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... noble and precious than to scrutinize or to stigmatize what I might perceive to be worthless and base . It is not indeed always possible to show cause for our admiration of great men and their great work , and not seem in passing to ...
... noble and precious than to scrutinize or to stigmatize what I might perceive to be worthless and base . It is not indeed always possible to show cause for our admiration of great men and their great work , and not seem in passing to ...
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... noble and good . But there can never have been a time of unmixed good or evil ; and he only who has felt the pulse of an age can tell us how fast or slow its heart really beat towards evil or towards good . A man who writes of a nation ...
... noble and good . But there can never have been a time of unmixed good or evil ; and he only who has felt the pulse of an age can tell us how fast or slow its heart really beat towards evil or towards good . A man who writes of a nation ...
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... noble scorn and nobler pity ; the verse which sets a crown on the head of the people and a brand on the face of the mob is such as it is given but to one man in an age to write , and that by no means in every age . Then , for the first ...
... noble scorn and nobler pity ; the verse which sets a crown on the head of the people and a brand on the face of the mob is such as it is given but to one man in an age to write , and that by no means in every age . Then , for the first ...
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... noble and credible was never more clearly expounded or more loftily proclaimed . The fiery love and faith of the patriot find again and ever again . some fresh glory of speech , some new splendour of song , in which to array themselves ...
... noble and credible was never more clearly expounded or more loftily proclaimed . The fiery love and faith of the patriot find again and ever again . some fresh glory of speech , some new splendour of song , in which to array themselves ...
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... the sight of Europe their own evil works with the noble dreams and deeds of better men , and sullied with the fumes of blood and fire the once sublime and stainless name of " commune " -this same voice was heard 28 VICTOR HUGO :
... the sight of Europe their own evil works with the noble dreams and deeds of better men , and sullied with the fumes of blood and fire the once sublime and stainless name of " commune " -this same voice was heard 28 VICTOR HUGO :
Palavras e frases frequentes
admirable Æschylus ALFRED CONCANEN Arnold artist beauty better breath Byron charm clear cloth extra Coleridge colour critical Crown 8vo Cyclops Dante delight divine Duchess of Malfi Edition English Engravings evil excellence exquisite eyes face faith Fcap fiery figure fire flower folio force Ford fresh genius gilt edges give glory grace grave hand harmony head heaven Illustrations Imperial 8vo J. R. PLANCHÉ labour less light lips living lyric man's master metre mind Molière morocco nature never noble once painter painting passion pathos perfect Philistine picture Plates play poem poet poetic poetry Portrait praise pure Rossetti scene seems sense Shakespeare Shelley Shelley's Sir NOEL PATON sketch Somerset Herald song soul spirit splendid splendour stanza strength strong student style subtle sweet tender things thought Titian touch tragic truth verse Victor Hugo Vols words worth
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Página 141 - Is it so small a thing To have enjoyed the sun, To have lived light in the spring, To have loved, to have thought, to have done; To have advanced true friends, and beat down baffling foes...
Página 21 - It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve the attention of every man who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language. They abound with passages compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of the Paradise Lost...
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Página 183 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
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