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... mind , and favors its tendencies to the pursuit of science and intellectual improvement ; and , on the other , it gives a more general and freer spirit to literature itself than it would otherwise have , by bringing together the ...
... mind , and favors its tendencies to the pursuit of science and intellectual improvement ; and , on the other , it gives a more general and freer spirit to literature itself than it would otherwise have , by bringing together the ...
Pagina 12
... mind these horrible forebodings . No tolling bell from the castle , or from any neighboring church or convent , struck upon his ear to tell how the hours passed . Frequently he would stop and listen for some sound that might betoken the ...
... mind these horrible forebodings . No tolling bell from the castle , or from any neighboring church or convent , struck upon his ear to tell how the hours passed . Frequently he would stop and listen for some sound that might betoken the ...
Pagina 13
... mind . Vivenzio partook of the food that was before him , without apprehen- sion . It might be poisoned ; but if it were , he knew he could not es- cape death , should such be the de- sign of Tolfi , and the quickest death would be the ...
... mind . Vivenzio partook of the food that was before him , without apprehen- sion . It might be poisoned ; but if it were , he knew he could not es- cape death , should such be the de- sign of Tolfi , and the quickest death would be the ...
Pagina 14
... mind or body - some un- heard - of device for producing ex- quisite misery , lurked , he was sure , in what had taken place . Oppressed with this belief , and distracted more by the dreadful uncertainty of whatever fate im- pended ...
... mind or body - some un- heard - of device for producing ex- quisite misery , lurked , he was sure , in what had taken place . Oppressed with this belief , and distracted more by the dreadful uncertainty of whatever fate im- pended ...
Pagina 16
... mind was over- whelmed with others of a far greater magnitude . It suggested , however , a feeble hope of deliverance ; and there is no hope so feeble as not to yield some support to a heart bend- ing under despair . He resolved to ...
... mind was over- whelmed with others of a far greater magnitude . It suggested , however , a feeble hope of deliverance ; and there is no hope so feeble as not to yield some support to a heart bend- ing under despair . He resolved to ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 299 - A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay...
Pagina 82 - Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, and also the beasts of the field, and the birds of the air; and even the fish of the sea are taken away.
Pagina 141 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
Pagina 141 - Who knows whether the best of men be known, or whether there be not more remarkable persons forgot, than any that stand remembered in the known account of time...
Pagina 281 - Yielding to immoral pleasure corrupts the mind, living to animal and trifling ones debases it: both in their degree disqualify it for its genuine good, and consign it over to wretchedness. Whoever would be really happy must make the diligent and regular exercise of his superior powers his chief attention, adoring the perfections of his Maker, expressing good-will to his fellow-creatures, cultivating inward rectitude.
Pagina 304 - They too are among the unhappy. They feel personal pain and domestic sorrow. In these they have no privilege, but are subject to pay their full contingent to the contributions levied on mortality. They want this sovereign balm under their gnawing cares and anxieties, which being less conversant about the limited wants of animal life, range without limit, and are diversified by infinite combinations in the wild and unbounded regions of imagination. Some charitable dole is wanting...
Pagina 504 - Wild is thy lay and loud, Far in the downy cloud, Love gives it energy, love gave it birth ; Where on thy dewy wing, Where art thou journeying? Thy lay is in heaven, thy love is on earth. O'er fell and fountain sheen. O'er moor and mountain green, O'er the red streamer that heralds...
Pagina 277 - Not a single red tile, no flaming gentleman's house, or garden walls break in upon the repose of this little unsuspected paradise, but all is peace, rusticity, and happy poverty in its neatest, most becoming attire.
Pagina 514 - ... that I scarce see what passes under my nose, and hear nothing that is said about me. To follow poetry as one ought, one must forget father and mother, and cleave to it alone.
Pagina 459 - Up ! up to yon cliff! like a king to his throne ! O'er the black silent forest piled lofty and lone — A throne which the eagle is glad to resign Unto footsteps so fleet and so fearless as thine. There the bright heather springs up in love of thy breast, Lo...