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Pagina 42
It is their own pride and ignorance which causes the disturbing , who neither will
hear with meekness , nor can convince , yet all must be suppressed which is not
found in their Syntagma . They are the troublers , they are the dividers of unity ...
It is their own pride and ignorance which causes the disturbing , who neither will
hear with meekness , nor can convince , yet all must be suppressed which is not
found in their Syntagma . They are the troublers , they are the dividers of unity ...
Pagina 57
Or do ye complain that pain no longer visits you , that sickness has done its worst
, that you have paid the last debt to nature , that you hear no more of the
thickening phalanx of the foe , or your lady ' s waning love ; and that while this
ball of ...
Or do ye complain that pain no longer visits you , that sickness has done its worst
, that you have paid the last debt to nature , that you hear no more of the
thickening phalanx of the foe , or your lady ' s waning love ; and that while this
ball of ...
Pagina 76
In the capital , " writes Lord Macaulay , “ the coffee - houses supplied in some
measure the place of a journal . Thither the Londoners flocked , as the Athenians
of old flocked to the market - place , to hear whether there was any news .
In the capital , " writes Lord Macaulay , “ the coffee - houses supplied in some
measure the place of a journal . Thither the Londoners flocked , as the Athenians
of old flocked to the market - place , to hear whether there was any news .
Pagina 97
... that not one Gentleman's Daughter in a thousand should be brought to read or
understand her own natural Tongue , or be judge of the easiest Books that are
written in it , as any one may find , who can have the Patience to hear them ,
when ...
... that not one Gentleman's Daughter in a thousand should be brought to read or
understand her own natural Tongue , or be judge of the easiest Books that are
written in it , as any one may find , who can have the Patience to hear them ,
when ...
Pagina 101
I hear that the august person , though he supported himself , felt much on that
shameful occasion . As a man , it became him to feel for his wife and his children ,
and the faithful guards of his person , that were massacred in cold blood about ...
I hear that the august person , though he supported himself , felt much on that
shameful occasion . As a man , it became him to feel for his wife and his children ,
and the faithful guards of his person , that were massacred in cold blood about ...
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The Great English Essayists: With Introductory Essays and Notes William James Dawson,Coningsby Dawson Volledige weergave - 1909 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 330 - Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare; Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss Though winning near the goal — yet, do not grieve; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair!
Pagina 290 - And yet, steeped in sentiment as she lies, spreading her gardens to the moonlight, and whispering from her towers the last enchantments of the Middle Age, who will deny that Oxford, by her ineffable charm, keeps ever calling us nearer to the true goal of all of us, to the ideal, to perfection, — to beauty, in a word, which is only truth seen from another side?
Pagina 319 - English man-ofwar, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Pagina 337 - Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into nothingness ; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing A flowery band to bind us to the earth...
Pagina 29 - It is a strange thing to note the excess of this passion, and how it braves the nature and value of things by this, that the speaking in a perpetual hyperbole, is comely in nothing but in love : neither is it merely in the phrase; for whereas it hath been well said, " That the arch " flatterer, with whom all the petty flatterers have " intelligence, is a man's self...
Pagina 41 - Truth, indeed, came once into the world with her divine Master, and was a perfect shape most glorious to look on...
Pagina 291 - Every moment some form grows perfect in hand or face; some tone on the hills or the sea is choicer than the rest; some mood of passion or insight or intellectual excitement is irresistibly real and attractive to us, - for that moment only.
Pagina 237 - And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, And as the hasty fruit before the summer; Which when he that looketh upon it seeth, While it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
Pagina 183 - I loved Ophelia: forty thousand brothers Could not with all their quantity of love, Make up my sum.
Pagina 289 - Beautiful city ! so venerable, so lovely, so unravaged by the fierce intellectual life of our century, so serene ! " There are our young barbarians, all at play ! " And yet, steeped in sentiment as she lies, spreading her gardens to the moonlight, and whispering from her towers the last enchantments of the Middle Age, who will deny that Oxford, by her ineffable charm, keeps ever calling us nearer to the true goal of all of us, to the ideal, to perfection...
Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | The Great English Essayists: With Introductory Essays and Notes Lights of literature Volume 3 van Reader's library. [vol. III], William James Dawson |
| Auteurs | William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson |
| Redacteurs | William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson |
| Bijdragers | William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson |
| Uitgever | Harper & brothers, 1909 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | de University of Michigan |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 7 feb 2007 |
| Lengte | 351 pagina's |
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