The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volum 82Archibald Constable and Company, 1818 |
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Pàgina 7
... least expected , some- thing new and original , no matter whether good , bad , or indifferent , whether mean or lofty , extravagant or childish , was all that was aimed at , or considered as compatible with sound philosophy and an age ...
... least expected , some- thing new and original , no matter whether good , bad , or indifferent , whether mean or lofty , extravagant or childish , was all that was aimed at , or considered as compatible with sound philosophy and an age ...
Pàgina 9
... least , be unanimous in giving them a decided preference , for the true poetic fervour by which they are actuated , to all those who , during the last century , were considered as the finest spirits of their age . We are quite aware ...
... least , be unanimous in giving them a decided preference , for the true poetic fervour by which they are actuated , to all those who , during the last century , were considered as the finest spirits of their age . We are quite aware ...
Pàgina 10
... least . " We imagine , in short , that foreigners are better judges of the merits of contemporary authors than their own countrymen are in most cases likely to be , and we have much pleasure in quoting the following pas- sage from the ...
... least . " We imagine , in short , that foreigners are better judges of the merits of contemporary authors than their own countrymen are in most cases likely to be , and we have much pleasure in quoting the following pas- sage from the ...
Pàgina 16
... would but let them alone - If they would tell us what they have to say in plain prose , if less pleased or interested , we should not at least feel disgust . form myself to this sacrifice . I shall say nothing 16 [ July The Cabinet .
... would but let them alone - If they would tell us what they have to say in plain prose , if less pleased or interested , we should not at least feel disgust . form myself to this sacrifice . I shall say nothing 16 [ July The Cabinet .
Pàgina 28
... least , to have asso- ciated herself with virtue and free- dom . The accomplishment of the destruction of these hostile armies in succession , by mountaineers determin- ed to defend their country against a most fearful adversary , with ...
... least , to have asso- ciated herself with virtue and free- dom . The accomplishment of the destruction of these hostile armies in succession , by mountaineers determin- ed to defend their country against a most fearful adversary , with ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 323 - For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. "For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. 'Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
Pàgina 544 - See the chariot at hand here of Love, Wherein my Lady rideth ! Each that draws is a swan or a dove, And well the car Love guideth. As she goes, all hearts do duty Unto her beauty ; And...
Pàgina 307 - That no man is the lord of any thing (Though in and of him there be much consisting) Till he communicate his parts to others ; Nor doth he of himself know them for aught Till he behold them...
Pàgina 266 - Spanish America; or a Descriptive, Historical, and Geographical Account of the Dominions of Spain, in the Western Hemisphere...
Pàgina 55 - Tis a melancholy daub! my Lord; not one principle of the pyramid in any one group! — and what a price! — for there is nothing of the colouring of Titian — the expression of Rubens — the grace of Raphael — the purity of Dominichino — the corregiescity of Corregio — the learning of Poussin — the airs of Guido — the taste of the Carrachis — or the grand contour of Angelo.
Pàgina 11 - And, mark the wretch, whose wanderings never knew The world's regard, that soothes, though half untrue, Whose erring heart the lash of sorrow bore, • But found not pity when it err'd no more. Yon friendless man, at whose dejected eye Th...
Pàgina 333 - If among a nation of hunters, for example, it usually costs twice the labour to kill a beaver which it does to kill a deer, one beaver should naturally exchange for or be worth two deer. It is natural that what is usually the produce of two days or two hours labour, should be worth double of what is usually the produce of one day's or one hour's labour.
Pàgina 569 - States, from the strictest observation of the principles of the Right of Nations : principles, which, in their application to a state of permanent Peace, can alone effectually guarantee the Independence of each Government, and the stability of the general association. ' Faithful to these principles, the Sovereigns will maintain them equally in those meetings at which they may be personally present, or in those which shall take place among their Ministers ; whether...
Pàgina 53 - Must, full as much, some other way discount. The Hebrew, Chaldee, and the Syriac, Do, like their letters, set men's reason back, And turn their wits that strive to understand it (Like those that write the characters) lefthanded ; Yet he that is but able to express No sense at all in several languages, Will pass for learnedcr than he that's known To speak the strongest reason in his own.
Pàgina 279 - Highness is further pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, and by and with the advice...