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... England , but they seem to be in intimate and necessary relation with the movement of the forces of the universe . The recent revival of the historical romance , which shot up in the nineties , flourished mightily at the end of the ...
... England , but they seem to be in intimate and necessary relation with the movement of the forces of the universe . The recent revival of the historical romance , which shot up in the nineties , flourished mightily at the end of the ...
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... England forbade it , but in theory he argued with considerable warmth , that it was never forbidden by God , and that it was a natural and proper condition of life . " I do say , " he writes to Lady Bradshaigh , " that the law of nature ...
... England forbade it , but in theory he argued with considerable warmth , that it was never forbidden by God , and that it was a natural and proper condition of life . " I do say , " he writes to Lady Bradshaigh , " that the law of nature ...
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... England and Europe , he would have been more than mortal if he had refrained from regarding his edifying career with considerable complacency . He was so admirable an illustration of his own maxims , that 32 ESSAYS ON BOOKS.
... England and Europe , he would have been more than mortal if he had refrained from regarding his edifying career with considerable complacency . He was so admirable an illustration of his own maxims , that 32 ESSAYS ON BOOKS.
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... England , and is interesting also in connection with the revival of the Sonnet as a literary form . Since 1660 practically no English sonnets were written until the fifth decade of the next century . Ed- wards , however , from 1748 to ...
... England , and is interesting also in connection with the revival of the Sonnet as a literary form . Since 1660 practically no English sonnets were written until the fifth decade of the next century . Ed- wards , however , from 1748 to ...
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... England ; but the qualities of her mind had no equal : beneficent , prudent , and equally beloved and admired by high and low . That she had been taken at twelve years of age , for the sweetness of her manners and modesty , and for an ...
... England ; but the qualities of her mind had no equal : beneficent , prudent , and equally beloved and admired by high and low . That she had been taken at twelve years of age , for the sweetness of her manners and modesty , and for an ...
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Page 42 - Fie, my lord, fie! a soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account? Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him? DoCT. Do you mark that? LADY M. The thane of Fife had a wife; where is she now? What, will these hands ne'er be clean? No more o' that, my lord, no more o' that: you mar all with this starting.
Page 15 - For, don't you mark ? we're made so that we love First when we see them painted, things we have passed Perhaps a hundred times nor cared to see; And so they are better, painted — better to us, Which is the same thing. Art was given for that; God uses us to help each other so, Lending our minds out.
Page 196 - To move, but doth if th' other do. And, though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th
Page 110 - I FIRST adventure, with fool-hardy might, To tread the steps of perilous despite. I first adventure, follow me who list, And be the second English satirist.
Page 147 - ... little in that, would be totally without the power of giving. A classical education, or at any rate a very extensive acquaintance with English literature, ancient and modern, appears to me quite indispensable for the person who would do any justice to your clergyman; and I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vanity, the most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to be an authoress.
Page 245 - tis a lost fear; Man but a rush against Othello's breast, And he retires. Where should Othello go? Now, how dost thou look now? O ill-starr'd wench! Pale as thy smock! when we shall meet at compt, This look of thine will hurl my soul from heaven, And fiends will snatch at it.
Page 78 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A Creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles.
Page 246 - Doth teach us all to have aspiring minds : Our souls, whose faculties can comprehend The wondrous architecture of the world, And measure every wandering planet's course, Still climbing after knowledge infinite, And always moving as the restless spheres, Wills us to wear ourselves and never rest, Until we reach the ripest fruit of all, That perfect bliss and sole felicity, The sweet fruition of an earthly crown.
Page 262 - Enthralls the crimson stomacher, A cuff neglectful, and thereby Ribbands to flow confusedly, A winning wave (deserving note) In the tempestuous petticoat, A careless shoe-string, in whose tie I see a wild civility, Do more bewitch me, than when art Is too precise in every part.
Page 78 - A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of angelic light.