The National Review, Volume 6R. Theobald, 1858 |
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... passage : It is a singular fact , that the peasantry , and I may say the landed interest of the country gene- rally , have never been the friends of any existing government , have never considered their interests and that of their ...
... passage : It is a singular fact , that the peasantry , and I may say the landed interest of the country gene- rally , have never been the friends of any existing government , have never considered their interests and that of their ...
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... passages of her memoirs , many parts of which are written with much grace and force , the keen pleasure she took , when quite a little child , in build- ing a tiny grotto under the superintendence of her mother ; and how she collected ...
... passages of her memoirs , many parts of which are written with much grace and force , the keen pleasure she took , when quite a little child , in build- ing a tiny grotto under the superintendence of her mother ; and how she collected ...
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... passage , which may be taken as a formula of her whole creed on the subject of love , occurs in Horace , a very singular and not very pleasing tale , the drift , of which is to exhibit another kind of man's love falling short of the ...
... passage , which may be taken as a formula of her whole creed on the subject of love , occurs in Horace , a very singular and not very pleasing tale , the drift , of which is to exhibit another kind of man's love falling short of the ...
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... passage in her works which , taken by itself , can rival the beautiful account of Bénédict's feelings for Valentine , as he sat with her and her friend on a summer day by a sheet of water , and watched her image alternately formed and ...
... passage in her works which , taken by itself , can rival the beautiful account of Bénédict's feelings for Valentine , as he sat with her and her friend on a summer day by a sheet of water , and watched her image alternately formed and ...
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... passage in Mauprat in which she expresses her recog- nition of the solidity of society . It is , she says , a strange building ; but it all coheres , and none but a great genius must think of stirring a stone in it . In her ...
... passage in Mauprat in which she expresses her recog- nition of the solidity of society . It is , she says , a strange building ; but it all coheres , and none but a great genius must think of stirring a stone in it . In her ...
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Page 192 - I have of late— but wherefore I know not— lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Page 124 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory on this side idolatry as much as any. He was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature ; had an excellent fancy, brave notions, and gentle expressions, wherein he flowed with that facility that sometime it was necessary he should be stopped.
Page 124 - Sufflaminandus erat,' as Augustus said of Haterius. His wit was in his own power, would the rule of it had been so too. Many times he fell into those things, could not escape laughter : as when he said in the person of Caesar, one speaking to him,
Page 141 - Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess excellently bright. Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose; Cynthia's shining orb was made Heaven to clear when day did close: Bless us then with wished sight, Goddess excellently bright. Lay thy bow of pearl apart And thy crystal-shining quiver; Give unto the flying hart Space, to breathe, how short soever: Thou that mak'st a day of night, Goddess excellently bright.
Page 124 - Shakespeare, must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion ; and, that he Who casts to write a living line, must sweat, (Such as thine are) and strike the second heat Upon the Muses...
Page 464 - Mother of this unfathomable world ! Favour my solemn song, for I have loved Thee ever, and thee only ; I have watched Thy shadow, and the darkness of thy steps, And my heart ever gazes on the depth Of thy deep mysteries. I have made my bed In charnels and on coffins, where black death Keeps record of the trophies won from thee, Hoping to still these obstinate questionings Of thee and thine, by forcing some lone ghost Thy messenger, to render up the tale Of what we are.
Page 255 - Normanby (Marquis of). — A Year of Revolution. From a Journal kept in Paris in the Year 1848- By the MiEQKIS OF NOEMAITEY, KG 2 Vols.
Page 192 - But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishings ; Blank misgivings of a Creature Moving about in worlds not realised...
Page 123 - Triumph, my Britain! Thou hast one to show To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time; And all the muses still were in their prime When, like Apollo, he came forth to warm Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm. Nature herself was proud of his designs And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines, Which were so richly spun and woven so fit As, since, she will vouchsafe no other wit.