MiscellaniesCarey and Hart, 1842 - 308 páginas |
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... immortality on his name . A sister of Mr. Dickens is married to Burnet , the singer of the St. James ' Theatre . His other sister died about two years since ; an event which produced such distressing effects on his mind that he was ...
... immortality on his name . A sister of Mr. Dickens is married to Burnet , the singer of the St. James ' Theatre . His other sister died about two years since ; an event which produced such distressing effects on his mind that he was ...
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... immortal freshness . When little angels are lent to the world , it is but for a short period : they are soon recalled to the more peaceful society of heaven . They said Nell would be an angel before the birds sang again . The Spring ...
... immortal freshness . When little angels are lent to the world , it is but for a short period : they are soon recalled to the more peaceful society of heaven . They said Nell would be an angel before the birds sang again . The Spring ...
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... immortal . Dante says he is " growing grey " while writing the Divina Commedia ; but that work was not written for his own century . Montesquieu wrote an article , for his Esprit des Loix , on the origin and revolutions of the civil ...
... immortal . Dante says he is " growing grey " while writing the Divina Commedia ; but that work was not written for his own century . Montesquieu wrote an article , for his Esprit des Loix , on the origin and revolutions of the civil ...
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... immortality . If the love of his species be a part of the character of Ainsworth , he will , after having read the Sixth Report of the Inspector of Prisons in England , regret having written Jack Shep- pard , and other contributions to ...
... immortality . If the love of his species be a part of the character of Ainsworth , he will , after having read the Sixth Report of the Inspector of Prisons in England , regret having written Jack Shep- pard , and other contributions to ...
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Stephen Collins. appearance of those productions of his genius which have conferred immortality on his name . The lives of literary men are generally passed in retirement . What is true of piety is also true of literature : emi- nence is ...
Stephen Collins. appearance of those productions of his genius which have conferred immortality on his name . The lives of literary men are generally passed in retirement . What is true of piety is also true of literature : emi- nence is ...
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Página 62 - I sat in the orchard and thought with sweet comfort and peace of my God, in solitude my Company, my Friend, and Comforter. Oh ! when shall time give place to eternity ! When shall appear that new heaven and new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness...
Página 47 - The truth is, the Characters of Shakspeare are so much the objects of meditation rather than of interest or curiosity as to their actions, that while we are reading any of his great criminal characters, — Macbeth, Richard, even lago, — we think not so much of the crimes which they commit, as of the ambition, the aspiring spirit, the intellectual activity, which prompts them to overleap those moral fences.
Página 147 - Bible, to be followed, and as little altered as the original will permit. " 2. The names of the prophets and the holy writers, with the other names in the text, to be retained, as near as may be, accordingly as they are vulgarly used.
Página 130 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
Página 24 - She was dead. No sleep so beautiful and calm, so free from trace of pain, so fair to look upon. She seemed a creature fresh from the hand of God, and waiting for the breath of life — not one who had lived and suffered death.
Página 48 - So to see Lear acted - to see an old man tottering about the stage with a walking-stick, turned out of doors by his daughters in a rainy night, has nothing in it but what is painful and disgusting.
Página 189 - Thou art my father:" to the worm, "Thou art my mother, and my sister.
Página 50 - Oh! my friend, I think sometimes, could I recall the days that are past, which among them should I choose? not those 'merrier days,' not the 'pleasant days of hope...
Página 25 - When Death strikes down the innocent and young, for every fragile form from which he lets the panting spirit free, a hundred virtues rise, in shapes of mercy, charity, and love, to walk the world, and bless it. Of every tear that sorrowing mortals shed on such green graves, some good is born, some gentler nature comes. In the Destroyer's steps there spring up bright creations that defy his power, and his dark path becomes a way of light to Heaven.
Página 100 - I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.