The Port FolioJoseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1820 |
Vanuit het boek
Resultaten 1-5 van 79
Pagina 14
... human species ; and from im- mortai parents derived a mortal offspring . * " Can you claim the wreath of fame for one who thus sullies the dignity of epic poetry , by making the gods more abandoned , more profligate , weak and unsteady ...
... human species ; and from im- mortai parents derived a mortal offspring . * " Can you claim the wreath of fame for one who thus sullies the dignity of epic poetry , by making the gods more abandoned , more profligate , weak and unsteady ...
Pagina 31
... human nature as we have obtained , and they , therefore , experience great difficulty in distinguishing between the lover and the admirer . Their province is not so much to select as to accept . " But if your passion cannot be ...
... human nature as we have obtained , and they , therefore , experience great difficulty in distinguishing between the lover and the admirer . Their province is not so much to select as to accept . " But if your passion cannot be ...
Pagina 40
... human society , which form the most valuable treatise that is even yet to be found upon the subject . * See Part I , in Vol . IX . p . 339 . He next wrote the life of his father - in 40 On Historical Composition . There fate displays ...
... human society , which form the most valuable treatise that is even yet to be found upon the subject . * See Part I , in Vol . IX . p . 339 . He next wrote the life of his father - in 40 On Historical Composition . There fate displays ...
Pagina 42
... human affairs are profound and just , must be obvious to every person who has judgment to follow him . The perusal of his works requires more than an ordinary exercise of attention . They are fitted to instruct rather than to amuse ...
... human affairs are profound and just , must be obvious to every person who has judgment to follow him . The perusal of his works requires more than an ordinary exercise of attention . They are fitted to instruct rather than to amuse ...
Pagina 47
... human re- cord reaches , Homer has displayed the wonderful powers of the Greek language ; and by his own practice , had fixed those princi- ples upon which future artists were to perform , and future critics to judge . At Rome , the ...
... human re- cord reaches , Homer has displayed the wonderful powers of the Greek language ; and by his own practice , had fixed those princi- ples upon which future artists were to perform , and future critics to judge . At Rome , the ...
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
admiration Anacreon ancient appear attention Avenel balloon Bathyllus beautiful bosom Bowdler Buonaparte called Catacombs Catacombs of Paris cause changes character Chateaubriand Christianity Cicero circumstances Crazy Jane D'Israeli delight earth effect English Eurypyle exist father favour fear feel France Galba genius give hand happy heart honour hope human idea inflammation interesting Iphitus Joseph Montgolfier kind king labours lady language learned less literary live manner means ment mind moral Moscow Myrilla nature never o'er object observations opinion original Paris passion Penrose perhaps Persian person pleasure poet poetry Polycrates present racter readers religion remarkable respect Sallust savage seems sentiment smile soul speak spirit style Susquehanna county Tacitus talents thee thing thou thought Tiberius tion truth whole wish words writer youth
Populaire passages
Pagina 104 - Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
Pagina 451 - And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest ; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Pagina 104 - Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
Pagina 106 - When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room...
Pagina 398 - I consider woman as a beautiful romantic animal, that may be adorned with furs and feathers, pearls and diamonds, ores and silks. The lynx shall cast its skin at her feet to make her a tippet; the peacock, parrot, and swan, shall pay contributions to her muff; the sea shall be searched for shells, and the rocks for gems; and every part of nature furnish out its share towards the embellishment of a creature that is the most consummate work of it.
Pagina 106 - But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Pagina 19 - WHEN THE ASSAULT WAS INTENDED TO THE CITY. CAPTAIN or colonel, or knight in arms, Whose chance on these defenceless doors may seize, If deed of honour did thee ever please, Guard them, and him within protect from harms. He can requite thee, for he knows the charms That call fame on such gentle acts as these, And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muses...
Pagina 450 - ... tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only Merit constant pay receives, Is...
Pagina 103 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, So that I come again to my father's house in peace ; then shall the Lord be my God : and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house : and of all that thou shalt give me, I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Pagina 108 - There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.