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Pagina 13
... interest which the future contributor appeared to take in the periodical . At last came the business question : " How much per sheet do you mean to pay ? " The somewhat hesitating reply was , that no payment was contemplated at first ...
... interest which the future contributor appeared to take in the periodical . At last came the business question : " How much per sheet do you mean to pay ? " The somewhat hesitating reply was , that no payment was contemplated at first ...
Pagina 14
... interest to any which precede them . Encouraged by the frank kindness with which I was met , I suggested the republication of all the " Sketches , " and stated my idea of the manner in which they should be edited . Mr. Sheil stated his ...
... interest to any which precede them . Encouraged by the frank kindness with which I was met , I suggested the republication of all the " Sketches , " and stated my idea of the manner in which they should be edited . Mr. Sheil stated his ...
Pagina 16
... interest , because they emanate from a mas- ter - mind , and are written with fidelity and spirit . I have arranged them in an order different from that in which they originally appeared ( on Mr. Sheil's own suggestion , that there ...
... interest , because they emanate from a mas- ter - mind , and are written with fidelity and spirit . I have arranged them in an order different from that in which they originally appeared ( on Mr. Sheil's own suggestion , that there ...
Pagina 33
... interest is most raised , the chances of life and death appear so nicely balanced , that the most experi- enced observer can only watch the symptoms , without ventur- ing to prognosticate the issue . Such , to give an apposite ex- ample ...
... interest is most raised , the chances of life and death appear so nicely balanced , that the most experi- enced observer can only watch the symptoms , without ventur- ing to prognosticate the issue . Such , to give an apposite ex- ample ...
Pagina 40
... interest in , even if they understood them , evidently go to exhibit their charms and their wardrobe ! An aggravated murder case pleases them -as a tragedy would . But their peculiar delight is to listen to the details of an action for ...
... interest in , even if they understood them , evidently go to exhibit their charms and their wardrobe ! An aggravated murder case pleases them -as a tragedy would . But their peculiar delight is to listen to the details of an action for ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 384 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake : whether it be to the king, as supreme ; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by Him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Pagina 384 - Let every soul be subject to higher powers : for there is no power but from God; and those that are, are ordained of God.
Pagina 239 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Pagina 234 - Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart ; Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord.
Pagina 257 - Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in majesty, in both the last. The force of Nature could no farther go ; To make a third she joined the former two.
Pagina 303 - ... my slenderer and younger taper imbibed its borrowed light from the more matured and redundant fountain of yours. Yes, my lord, we can remember those nights, without any other regret than that they can never more return; for " We spent them not in toys; or lust, or wine; But search of deep philosophy, Wit, eloquence, and poesy; Arts which I lov'd, for they, my friend, were thine...
Pagina 116 - You are appointed to exercise the functions of legislators, and not to transfer them. And if you do so your act is a dissolution of the government. You resolve society into its original elements, and no man in the land is bound to obey you.
Pagina 138 - Whatever Sheridan has done or chosen to do has been, par excellence, always the best of its kind. He has written the best comedy (School for Scandal), the best drama (in my mind, far before that St.
Pagina 358 - I've seen around me fall Like leaves in wintry weather, I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed!
Pagina 384 - Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? Do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same. For he is a minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.