Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3W. Blackwood, 1850 |
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Sivu 23
... industry to the weak and foresight to the thoughtless . " No sooner have the trees put forth their leaves , than a thousand little workmen commence their labours . Some bring long pieces of straw into the hole of an old wall , others ...
... industry to the weak and foresight to the thoughtless . " No sooner have the trees put forth their leaves , than a thousand little workmen commence their labours . Some bring long pieces of straw into the hole of an old wall , others ...
Sivu 57
... industry of the bees ; we even feel we have a friend in the little underground nest of the field- mouse . The opening lines of the Eclogues , which every schoolboy knows by heart , give an earnest of the exquisite taste which pervades ...
... industry of the bees ; we even feel we have a friend in the little underground nest of the field- mouse . The opening lines of the Eclogues , which every schoolboy knows by heart , give an earnest of the exquisite taste which pervades ...
Sivu 81
... industry had worked out , Robertson succeeded in producing the most luminous , and at the same time just , view of the progress of nations that had yet been presented among mankind . The philosophy of history here appeared in its full ...
... industry had worked out , Robertson succeeded in producing the most luminous , and at the same time just , view of the progress of nations that had yet been presented among mankind . The philosophy of history here appeared in its full ...
Sivu 84
... industry of his pen ; his Literature of the South of Europe in four , and Miscellaneous Essays in three volumes , show how happily he has blended these weighty investigations with the lighter topics of literature and poetry , and the ...
... industry of his pen ; his Literature of the South of Europe in four , and Miscellaneous Essays in three volumes , show how happily he has blended these weighty investigations with the lighter topics of literature and poetry , and the ...
Sivu 85
... industry with philosophic generalisation , Sismondi is far from being a perfect historian . He did well to abridge his great works ; for he will find few readers who will have perseverance enough to go through them . An abridgment was ...
... industry with philosophic generalisation , Sismondi is far from being a perfect historian . He did well to abridge his great works ; for he will find few readers who will have perseverance enough to go through them . An abridgment was ...
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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...