The British review and London critical journal1822 |
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Pàgina 12
... human nature , inflame their zeal , and augment their numbers . Rome could , indeed , in one day , and by a single vote of her senate , put down the pestilent sect of Bacchanalians ; which , according to Livy , threatened so much ...
... human nature , inflame their zeal , and augment their numbers . Rome could , indeed , in one day , and by a single vote of her senate , put down the pestilent sect of Bacchanalians ; which , according to Livy , threatened so much ...
Pàgina 14
... human action , of embodying and concen- trating the diffused spirit of ages into pregnant aphorisms and great practical verities ; of making history , in short , what it has in its perfection been said to be , " philosophy teaching by ...
... human action , of embodying and concen- trating the diffused spirit of ages into pregnant aphorisms and great practical verities ; of making history , in short , what it has in its perfection been said to be , " philosophy teaching by ...
Pàgina 19
... human learning . Julius Cæsar knew and loved him . He was munificently patronized by Au- gustus . His treatise on architecture is the only book upon that subject that has descended to us . It is obviously written with great inequality ...
... human learning . Julius Cæsar knew and loved him . He was munificently patronized by Au- gustus . His treatise on architecture is the only book upon that subject that has descended to us . It is obviously written with great inequality ...
Pàgina 20
... human mind was now come : yet , in the deepest gloom of the middle ages , some faint glimmerings are to be perceived . The reign of Theodoric is rendered memorable by Boethius and Cassiodorus , who inspired their ferocious master , not ...
... human mind was now come : yet , in the deepest gloom of the middle ages , some faint glimmerings are to be perceived . The reign of Theodoric is rendered memorable by Boethius and Cassiodorus , who inspired their ferocious master , not ...
Pàgina 27
... human productions is mea- sured by duration of esteem , the Arcadia stands high , for it has been a favourite with the Italians for more than 300 years . We pass by many other cultivators of poetry and letters in this celebrated academy ...
... human productions is mea- sured by duration of esteem , the Arcadia stands high , for it has been a favourite with the Italians for more than 300 years . We pass by many other cultivators of poetry and letters in this celebrated academy ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 78 - It is false that any representation is mistaken for reality, that any dramatic fable in its materiality was ever credible, or, for a single moment, was ever credited.
Pàgina 416 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Pàgina 344 - The intense view of these manifold contradictions and imperfections in human reason has so wrought upon me, and heated my brain, that I am ready to reject all belief and reasoning and can look upon no opinion even as more probable or likely than another.
Pàgina 95 - Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which Is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
Pàgina 344 - Where am I, or what? From what causes do I derive my existence, and to what condition shall I return? Whose favour shall I court, and whose anger must I dread? What beings surround me? and on whom have I any influence, or who have any influence on me? I am confounded with all these questions, and begin to fancy myself in the most deplorable condition imaginable, environed with the deepest darkness, and utterly deprived of the use of every member and faculty.
Pàgina 133 - For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me : and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth ; and to another, Come, and he cometh ; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
Pàgina 344 - I run into the crowd for shelter and warmth, but cannot prevail with myself to mix with such deformity. I call upon others to join me, in order to make a company apart, but no one will hearken to me. Every one keeps at a distance, and dreads that storm which beats upon me from every side.
Pàgina 95 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead
Pàgina 136 - We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed...
Pàgina 95 - And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars for ever and ever.