The Letters of the British SpyF. Lucas, jun., 1829 - Всего страниц: 224 |
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... respect which was shown to him , I sought , in his own per- sonal accomplishments , a solution of the phe- nomenon . But I sought in vain . Without one solitary ray of native genius , without one adventitious beam of science , without ...
... respect which was shown to him , I sought , in his own per- sonal accomplishments , a solution of the phe- nomenon . But I sought in vain . Without one solitary ray of native genius , without one adventitious beam of science , without ...
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... respect which was paid to him resulted sole- ly from his noble descent , and was nothing more than the tribute which man pays either to imaginary or real superiority . On this occasion , I stated my surprise to a young Virginian , who ...
... respect which was paid to him resulted sole- ly from his noble descent , and was nothing more than the tribute which man pays either to imaginary or real superiority . On this occasion , I stated my surprise to a young Virginian , who ...
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... , a secret spirit of respect- ful diffidence , a species of silent , reverential abasement , which , as it could not have been excited by his personal qualities , must havǝ Judge , then , been homage to his rank . 14 THE BRITISH SPY .
... , a secret spirit of respect- ful diffidence , a species of silent , reverential abasement , which , as it could not have been excited by his personal qualities , must havǝ Judge , then , been homage to his rank . 14 THE BRITISH SPY .
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... respect to which they are so justly entitled . I am told that his general appearance and manners were those of a plain farmer or planter of the back country ; that , in this character , he always entered on the exordium of an oration ...
... respect to which they are so justly entitled . I am told that his general appearance and manners were those of a plain farmer or planter of the back country ; that , in this character , he always entered on the exordium of an oration ...
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... respect from those which now exist in their native element , have been found in every explored part of the globe . They are found , too , in the highest as well as in the lowest situations : on the loftiest moun- tains of Europe , and ...
... respect from those which now exist in their native element , have been found in every explored part of the globe . They are found , too , in the highest as well as in the lowest situations : on the loftiest moun- tains of Europe , and ...
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Стр. 176 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.
Стр. 134 - I had thought it exhausted long ago. Little did I suppose that in the wild woods of America I was to meet with a man whose eloquence would give to this topic a new and more sublime pathos than I had ever before witnessed. "As he descended from the pulpit to distribute the mystic symbols...
Стр. 137 - ... be able to let his audience down from the height to which he had wound them, without impairing the solemnity and dignity of his subject, or perhaps shocking them by the abruptness of the fall. But, no ; the descent was as beautiful and sublime as the elevation had been rapid and enthusiastic. The first sentence with which he broke the awful silence was a quotation from Rousseau, "Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ like a God.
Стр. 176 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Стр. 137 - ... of portentous, deathlike silence which reigned throughout the house ; the preacher removing his white handkerchief from his aged face, (even yet wet from the recent torrent of his tears) , and slowly stretching forth the palsied hand which holds it, begins the sentence, "Socrates died like a philosopher...
Стр. 150 - This grew speedily to an excess; for men began to hunt more after words than matter; and more after the choiceness of the phrase, and the round and clean composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration of their works with tropes and figures, than after the weight of matter, w•orth of subject, soundness of argument, life of invention, or depth of judgment.
Стр. 138 - Socrates died like a philosopher," — then pausing, raising his other hand, pressing them both clasped together with warmth and energy to his breast, lifting his "sightless balls" to heaven, and pouring his whole soul into his tremulous voice, " but Jesus Christ — like a God...
Стр. 109 - This extraordinary man, without the aid of fancy, without the advantages of person, voice, attitude, gesture, or any of the ornaments of an orator, deserves to be considered as one of the most eloquent men in the world — if eloquence may be said to consist in the power of seizing the attention with irresistible force, and never permitting it to elude the grasp, until the hearer has received the conviction which the speaker intends.
Стр. 121 - Heaven, and glances at that divinely consoling proclamation, " come unto me, all ye, who are weary and " heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
Стр. 135 - His peculiar phrases had that force of description that the original scene appeared to be, at that moment, acting before our eyes. We saw the very faces of the Jews; the staring, frightful distortions of malice and rage. We saw the buffet: my soul kindled with a flame of indignation; and my hands were involuntarily and convulsively clinched.