Famous Men of Modern Times, Nide 1Bradbury, Soden & Company, 1844 - 288 sivua |
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... rank , but hardy loons , who threw stones to a hair's breadth , and were very rugged an- tagonists at close quarters . " The skirmish sometimes lasted for a whole even- ing , until one party or the other were victorious ; when , if ours ...
... rank , but hardy loons , who threw stones to a hair's breadth , and were very rugged an- tagonists at close quarters . " The skirmish sometimes lasted for a whole even- ing , until one party or the other were victorious ; when , if ours ...
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... rank he held as a lawyer . He passed for a man of talents and of great literary acquisitions , but was not rated as among the leaders at the bar . He cultivated literary society , and again tried his hand at authorship . About the year ...
... rank he held as a lawyer . He passed for a man of talents and of great literary acquisitions , but was not rated as among the leaders at the bar . He cultivated literary society , and again tried his hand at authorship . About the year ...
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... rank ! Wherever he went he was noticed as one of the great lights of the age . Proceeding to Germany , he called at a bookstore in Frankfort , to purchase pictures of some of the interesting objects he had seen in his route . After ...
... rank ! Wherever he went he was noticed as one of the great lights of the age . Proceeding to Germany , he called at a bookstore in Frankfort , to purchase pictures of some of the interesting objects he had seen in his route . After ...
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... rank . Byron now enjoyed the best means of instruction , and after a time , he was sent to a famous school at Harrow , ten miles northwest of London . The chief object of this school is to fit young men for the Uni- versity ; it was ...
... rank . Byron now enjoyed the best means of instruction , and after a time , he was sent to a famous school at Harrow , ten miles northwest of London . The chief object of this school is to fit young men for the Uni- versity ; it was ...
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... rank , he takes care to remind us of Dr. Johnson's saying , that when a nobleman appears as an author , his merit should be handsomely acknowledged . In truth , it is this consideration only , that induces us to give Lord Byron's poems ...
... rank , he takes care to remind us of Dr. Johnson's saying , that when a nobleman appears as an author , his merit should be handsomely acknowledged . In truth , it is this consideration only , that induces us to give Lord Byron's poems ...
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Abbotsford admiration afterwards Algiers ancholy appears army Aunt Jenny Bacon beauty became Ben Jonson Bonaparte boys Burke Burns Byron Cervantes character child daughter death delight died Don Quixote doubtless Edinburgh Edinburgh Review Ellisland emperor England eyes fame father favorite feeling France French garden gave genius Göthe hand heart honor human hundred Italy Johnson kind king labor lady literary lived London look Lord Lord Byron manners Milton mind morning mother Napoleon nature never night noble o'er Paradise Lost Paris period person poems poet poetical poetry pounds privy counsellor published rank received remarkable ROBERT BURNS Samuel Johnson scene Scott seemed Shakspere Shakspere's Sir Walter Sir Walter Scott soldier song soon soul spirit Stratford theatre thee things thou thought thousand tion took verses walk wife writing wrote young youth
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Sivu 69 - Ah! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness ; And there were sudden partings such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Sivu 203 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much ; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind...
Sivu 70 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Sivu 262 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Sivu 164 - Then kneeling down, to Heaven's eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays: Hope "springs exulting on triumphant wing," That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise. In such society, yet still more dear; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Sivu 185 - Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er! Such fate to suffering Worth is...
Sivu 73 - The sky is changed ! — and such a change ! Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman ! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder...
Sivu 69 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell; But hush!
Sivu 259 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not.
Sivu 231 - Old Law did save, And such as yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in heaven without restraint, Came vested all in white, pure as her mind.