Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3W. Blackwood, 1850 |
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Sivu 10
... effect his purpose , therefore , of reopening in the hearts of his readers the all but extinguished fountains of religious feeling , he summoned to his aid all that learning , or travelling , or poetry , or fancy could supply ; and ...
... effect his purpose , therefore , of reopening in the hearts of his readers the all but extinguished fountains of religious feeling , he summoned to his aid all that learning , or travelling , or poetry , or fancy could supply ; and ...
Sivu 11
... effect of simple truth when compared to the most brilliant sophisms . Vol- taire has frequently turned the religious ... effects of Christianity on the dramatic part of poetry , on eloquence , and the fine arts , and say whether the ...
... effect of simple truth when compared to the most brilliant sophisms . Vol- taire has frequently turned the religious ... effects of Christianity on the dramatic part of poetry , on eloquence , and the fine arts , and say whether the ...
Sivu 31
... effect is imposing in the highest degree . I stopped at their feet to hear the wind whistle through the Corinthian foliage on their sum- mits ; like the solitary palms which rise here and there amidst the ruins of Alexandria . When the ...
... effect is imposing in the highest degree . I stopped at their feet to hear the wind whistle through the Corinthian foliage on their sum- mits ; like the solitary palms which rise here and there amidst the ruins of Alexandria . When the ...
Sivu 68
... effect is to be produced are not different . The one works , indeed , with the pencil , the other with the pen ; the one composes in verse , the other in prose --but what then ? These are the means to the end ; they are not the end ...
... effect is to be produced are not different . The one works , indeed , with the pencil , the other with the pen ; the one composes in verse , the other in prose --but what then ? These are the means to the end ; they are not the end ...
Sivu 77
... effect ; but the turn of his mind was essentially descriptive ; and his powers were such , in that brilliant department , that they wiled him from the less inviting contemplation of general causes . We turn over his fascinating pages ...
... effect ; but the turn of his mind was essentially descriptive ; and his powers were such , in that brilliant department , that they wiled him from the less inviting contemplation of general causes . We turn over his fascinating pages ...
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Sivu 350 - Nearer to the beach, the tide rippled onward in waves of sparkling silver, that imperceptibly, yet rapidly, gained upon the sand. With a mind employed in admiration of the romantic scene, or perhaps on some more agitating topic, Miss Wardour advanced in silence by her father's side, whose recently offended dignity did not stoop to open any conversation. Following the windings of the beach, they passed one projecting point or headland of rock after another, and now found themselves under a huge and...