Outlines of English LiteratureH.C. Lea, 1865 - 489 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 32
... possessed its declensions , its cases , its numbers , and in particular its genders of substantive and adjective , indicated by terminations , as in almost all the languages ever spoken on the earth . The whole of this elaborate ...
... possessed its declensions , its cases , its numbers , and in particular its genders of substantive and adjective , indicated by terminations , as in almost all the languages ever spoken on the earth . The whole of this elaborate ...
Σελίδα 84
... possessed by the ancients with respect to the true proper- ties of bodies and the nature of physical operations was vague and limited enough ; though we cannot be surprised at this imperfection of knowledge at a period when the ...
... possessed by the ancients with respect to the true proper- ties of bodies and the nature of physical operations was vague and limited enough ; though we cannot be surprised at this imperfection of knowledge at a period when the ...
Σελίδα 85
... possessed , especially that of nature , extendeth not to magnitude and certainty of works . " This is the key to Bacon's whole system , and this must excite our gratitude for the eminently practical character of his mind . It is this ...
... possessed , especially that of nature , extendeth not to magnitude and certainty of works . " This is the key to Bacon's whole system , and this must excite our gratitude for the eminently practical character of his mind . It is this ...
Σελίδα 94
... possessed by the pagan world . The following is the judg- ment , respecting this work , attributed to Balzac , from one of whose letters it is supposed to be a quotation : " Croyons donc , pour l'amour du Chancelier Bacon , que toutes ...
... possessed by the pagan world . The following is the judg- ment , respecting this work , attributed to Balzac , from one of whose letters it is supposed to be a quotation : " Croyons donc , pour l'amour du Chancelier Bacon , que toutes ...
Σελίδα 114
... but he appears , notwithstanding his having married an heiress possessed of some little fortune , to have gradually sunk into great distress , and ultimately to have received 114 [ CHAP . VI . OUTLINES OF GENERAL LITERATURE .
... but he appears , notwithstanding his having married an heiress possessed of some little fortune , to have gradually sunk into great distress , and ultimately to have received 114 [ CHAP . VI . OUTLINES OF GENERAL LITERATURE .
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Σελίδα 289 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Σελίδα 234 - I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives, to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth.
Σελίδα 244 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.
Σελίδα 218 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies ; ' The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Σελίδα 168 - Homer, and those other two of Virgil and Tasso, are a diffuse, and the book of Job a brief model: or whether the rules of Aristotle herein are strictly to be kept, or nature to be...
Σελίδα 160 - Areopagitica: A Speech for the Liberty of unlicensed Printing, to the Parliament of England.
Σελίδα 134 - Invest me in my motley ; give me leave To speak my mind, and I will through and through Cleanse the foul body of the infected world, If they will patiently receive my medicine.
Σελίδα 157 - Or the unseen Genius of the wood. But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.
Σελίδα 123 - You wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry 'Hold, hold!
Σελίδα 266 - The successors of Charles V. may disdain their brethren of England: but the romance of 'Tom Jones,' that exquisite picture of human manners, will outlive the palace of the Escurial and the Imperial Eagle of Austria.