Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3W. Blackwood, 1850 |
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Sivu 2
... true to the principles of virtue ; and the patriot may well rejoice that generations yet unborn , while they approach their immortal shrines , or share in the enjoyments derived from the legacies they have bequeathed to mankind , will ...
... true to the principles of virtue ; and the patriot may well rejoice that generations yet unborn , while they approach their immortal shrines , or share in the enjoyments derived from the legacies they have bequeathed to mankind , will ...
Sivu 5
... true to the cause of virtue . Amidst all the innumer- able combinations of character , event , and dialogue , which he has formed , he has ever proved faithful to the polar star of duty ; and alone , perhaps , of the great romance ...
... true to the cause of virtue . Amidst all the innumer- able combinations of character , event , and dialogue , which he has formed , he has ever proved faithful to the polar star of duty ; and alone , perhaps , of the great romance ...
Sivu 15
... true faith , or the unfathomable depths of the Sovereign in the heavens , to the changing obscurities of those gods which are the work of human hands . All that I observe is , that there is no religion without mysteries , and that it is ...
... true faith , or the unfathomable depths of the Sovereign in the heavens , to the changing obscurities of those gods which are the work of human hands . All that I observe is , that there is no religion without mysteries , and that it is ...
Sivu 25
... true that the advantages of this world , so far from satisfying our wishes , tend only to augment the want which the soul expe- riences , and dig deeper the abyss which it contains within itself , we must conclude that there is ...
... true that the advantages of this world , so far from satisfying our wishes , tend only to augment the want which the soul expe- riences , and dig deeper the abyss which it contains within itself , we must conclude that there is ...
Sivu 29
... translate the description of the unrivalled scene viewed from the Acropolis by the same poetical hand ; a description so glowing , and yet so true , that it almost recalls , after the lapse of years , the fading CHATEAUBRIAND . 29.
... translate the description of the unrivalled scene viewed from the Acropolis by the same poetical hand ; a description so glowing , and yet so true , that it almost recalls , after the lapse of years , the fading CHATEAUBRIAND . 29.
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a-year admirable agriculture amidst ancient appear arms army beauty BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE Britain British brought burden Cæsar cause century character charm Chateaubriand Christian civilisation classes corruption decline drama effect elevated England English equally Europe evils exhibit existence feelings foreign France free trade French Gaul genius Gibbon grain greatest Greece heart Helen Faucit highest historian human ideas Iliad imagination important impression indirect taxes industry interest Italy Jerusalem Delivered labour land less Long Parliament Madame de Stael mankind manners ment mind modern nature never noble object observation opinion painting passions period philosophic poetry Poland political present principles produced prosperity provinces race recollections rendered Revolution Roman empire Rome ruin Rurick Russia scenes Sismondi society Sophocles spirit success suffering Tacitus taxes thought thousand tion truth vast wealth Whigs whole writers
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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...