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Men complained , and not without reason , of the unvaried gloom of his thoughts , and the equability of his expression . But without authorities , and without argument , the Public will soon perceive , with the perspicacity of the Royal ...
Men complained , and not without reason , of the unvaried gloom of his thoughts , and the equability of his expression . But without authorities , and without argument , the Public will soon perceive , with the perspicacity of the Royal ...
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standard of authority , conscious that if in calling up fiction in sup port of truth , I offend against philosophy , I shall find an apology in the taste , if not in the reason of my readers . I beg leave to call into view that scene in ...
standard of authority , conscious that if in calling up fiction in sup port of truth , I offend against philosophy , I shall find an apology in the taste , if not in the reason of my readers . I beg leave to call into view that scene in ...
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We hope too , our occasional and foreign correspondents , will likewise adopt a system of appropriate signatures , in which Reason , Modesty , and Simplicity , should always have a place . Fantastic appellations , to flimsy essays ...
We hope too , our occasional and foreign correspondents , will likewise adopt a system of appropriate signatures , in which Reason , Modesty , and Simplicity , should always have a place . Fantastic appellations , to flimsy essays ...
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The reason is , that in the one case we feel what we express , and instinctively commit the expression of it to Nature alone , who , if unrestrained , will always give just and forcible expression to sentiment : whereas , in the other ...
The reason is , that in the one case we feel what we express , and instinctively commit the expression of it to Nature alone , who , if unrestrained , will always give just and forcible expression to sentiment : whereas , in the other ...
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And it is for this reason your language must carry the marks of the passions you wish to Communicate . This is the first and indisputable qualification of a good reader , without which , the clearest and most articulate pronunciation ...
And it is for this reason your language must carry the marks of the passions you wish to Communicate . This is the first and indisputable qualification of a good reader , without which , the clearest and most articulate pronunciation ...
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Página 260 - Hecuba ! What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her? What would he do, Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have?
Página 509 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Página 136 - For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires: The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.
Página 236 - To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue) A curse shall light upon the limbs of men; Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy...
Página 379 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Página 304 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Página 110 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the, knell of my departed hours : Where are they?
Página 262 - Cannot be ill ; cannot be good : — if ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair. And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature...
Página 109 - Behold me then, me for him, life for life, I offer: on me let thine anger fall; Account me man ; I for his sake will leave Thy bosom, and this glory next to thee Freely put off, and for him lastly die...
Página 254 - Nor will I quit thy shore A second time; for still I seem To love thee more and more.