Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3W. Blackwood, 1850 |
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... scenes , drawn with the eye of a poet , but the fidelity of a con- summate draughtsman . He has combined historical accuracy and romantic adventure with the interest of tragic events : we live with the heroes , and princes , and ...
... scenes , drawn with the eye of a poet , but the fidelity of a con- summate draughtsman . He has combined historical accuracy and romantic adventure with the interest of tragic events : we live with the heroes , and princes , and ...
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... scenes , and to approach to a nearer communion with his Father , amidst the sublimest of his works . It is with similar feelings , and to worship the same Father , that the Christian is per- mitted to enter the temple of nature ; and by ...
... scenes , and to approach to a nearer communion with his Father , amidst the sublimest of his works . It is with similar feelings , and to worship the same Father , that the Christian is per- mitted to enter the temple of nature ; and by ...
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... scenes . Chateaubriand divides his great work into four parts . The first treats of the doctrinal parts of religion ; the second and the third , of the relations of that religion with poetry , literature , and the arts ; the fourth , of ...
... scenes . Chateaubriand divides his great work into four parts . The first treats of the doctrinal parts of religion ; the second and the third , of the relations of that religion with poetry , literature , and the arts ; the fourth , of ...
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... scenes of joy , shows us the son of kings clothed in purple , renouncing the grandeur of the world , at the same fountain where the child of the poor in rags abjures the pomps by which he will in all probability never be tempted ...
... scenes of joy , shows us the son of kings clothed in purple , renouncing the grandeur of the world , at the same fountain where the child of the poor in rags abjures the pomps by which he will in all probability never be tempted ...
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... scene where they arise , and the hour of the day when they are heard . The roaring of the lion , loud , rough , and tremendous , is in unison with the desert scenes in which it is heard ; while the lowing of the oxen diffuses a pleasing ...
... scene where they arise , and the hour of the day when they are heard . The roaring of the lion , loud , rough , and tremendous , is in unison with the desert scenes in which it is heard ; while the lowing of the oxen diffuses a pleasing ...
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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...