Sketches of eminent statesmen and writers, with other essays, Issue 290, Volume 21880 |
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... writes : " I do not believe he recognized me ; but I fairly own to you that I was strangely affected when I saw him enter that little door . If you knew how unhappy one is when one has a heart made like mine , you would pity me ; but I ...
... writes : " I do not believe he recognized me ; but I fairly own to you that I was strangely affected when I saw him enter that little door . If you knew how unhappy one is when one has a heart made like mine , you would pity me ; but I ...
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... writes again : 66 Everybody is interested in this great affair . People speak of nothing else : they reason , they draw conclusions , they reckon on their fingers , they are moved to tenderness ; they fear , wish , hate , admire , grow ...
... writes again : 66 Everybody is interested in this great affair . People speak of nothing else : they reason , they draw conclusions , they reckon on their fingers , they are moved to tenderness ; they fear , wish , hate , admire , grow ...
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... writes : " It was during this expedition that M. de Sévigné intro- duced me to the illustrous Marquise de Sévigné , his niece , whose name cannot be mentioned without praise by those who know how to value wit , agreeability , and virtue ...
... writes : " It was during this expedition that M. de Sévigné intro- duced me to the illustrous Marquise de Sévigné , his niece , whose name cannot be mentioned without praise by those who know how to value wit , agreeability , and virtue ...
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... But the word joli meant then rather charming than pretty . Thus Madame de Sévigné writes in 1676 " Nos Français sont si aimables et si jolis . " Which Par l'éclat incomparable De votre teint , de vos 38 MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉ .
... But the word joli meant then rather charming than pretty . Thus Madame de Sévigné writes in 1676 " Nos Français sont si aimables et si jolis . " Which Par l'éclat incomparable De votre teint , de vos 38 MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉ .
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... writes Madame de Sévigné to Madame de Grignan , in 1671 , " that Villarceaux , speaking to the King about a place for his son , adroitly took occasion to tell him that there were officious people who busied themselves in telling his ...
... writes Madame de Sévigné to Madame de Grignan , in 1671 , " that Villarceaux , speaking to the King about a place for his son , adroitly took occasion to tell him that there were officious people who busied themselves in telling his ...
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Page 329 - And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wanton'd with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here.
Page 329 - Thy waters wasted them while they were free. And many a tyrant since : their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts; — not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves
Page 154 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Page 63 - Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Page 308 - And it would be a most easy task to prove to him, that not only the language of a large portion of every good poem, even of the most elevated character, must necessarily, except with reference to the metre, in no respect differ from that of good prose, but likewise that some of the most interesting parts of the best poems will be found to be strictly the language of prose when prose is well written.
Page 334 - Next Anger rush'd ; his eyes on fire, In lightnings own'd his secret stings : In one rude clash, he struck the lyre, And swept with hurried hand the...
Page 332 - There is given Unto the things of earth, which Time hath bent, A spirit's feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruin'd battlement, For which the palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower.
Page 301 - 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.
Page 354 - I made them lay their hands in mine and swear To reverence the King, as if he were Their conscience, and their conscience as their King To break the heathen and uphold the Christ...
Page 371 - The Bucentaur lies rotting unrestored, Neglected garment of her widowhood ! St. Mark yet sees his lion where he stood Stand, but in mockery of his...