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Σελίδα viii
... mind possesses , in its earnestness , a most excellent quality ; -but it wears its armor too heavily . It does not seem too much to hope , that these " Portraits ” of “ Timon " will affct , to a very sensible degree , the future style ...
... mind possesses , in its earnestness , a most excellent quality ; -but it wears its armor too heavily . It does not seem too much to hope , that these " Portraits ” of “ Timon " will affct , to a very sensible degree , the future style ...
Σελίδα xi
... mind still move in the go - car of its infancy . To hear the herd of our critics descant upon , as beauties of the language , what are really badges of its barbarism - necessarily vulgarities of the populace before they became ...
... mind still move in the go - car of its infancy . To hear the herd of our critics descant upon , as beauties of the language , what are really badges of its barbarism - necessarily vulgarities of the populace before they became ...
Σελίδα xv
... minds of an enlightened age , ought to be esteemed the most perfect , and doubtless should be the gauge by which to test the abstract excellence of a oratory . But every nation has its peculiar tem- perament and tastes , which must be ...
... minds of an enlightened age , ought to be esteemed the most perfect , and doubtless should be the gauge by which to test the abstract excellence of a oratory . But every nation has its peculiar tem- perament and tastes , which must be ...
Σελίδα xxii
... MIND . Into this new freedom the emancipated spirit stepped with a bewildered look , and stretching forth its arms , giant - like , made every- thing hitherto stable and steady , rock and shake on its ancient foundations . Never before ...
... MIND . Into this new freedom the emancipated spirit stepped with a bewildered look , and stretching forth its arms , giant - like , made every- thing hitherto stable and steady , rock and shake on its ancient foundations . Never before ...
Σελίδα xxiii
... so blinded by their frequent occurrence , that they confound these seditious disturbances with the grand national movement in favor of freedom - regard the A violence of brigands as the efforts of energetic minds , VERGNIAUD . XV xxii TV.
... so blinded by their frequent occurrence , that they confound these seditious disturbances with the grand national movement in favor of freedom - regard the A violence of brigands as the efforts of energetic minds , VERGNIAUD . XV xxii TV.
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Σελίδα 70 - His majesty the emperor of the French, king of Italy, and protector of the confederation of the Rhine...
Σελίδα xviii - The power of an orator lies in the sympathy between him and the people. This is the chord which binds heart to heart, and when it is struck, thousands burst into tears or rouse into passion, like a single individual. If these principles be true, it is necessary to throw ourselves into the scenes of the French Revolution, in order to judge correctly of the orators who controlled it. The Duke of Wellington, addressing the English army in India in the language Bonaparte used to his troops at the base...
Σελίδα 85 - Army, are humiliated ; their honourable scars are stained ; their successes would be crimes ; the brave would be rebels ; if, as the enemies of the people pretend, the legitimate sovereigns were in the midst of the foreign armies.
Σελίδα 80 - Mameloucs, that they should boast the exclusive possession of every thing that can render life agreeable ? If Egypt is their farm, let them show the lease which God has given them of it ! But God is just and merciful to the people.
Σελίδα 332 - ... trembling for life and property ; all are in fearful expectation of the events of a night in which even the efforts of despair are not likely to afford the least resource to any individual. The sole object of the domiciliary visits, it is pretended, is to search for arms, yet...
Σελίδα 84 - Smolensko, and, let the latest posterity recount with pride, your conduct on this day; let them say of you, - 'He was at the great battle under the walls of Moscow.
Σελίδα 18 - ... criminal; for, in fact, that horrible sacrifice would remove the deficiency. But do you imagine, that because you refuse to pay, you shall cease to owe ? Do you...
Σελίδα 81 - ... to wage war with Mussulmans ? Thrice happy those who shall be with us ! They will prosper in their fortune and their rank. Happy those who shall be neuter : they will have time to get acquainted with us, and will end by siding with us.
Σελίδα 324 - His activity was prodigious. If he worked little himself, he made others work very hard. He had the art of finding out men of talent, and of successfully flattering those who could be of use to him.
Σελίδα 302 - ... fellowcountrymen, I accept them ! and I find the assurance of duly discharging them, not in myself, but in you. The men of Clare well know that the only basis of liberty is religion. They have triumphed, because the voice which was raised for the country, had first been breathed in prayer to the Lord. Now, hymns of liberty are heard throughout the land ; they play around the hills, they fill the vales, they murmur in our streams, and the torrents with voice of thunder re-echo back to the mountains...