Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, Volume 33John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell Leavitt, Throw and Company, 1854 |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 99
Página 11
... nature in him , which was every way great . Prodigally gifted with the most va- ried powers , with exquisite tastes of all kinds , taste for music , taste for painting , taste for architecture , taste for every thing which was beautiful ...
... nature in him , which was every way great . Prodigally gifted with the most va- ried powers , with exquisite tastes of all kinds , taste for music , taste for painting , taste for architecture , taste for every thing which was beautiful ...
Página 13
John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell. and himself . It is most natural that the English government , whose office ... nature is supposed to have undergone a change , and he became a barbarous and cruel tyrant ; un- fortunate because ...
John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell. and himself . It is most natural that the English government , whose office ... nature is supposed to have undergone a change , and he became a barbarous and cruel tyrant ; un- fortunate because ...
Página 22
... nature of them is not very clear ; but if we may trust Shakspeare , their hearts were always in the right place ; the fool never loved when he ought to despise , or despised when he ought to love ; and there was a strange mixture of wit ...
... nature of them is not very clear ; but if we may trust Shakspeare , their hearts were always in the right place ; the fool never loved when he ought to despise , or despised when he ought to love ; and there was a strange mixture of wit ...
Página 23
... nature was under a temporary eclipse . The single offence against the law with which Wolsey is charged is his accept- ance of the office of legate , contrary to the Statute of Provisors ; but for this , as the Council well knew , he had ...
... nature was under a temporary eclipse . The single offence against the law with which Wolsey is charged is his accept- ance of the office of legate , contrary to the Statute of Provisors ; but for this , as the Council well knew , he had ...
Página 37
... nature . The deport- hated morality ; a double fact which he illus- ment of these satyrs was " beastly ; " nay , it trated by receiving under his protection Pierre is almost an injustice to " beasts " to say so . de Craon , who came to ...
... nature . The deport- hated morality ; a double fact which he illus- ment of these satyrs was " beastly ; " nay , it trated by receiving under his protection Pierre is almost an injustice to " beasts " to say so . de Craon , who came to ...
Outras edições - Ver tudo
Palavras e frases frequentes
admiration Anne Boleyn appeared army beard Beaugency beauty became Beuve called character Charles Christian Church court Cromarty death Duke Duke of Orleans effect Elizabeth emperor England English Erasmus eyes fact father favor feeling France French friends genius give hand heart Henry honor House Hugh Miller Ingenuus Joseph John Gurney kind king labor lady least less letters literary literature living look Lord Louis Louis Philippe Louis XIV Madame Madame de Sablé marriage married matter Menneval ment mind minister nature never noble occasion once Orleans party passed persons poet political present Prince Queen racter reign remarkable Rossini royal Russian scarcely seems Sevastopol side sion speak spirit Swift taste thing thought tion took truth Vinet Whig whole Wolsey words writing young
Passagens conhecidas
Página 76 - True wit is nature to advantage dress'd ; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd ; Something, whose truth convinc'd at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind.
Página 265 - That the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished:" and Mr Burke's bill of reform was framed with skill, introduced with eloquence, and supported by numbers.
Página 470 - if the courtiers give me a watch that won't go righ't ?' Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a Papist), who had begun a translation of Homer into English verse, for which he must have them all subscribe; 'for' says he, ' the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.
Página 466 - The country gentleman, after staring a little at the singularity of his manner, and the oddity of the question, answered, " Yes, sir, I thank God, I remember a great deal of good weather in my time." — " That is more," said Swift, " than I can say ; I never remember any weather that was not too hot, or too cold ; too wet or too dry ; but, however God Almighty contrives it, at the end of the year 'tis all very well.
Página 477 - I have been very miserable all night, and to-day extremely deaf and full of pain. I am so stupid and confounded, that I cannot express the mortification I am under both in body and mind. All I can say is, that I am not in torture ; but I daily and hourly expect it. Pray let me know how your health is, and your family. I hardly understand one word I write. I am sure my days will be very few ; few and miserable they must be. I am, for those few days, Yours entirely, J. SWIFT. If I do not blunder, it...
Página 477 - See, how the dean begins to break! Poor gentleman, he droops apace! You plainly find it in his face. That old vertigo in his head Will never leave him till he's dead. Besides, his memory decays; He recollects not what he says; He cannot call his friends to mind; Forgets the place where last he dined; Plies you with stories o'er and o'er; He told them fifty times before.
Página 113 - Here out of the window it was a most pleasant sight to see the City from one end to the other with a glory about it, so high was the light of the bonfires, and so thick round the City, and the bells rang everywhere.
Página 475 - Nor was a burden to mankind With half her course of years behind. You taught how I might youth prolong, By knowing what was right and wrong; How from my heart to bring supplies Of lustre to my fading eyes; How soon a beauteous mind repairs The loss of changed or falling hairs; How wit and virtue from within Send out a smoothness o'er the skin: Your lectures could my fancy fix, And I can please at thirty-six.
Página 80 - Wisheth her health, and joy, and equal love. Meanwhile, he smokes, and laughs at merry tale, Or pun ambiguous, or conundrum quaint. But I, whom griping penury surrounds, And Hunger, sure attendant upon Want, With scanty offals...
Página 472 - If we let these great ministers pretend too much, there will be no governing them.