MiscellaniesCarey and Hart, 1842 - 308 páginas |
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... living authors . May he long live to be the pride and sup- port of this domestic circle , and to delight and instruct the world with the beautiful creations of a genius which has made him a distinguished ornament of the age . The Mr ...
... living authors . May he long live to be the pride and sup- port of this domestic circle , and to delight and instruct the world with the beautiful creations of a genius which has made him a distinguished ornament of the age . The Mr ...
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... , dear Alice ; what living thing within the sphere of her gentle witchery , could fail to love her ! " This is a tale of deep pathos and surpassing beauty : a tale in which nature is clothed in her loveliest CHARLES DICKENS . 19.
... , dear Alice ; what living thing within the sphere of her gentle witchery , could fail to love her ! " This is a tale of deep pathos and surpassing beauty : a tale in which nature is clothed in her loveliest CHARLES DICKENS . 19.
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... living , and deep reverence for their memory when dead , was crowned by unostentatious piety , and a grateful recognition of Divine Providence in the prosperity which attended him through a long life of successful commercial pursuits ...
... living , and deep reverence for their memory when dead , was crowned by unostentatious piety , and a grateful recognition of Divine Providence in the prosperity which attended him through a long life of successful commercial pursuits ...
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... living authors . Will he retain his popularity ? is a question which it would be difficult to answer . attempt to answer it , we must not forget that he owes his popularity as much to his selection of subjects , as to his ability as a ...
... living authors . Will he retain his popularity ? is a question which it would be difficult to answer . attempt to answer it , we must not forget that he owes his popularity as much to his selection of subjects , as to his ability as a ...
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... living , as they rise . " The unexampled success of Dickens has produced imitators of his style of writing . There is something so easy , so natural , in the works of genius which pro- duces the conviction that it would not be difficult ...
... living , as they rise . " The unexampled success of Dickens has produced imitators of his style of writing . There is something so easy , so natural , in the works of genius which pro- duces the conviction that it would not be difficult ...
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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.