Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3W. Blackwood, 1850 |
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Sivu 6
... whole genius of France had been incessantly directed to undermine the principles of religion. The days of Pascal and Fenelon, of Saurin and Bourdaloue, of Bossuet and Massillon, had passed away ; the splendid talent of the seventeenth ...
... whole genius of France had been incessantly directed to undermine the principles of religion. The days of Pascal and Fenelon, of Saurin and Bourdaloue, of Bossuet and Massillon, had passed away ; the splendid talent of the seventeenth ...
Sivu 15
... whole . Whence comes the spark which we call existence , and in what obscurity is it to be extinguished ? The Eternal has placed our birth and our death under the form of two veiled phantoms , at the two extremities of our career ; the ...
... whole . Whence comes the spark which we call existence , and in what obscurity is it to be extinguished ? The Eternal has placed our birth and our death under the form of two veiled phantoms , at the two extremities of our career ; the ...
Sivu 24
... whole of existence . God is a profound secret . Man , created in his image , is equally incomprehensible . It was , therefore , an ineffable harmony to see the periods of his existence regulated by measures of time as harmonious as ...
... whole of existence . God is a profound secret . Man , created in his image , is equally incomprehensible . It was , therefore , an ineffable harmony to see the periods of his existence regulated by measures of time as harmonious as ...
Sivu 46
... whole character . A new principle superior to all earthly power was introduced -a paramount authority established , to which even the arm of victorious conquest was compelled to submit - ruthless warriors were seen kneeling at the feet ...
... whole character . A new principle superior to all earthly power was introduced -a paramount authority established , to which even the arm of victorious conquest was compelled to submit - ruthless warriors were seen kneeling at the feet ...
Sivu 51
... whole from their junction . Patchwork appears in spite of all the genius and taste of Virgil . Epic poetry , indeed , is not confined within the narrow limits of the Grecian drama ; the poem may embrace a longer period than it requires ...
... whole from their junction . Patchwork appears in spite of all the genius and taste of Virgil . Epic poetry , indeed , is not confined within the narrow limits of the Grecian drama ; the poem may embrace a longer period than it requires ...
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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...