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Such are Lord Holland's remarks upon this part of Lope de Vega's history ; and it is indeed certain that minds are elastic in proportion as they are active ; and that the more buoyant the spirit the better is it able to bear the ...
Such are Lord Holland's remarks upon this part of Lope de Vega's history ; and it is indeed certain that minds are elastic in proportion as they are active ; and that the more buoyant the spirit the better is it able to bear the ...
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But the opinion which he expresses of the work is discri- minating and just , and in the spirit of a liberal and ingenuous mind , better pleased when it can bestow praise than when it must award censure .
But the opinion which he expresses of the work is discri- minating and just , and in the spirit of a liberal and ingenuous mind , better pleased when it can bestow praise than when it must award censure .
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... of Christoval Suarez de Figueroa , better known as one of the latest Spanish writers upon American history , but of little merit either as a poet or historian . The work of D. Jeronimo de Urrea is known to collectors merely for its ...
... of Christoval Suarez de Figueroa , better known as one of the latest Spanish writers upon American history , but of little merit either as a poet or historian . The work of D. Jeronimo de Urrea is known to collectors merely for its ...
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There is a preface to the poem in a similar strain , by D. Francisco de Borja , better known afterwards as Principe de Esquilache . It may be asked , he says , seeing the English had had such good success against the Spanish Indies and ...
There is a preface to the poem in a similar strain , by D. Francisco de Borja , better known afterwards as Principe de Esquilache . It may be asked , he says , seeing the English had had such good success against the Spanish Indies and ...
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In this light Gongora regarded her when he thus addressed England : O once the Catholic and powerful Isle When better years were thine , Blest both by Mars , and by Minerva's smile , Faith's temple then , now Heresy's foul shrine ...
In this light Gongora regarded her when he thus addressed England : O once the Catholic and powerful Isle When better years were thine , Blest both by Mars , and by Minerva's smile , Faith's temple then , now Heresy's foul shrine ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 453 - I have lived long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Pàgina 459 - Nay, do not think I flatter ; For what advancement may I hope from thee That no revenue hast but thy good spirits, To feed and clothe thee ? Why should the poor be flatter'd ? No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning.
Pàgina 490 - EASTER-DAY, on which the rest depend, is always the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon or next after the twenty-first day of March, and if the full moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter Day is the Sunday after.
Pàgina 377 - I thought I saw Elizabeth, in the bloom of health, walking in the streets of Ingolstadt. Delighted and surprised, I embraced her, but as I imprinted the first kiss on her lips, they became livid with the hue of death; her features appeared to change, and I thought that I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms; a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw the graveworms crawling in the folds of the flannel.
Pàgina 327 - His voice — his face — is gone ; " To feel impatient-hearted, Yet feel we must bear on ; Ah, I could not endure To whisper of such woe, Unless I felt this sleep ensure That it will not be so.
Pàgina 196 - I would never convict any person of murder or manslaughter, unless the fact were proved to be done, or at least the body found dead,(/) for the sake of two cases, one mentioned in my lord Coke's PC cap.
Pàgina 314 - The examination of a coral reef, during the different stages of one tide, is particularly interesting. When the tide has left it for some time, it becomes dry, and appears to be a compact rock, exceedingly hard and...
Pàgina 452 - ... that indestructible love of flowers and odours, and dews and clear waters, and soft airs and sounds, and bright skies, and woodland solitudes, and moonlight bowers, which are the Material elements of Poetry...
Pàgina 377 - I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart. Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room, and continued a long time traversing my bed-chamber, unable to compose my mind to sleep. At length lassitude succeeded to the...
Pàgina 375 - After days and nights of incredible labour and fatigue, I succeeded in discovering the cause of generation and life ; nay, more, I became myself capable of bestowing animation upon lifeless matter.
Informació bibliogràfica
| Títol | The Quarterly Review, Volum 18 |
| Col·laboradors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Editor | John Murray, 1818 |
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