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Pàgina 493
thought , of its comparative value . And education often wastes its efforts in
atternpts to thwart and baulk this natural magnetism , which with sure
discrimination selects its own . “ In like manner , our moral nature is vitiated by
any interference of ...
thought , of its comparative value . And education often wastes its efforts in
atternpts to thwart and baulk this natural magnetism , which with sure
discrimination selects its own . “ In like manner , our moral nature is vitiated by
any interference of ...
Pàgina 494
Let us draw a lesson from nature , which always works by short ways . When the
fruit is ripe , it falls . When the fruit is despatched , the leaf falls . The circuit of the
waters is mere falling . The walking of man and all animals is a falling forward .
Let us draw a lesson from nature , which always works by short ways . When the
fruit is ripe , it falls . When the fruit is despatched , the leaf falls . The circuit of the
waters is mere falling . The walking of man and all animals is a falling forward .
Pàgina 499
In the village they are on a perfect equality , which love delights in , and without
any coquetry the happy , affectionate nature of woman flows out in this pretty
gossip . The girls may have little beauty , yet plainly do they establish between
them ...
In the village they are on a perfect equality , which love delights in , and without
any coquetry the happy , affectionate nature of woman flows out in this pretty
gossip . The girls may have little beauty , yet plainly do they establish between
them ...
Pàgina 289
The Epic Poet aims at sublimity - he selects his objects from nature , and limits his
sphere of action - he can appeal to conventional ideas , and reject all unsuited to
his purpose ; but the Dramatist has little power in his office . Nature unsorted is ...
The Epic Poet aims at sublimity - he selects his objects from nature , and limits his
sphere of action - he can appeal to conventional ideas , and reject all unsuited to
his purpose ; but the Dramatist has little power in his office . Nature unsorted is ...
Pàgina 549
... and still infinitely versatile nature , which has have the interest of romance
attached already been so ably revealed to us ... an insult to of human nature ; and
his masterly him or any other man of true intellecdissection of the moral nature
does ...
... and still infinitely versatile nature , which has have the interest of romance
attached already been so ably revealed to us ... an insult to of human nature ; and
his masterly him or any other man of true intellecdissection of the moral nature
does ...
Què en diuen els usuaris - Escriviu una ressenya
No hem trobat cap ressenya als llocs habituals.
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Frases i termes més freqüents
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 474 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Pàgina 486 - It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
Pàgina 117 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend — This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall: Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all.
Pàgina 198 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Pàgina 485 - No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this ; the only right is what is after my constitution, the only wrong what is against it.
Pàgina 202 - Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Pàgina 487 - A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day. — " Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.
Pàgina 203 - What though the field be lost ? All is not lost : the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield : And what is else not to be overcome ? That glory never shall his wrath or might 110 Extort from me.
Pàgina 202 - His spear, — to equal which, the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
Pàgina 168 - It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.