Flowers of literature; for 1801 & 1802(-1805): or, Characteristic sketches of human nature and modern manners, with notes by F. Prevost and F. Blagdon, Volume 4 |
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... volumes of this composition ; but in conformity to the advice of Pliny , who observes , that there is no- thing so trifling as to attempt to excuse or de- fend trifles by a long preface , we shall make no apology for again laying before ...
... volumes of this composition ; but in conformity to the advice of Pliny , who observes , that there is no- thing so trifling as to attempt to excuse or de- fend trifles by a long preface , we shall make no apology for again laying before ...
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... volumes , which have long since found their way into every district of our empire , renders super- fluous any ... volume , which has un- luckily been detained in the press several months beyond the usual period of publication : a ...
... volumes , which have long since found their way into every district of our empire , renders super- fluous any ... volume , which has un- luckily been detained in the press several months beyond the usual period of publication : a ...
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... volume will be found a number of excellent pieces which have been transmitted to us for the part which is devoted to original communications ; and we shall feel much satis- faction in being enabled annually to increase this portion of ...
... volume will be found a number of excellent pieces which have been transmitted to us for the part which is devoted to original communications ; and we shall feel much satis- faction in being enabled annually to increase this portion of ...
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... volume , complied with the request of the ladies at Christchurch , by translating all the mottos which we have taken from the foreign or classical languages ; but the translations of such as have appeared in the preceding volumes , must ...
... volume , complied with the request of the ladies at Christchurch , by translating all the mottos which we have taken from the foreign or classical languages ; but the translations of such as have appeared in the preceding volumes , must ...
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Flowers of literature. OF THE LITERARY CHARACTERS WHOSE PORTRAITS ARE GIVEN WITH THIS VOLUME . BEILBY PORTEUS , D. D. LORD BISHOP OF LONDON . THE learned and upright subject of the present memoir is a native of Yorkshire , and was born ...
Flowers of literature. OF THE LITERARY CHARACTERS WHOSE PORTRAITS ARE GIVEN WITH THIS VOLUME . BEILBY PORTEUS , D. D. LORD BISHOP OF LONDON . THE learned and upright subject of the present memoir is a native of Yorkshire , and was born ...
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 98 - Now far, far behind him the green waters glide, And the cot of his forefathers blesses his eyes. The jessamine clambers in flower o'er the thatch, And the swallow chirps sweet from her nest in the wall ; All trembling with transport he raises the latch, And the voices of loved ones reply to his call.
Página 50 - The wonder then turns on the great process by " which a man could grow to the immense intelligence that " can know that there is no God. What ages, and what lights " are requisite for THIS attainment ! This intelligence involves " the very attributes of divinity, while a God is denied. For " unless this man is omnipresent, unless he is at this moment " in every place in the universe, he cannot know but there " may be in some place manifestations of a Deity by which " even he would be overpowered.
Página 92 - The changing spirits' rise and fall; We know that these were felt by him, For these are felt by all. He suffered — but his pangs are o'er; Enjoyed— but his delights are fled ; Had friends — his friends are now no more ; And foes — his foes are dead. He loved — but whom he loved the grave Hath lost in its unconscious womb : O she was fair!
Página 487 - While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give ; See him, when starved to death, and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown, He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone.
Página 97 - IN slumbers of midnight the sailor-boy lay; His hammock swung loose at the sport of the wind; But watch-worn and weary, his cares flew away, And visions of happiness danced o'er his mind.
Página 99 - On beds of green sea-flower thy limbs shall be laid, Around thy white bones the red coral shall grow ; Of thy fair yellow locks threads of amber be made, And every part suit to thy mansion below. Days, months, years, and ages, shall circle away, And still the vast waters...
Página 92 - The clouds and sunbeams, o'er his eye That once their shades and glory threw, Have left in yonder silent sky No vestige where they flew.
Página 50 - ... unless he is at this moment in every place in the universe, he cannot know but there may be in some place manifestations of a Deity by which even he would be overpowered. If he does not know absolutely every agent in the universe, the one that he does not know may be God. If he is not himself the chief agent in the universe, and does not know what is so, that which is so may be God.
Página 91 - The changing spirits' rise and fall, We know that these were felt by him, For these are felt by all. He suffered, — but his pangs are o'er ; Enjoyed, — but his delights are fled ; Had friends, — his friends are now no more ; And foes, — his foes are dead. He...
Página 50 - If he is not himself the chief agent in the universe, and does not know what is so, that which is so may be God. If he is not in absolute possession of all the propositions that constitute universal truth, the one which he wants may be that there is a God.