The Table Talker: Or, Brief Essays on Society and Literature, Volume 2W. Pickering, 1840 |
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... . GAY'S " TRIVIA " .. 247 WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE 255 ERRONEOUS PREACHING .. 261 DISTINCTIONS OF ETIQUETTE .. 266 GOVERNESSES .... 268 SHELLEY'S ESSAYS . 274 PAGE MATHEWS , THE COMEDIAN . GARRICK LIVING ABROAD ..... vi CONTENTS .
... . GAY'S " TRIVIA " .. 247 WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE 255 ERRONEOUS PREACHING .. 261 DISTINCTIONS OF ETIQUETTE .. 266 GOVERNESSES .... 268 SHELLEY'S ESSAYS . 274 PAGE MATHEWS , THE COMEDIAN . GARRICK LIVING ABROAD ..... vi CONTENTS .
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... knowledge as rests upon testimony , as distinguished from science , which is grounded on demonstration , or on experiment . " Mr. Hartley Coleridge , however , considers it more for his purpose to consider biography as the antithesis of ...
... knowledge as rests upon testimony , as distinguished from science , which is grounded on demonstration , or on experiment . " Mr. Hartley Coleridge , however , considers it more for his purpose to consider biography as the antithesis of ...
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... knowledge of the past , founded on testimony , into history and bio- graphy . The distinction he makes is , as he expresses it , not between an inclusive greater and an included less , as geography is distin- guished from topography ...
... knowledge of the past , founded on testimony , into history and bio- graphy . The distinction he makes is , as he expresses it , not between an inclusive greater and an included less , as geography is distin- guished from topography ...
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... knowledge , but in theology it becomes prac- tical . They perceive that there , what in itself is but an inquiry into questions of fact , tends to an encroachment upon what they think fit to consider their christian liberty . They are ...
... knowledge , but in theology it becomes prac- tical . They perceive that there , what in itself is but an inquiry into questions of fact , tends to an encroachment upon what they think fit to consider their christian liberty . They are ...
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... knowledge of the per- sons of your acquaintances . Your soul - felt in- tercourse being managed by means of visiting tickets , porters ' books , and cards of invitation ; any such thing as visual knowledge is unneces- sary , and might ...
... knowledge of the per- sons of your acquaintances . Your soul - felt in- tercourse being managed by means of visiting tickets , porters ' books , and cards of invitation ; any such thing as visual knowledge is unneces- sary , and might ...
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acquaintances admiration affection Bampton Lectures beauty become better called cerned character cheerful Christian circumstances civility common sense consider corruption creatures critic DECEMBER 14 delightful discourse doubt drunkenness duty elegant English evil eyes fashion favour feeling gentle give Goldsmith Gray's Inn Greece habits hand HARTLEY COLERIDGE heart honest honour human J. H. Newman judgment kind knowledge lady listeners live London look Lord Byron manner matter MDCCC means ment mind modern moral nature ness never noble observation Oriel College perhaps persons philosophy poem poet poetry poor practical present pride principles racter reason religion respect rience says seems Sir George Murray society sort soul spirit storms of passion talk taste temper thing thirty-nine articles thou thought tion touch true truth virtue vulgar wisdom words worthy write yotaries Zippa
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Página 197 - Dreams, books, are each a world; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good: Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow.
Página 262 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
Página 102 - Set in a note-book, learn'd and conn'd by rote, To cast into my teeth. O, I could weep My spirit from mine eyes ! There is my dagger, And here my naked breast ; within, a heart Dearer than Plutus...
Página 207 - Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide...
Página 40 - While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land. But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear, Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted faults through all his manners reign ; Though poor, luxurious ; though submissive, vain ; Though grave, yet trifling; zealous, yet untrue; And even in penance planning sins anew.
Página 71 - Alas ! — how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love ! Hearts that the world in vain had tried, And sorrow but more closely tied ; That stood the storm, when waves were rough, Yet in a sunny hour fall off. Like ships that have gone down at sea, When heaven was all tranquillity...
Página 208 - In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome...
Página 13 - But where to find that happiest spot below, Who can direct, when all pretend to know? The shudd'ring tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own...
Página 3 - To build, to plant, whatever you intend. To rear the column, or the arch to bend, To swell the terrace, or to sink the grot; In all, let nature never be forgot.