fold while ...
Pagina 39
... scene itself , and strange and fearful ideas obtruded themselves in rapid succession . It was dreadful to be chained in the middle of the deep - to be the continual sport of the quietless billows - to be shunned as a fatal thing by ...
... scene itself , and strange and fearful ideas obtruded themselves in rapid succession . It was dreadful to be chained in the middle of the deep - to be the continual sport of the quietless billows - to be shunned as a fatal thing by ...
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
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Populaire passages
Pagina 123 - The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.
Pagina 384 - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.
Pagina 123 - You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet, Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone? Of two such lessons, why forget The nobler and the manlier one?
Pagina 125 - The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Pagina 103 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep...
Pagina 123 - Trust not for freedom to the Franks — They have a king who buys and sells : In native swords and native ranks The only hope of courage dwells ; But Turkish force and Latin fraud Would break your shield, however broad.
Pagina 123 - Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep; There, swan-like, let me sing and die: A land of slaves shall ne'er be mine— Dash down yon cup of Samian wine!
Pagina 263 - ... broker's shop, but she spies something that may be wanted some time ; and it is impossible to make her pass the door of a house where she hears goods selling by auction.
Pagina 218 - LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red ; it is full of mixture ; and he poureth out of the same : but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
Pagina 195 - Which kiss'd it like a wine-cup, rising o'er The waves as they arose, and prouder still The loftier they uplifted me ; and oft, In wantonness of spirit, plunging down Into their green and glassy gulfs, and making My way to shells and sea-weed...