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Pagina 5
... whole form of the superstructure had been profoundly modified . " So tenacious are we , " said Burke towards the close of the last century , " of our old ecclesiastical modes and fashions of institution that very little change has been ...
... whole form of the superstructure had been profoundly modified . " So tenacious are we , " said Burke towards the close of the last century , " of our old ecclesiastical modes and fashions of institution that very little change has been ...
Pagina 6
... whole favourable to morality and discipline , and we thought they were susceptible of amend- ment without altering the ground . We thought they were capable of receiving and meliorating and , above all , of pre- serving the accessories ...
... whole favourable to morality and discipline , and we thought they were susceptible of amend- ment without altering the ground . We thought they were capable of receiving and meliorating and , above all , of pre- serving the accessories ...
Pagina 7
... whole classes of the nation without at first producing any change in outward habits of life , and even without arousing a sense of their logical incongruity . These mixed ideas were constantly brought before the imagination in the works ...
... whole classes of the nation without at first producing any change in outward habits of life , and even without arousing a sense of their logical incongruity . These mixed ideas were constantly brought before the imagination in the works ...
Pagina 8
... Whole classes of the population had been drawn into opposing camps during the Civil War , and still stood confronting each other with all the harsh antagonism of sentiment inherited from that conflict . Such a bare summary alone is ...
... Whole classes of the population had been drawn into opposing camps during the Civil War , and still stood confronting each other with all the harsh antagonism of sentiment inherited from that conflict . Such a bare summary alone is ...
Pagina 9
... whole life in the country , training dogs for his neighbours , fishing their streams , making whips for their young heirs , and even garters for their wives and daughters.1 The country gentlemen were confirmed in these ideas by the ...
... whole life in the country , training dogs for his neighbours , fishing their streams , making whips for their young heirs , and even garters for their wives and daughters.1 The country gentlemen were confirmed in these ideas by the ...
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Pagina 129 - I have not slept. Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma or a hideous dream...
Pagina 192 - It was said of Socrates, that he brought philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit among men ; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffee-houses.
Pagina 143 - Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease...
Pagina 128 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it.
Pagina 134 - While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise— Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers load, On wings of winds came flying all abroad?
Pagina 177 - He is now in his fifty-sixth year, cheerful, gay, and hearty; keeps a good house both in town and country; a great lover of mankind; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied, all the young women profess love to him, and the young men are glad of his company.
Pagina 78 - To Dr. Jonathan Swift, the most agreeable companion, the truest friend, and the greatest genius of his age.
Pagina 3 - Shalum, just finished for the next day's Spectator, in his hand. Such a mark of national respect was due to the unsullied statesman, to the accomplished scholar, to the master of pure English eloquence, to the consummate painter of life and manners. It was due, above all, to the great satirist, who alone knew how to use ridicule without abusing it, who, without inflicting a wound, effected a great social reform, and who reconciled wit and virtue, after a long and disastrous separation, during which...
Pagina 94 - I shall say the less of Mr Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Pagina 3 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...