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An Essay on the Principles of Human Action: Being an Argument in Favour of ... - Page 133
by William Hazlitt - 1805 - 263 pages
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature

English literature - 1807 - 570 pages
...the foregoing reasoning so well by any thin» 1 could addon the subject us by relating the man» ner in which it first struck me. — There are moments...of armour, and the neighing of steeds do not mingle withhis joy, yet shall lie not want monuments and witnesses of his glory, the deep forest, the willowy...
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A New Spirit of the Age, Volume 1

Richard H. Horne - Authors, English - 1844 - 422 pages
...imitation derived from some dim association with the well-known passage of Hazlitt's, commencing with — " There are moments in the life of a solitary thinker,...evening of some great victory is to the conqueror — milder triumphs long remembered with truer and deeper delight, &c."* • Hazlitt't " Principles...
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The American Whig Review, Volume 5

1847 - 722 pages
...that Southey said was something between the manner of Milton's prose works and Jeremy Taylor. •• There are moments in the life of a solitary thinker,...of some great victory is to the conqueror and hero — though milder triumphs and long remembered with truer and deeper delight. And though the shouts...
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The American Whig Review, Volume 5

1847 - 722 pages
...passage that Southey said was something between the manner of Milton's prose works and Jeremy Taylor. " There are moments in the life of a solitary thinker,...some great victory is to the conqueror and hero— though milder triumphs and long remembered with truer and deeper delight. And though the shouts of...
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The American Review: A Whig Journal of Politics, Literature, Art ..., Volume 5

George Hooker Colton, James Davenport Whelpley - American literature - 1847 - 1376 pages
...passage that Southey said was something between the manner of Milton's prose works and Jeremy Taylor. " There are moments in the life of a solitary thinker,...of some great victory is to the conqueror and hero — though milder triumphs and long remembered with truer and deeper delight. And though the shouts...
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The Life and Remains of Douglas Jerrold

Blanchard Jerrold - 1859 - 504 pages
...imitation derived from some dim association with the well-known passage of Hazlitt's commencing with, " There are moments in the life of a solitary thinker,...evening of some great victory is to the conqueror — milder triumphs, long remembered with truer and deeper delight," &c. (Hazlitt's Principles of Human...
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A Manual of Moral Philosophy: With Quotations and References for the Use of ...

William Fleming - Ethics - 1867 - 450 pages
...feelings of satisfaction which fill to overflowing the bosoms of men of science and contemplation. " There are moments in the life of a solitary thinker...hail his success, though gay trophies, though the sound of music, the glittering of armour, and the neighing of steeds do not mingle with his joy, yet...
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The Student's Manual of Moral Philosophy

William Fleming - 1870 - 458 pages
...feelings of satisfaction which fill to overflowing the bosoms of men of science and contemplation. " There are moments in the life of a solitary thinker...hail his success, though gay trophies, though the sound of music, the glittering of armour, and the neighing of steeds do not mingle with his joy, yet...
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Sketches and Essays: And Winterslow (essays Written There)

William Hazlitt, William Carew Hazlitt - 1878 - 512 pages
...illustrate the foregoing reasoning so well by anything I could add on the subject, as by relating the manner in which it first struck me. There are moments...evening of some great victory is to the conqueror and hero—milder triumphs, long remembered with truer and deeper delight. And though the shouts of multitudes...
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William Hazlitt

Augustine Birrell - Authors, English - 1902 - 264 pages
...what the evening of some great victory is to the conqueror and hero — though milder triumphs are long remembered with truer and deeper delight. And...armour, and the neighing of steeds do not mingle with hia joy, yet shall he not want monuments and witnesses of his glory ; the deep forest, the willowy...
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