The Quarterly Review, Volume 51William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1834 - English literature |
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... thing ) diminished its profits ; and we are not sorry to have , from M. Arnault , additional evidence of the auda- city of this system of fabrication . We are tempted on this sub- ject to relate an anecdote : -Soon after our review of ...
... thing ) diminished its profits ; and we are not sorry to have , from M. Arnault , additional evidence of the auda- city of this system of fabrication . We are tempted on this sub- ject to relate an anecdote : -Soon after our review of ...
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... thing : the Duke de Liancourt was Grand Maître de la garderobe du Roi , ( grand master of the wardrobe , ) and Messrs . Le Comte de Crénay and Le Marquis d'Avaray were maîtres de la garderobe de Mon- sieur , and relieved each other in ...
... thing : the Duke de Liancourt was Grand Maître de la garderobe du Roi , ( grand master of the wardrobe , ) and Messrs . Le Comte de Crénay and Le Marquis d'Avaray were maîtres de la garderobe de Mon- sieur , and relieved each other in ...
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... things . ' • Zolie hypothèse ! ' ( the philosopher lisped ) , ' elle explique bien de sozes . ' La Grange's science seems to us quite on a par with the feeling of one Ar- taud , who , a few days after the execution of Camille Desmoulins ...
... things . ' • Zolie hypothèse ! ' ( the philosopher lisped ) , ' elle explique bien de sozes . ' La Grange's science seems to us quite on a par with the feeling of one Ar- taud , who , a few days after the execution of Camille Desmoulins ...
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... thing described - the overlooking the higher qualities of the poem for the inferior acci- dents - neglecting the countenance of the Apollo to examine his sandal - and measuring the manners of the mythological ages , by the standard of ...
... thing described - the overlooking the higher qualities of the poem for the inferior acci- dents - neglecting the countenance of the Apollo to examine his sandal - and measuring the manners of the mythological ages , by the standard of ...
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... things ? ' Citoyenne , ' re- 6 plied the imperturbable Gohier - who thought it gallant to say something to quiet the evident alarm of the lady , of the real source of which , however , he had evidently not the most remote idea ...
... things ? ' Citoyenne , ' re- 6 plied the imperturbable Gohier - who thought it gallant to say something to quiet the evident alarm of the lady , of the real source of which , however , he had evidently not the most remote idea ...
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Page 302 - I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death.
Page 37 - The charm dissolves apace ; And as the morning steals upon the night, Melting the darkness, so their rising senses Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle Their clearer reason.
Page 366 - ... and consequently no culture of the earth; no navigation nor use of the commodities that may be imported by sea; no commodious building; no instruments of moving and removing such things as require much force; no knowledge of the face of the earth; no account of time; no arts; no letters; no society; and, which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
Page 24 - Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for th' isles Of Javan or Gadire, With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails fill'd, and streamers waving, Courted by all the winds that hold them play...
Page 306 - I have loved justice, and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile...
Page 38 - O, speak again, bright angel ! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head, As is a winged messenger of heaven Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him, When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds And sails upon the bosom of the air.
Page 128 - Naaman the Syrian. 28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, 29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. 30 But he passing through the midst of them went his way.
Page 303 - So far have I been from any care to grace my pages with modern decorations, that I have studiously endeavoured to collect examples and authorities from the writers before the restoration, whose works I regard as the wells of English undefiled, as> the pure sources of genuine diction.
Page 303 - ... admitting among the additions of later times, only such as may supply real deficiencies, such as are readily adopted by the genius of our tongue, and incorporate easily with our native idioms.
Page 427 - Orientale;" but for correctness of costume, beauty of description, and power of imagination, it far surpasses all European imitations; and bears such marks of originality, that those who have visited the East will find some difficulty in believing it to be more than a translation. As an Eastern tale, even Rasselas must bow before it; his " Happy Valley" will not bear a comparison with the "Hall of Eblis.