The Letters of the British SpySamuel Pleasants, jun., 1805 - Всего страниц: 128 |
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... original stamina of the continent ; for on the latter sup- position , the mountains themselves would consti- tute the western coast ; since Mr. Buffon's theo- ry precludes the idea of any accession in that quarter . Put the mountains do ...
... original stamina of the continent ; for on the latter sup- position , the mountains themselves would consti- tute the western coast ; since Mr. Buffon's theo- ry precludes the idea of any accession in that quarter . Put the mountains do ...
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... original heighth of the rock is not ascertain- ed with any kind of precision , historians having , I believe , merely informed us , that it was suffici C ently elevated to kill the criminals who were thrown from ( 33 )
... original heighth of the rock is not ascertain- ed with any kind of precision , historians having , I believe , merely informed us , that it was suffici C ently elevated to kill the criminals who were thrown from ( 33 )
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... gene- ral knowledge . Secondly ; they have not the habit of close and solid thinking . Thirdly ; they do not aspire at original orna- inents . From these three defects , it most generally re- sults ( 31 ) LETTER III. ...
... gene- ral knowledge . Secondly ; they have not the habit of close and solid thinking . Thirdly ; they do not aspire at original orna- inents . From these three defects , it most generally re- sults ( 31 ) LETTER III. ...
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... This is a very curious subject . I am some- times half inclined to adopt the notion stated by our great Bacon in his original and masterly reatise on the advancement of learning . * Fas cination , says he , is the power and act ( 38 )
... This is a very curious subject . I am some- times half inclined to adopt the notion stated by our great Bacon in his original and masterly reatise on the advancement of learning . * Fas cination , says he , is the power and act ( 38 )
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... original , and , almost , super- natural faculty : the faculty of developing a sub- ject by a single glance of his mind , and detecting at once , the very point on which every controver- sy depends . No matter , what the question ...
... original , and , almost , super- natural faculty : the faculty of developing a sub- ject by a single glance of his mind , and detecting at once , the very point on which every controver- sy depends . No matter , what the question ...
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Стр. 105 - 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. 105 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.
Стр. 84 - 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. 83 - 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 !" I despair of giving you any idea of the effect produced by this short sentence, unless you could perfectly conceive the whole manner of the man, as well as the peculiar crisis in the discourse. Never before did I completely understand what Demosthenes meant by laying such stress on delivery.
Стр. 81 - Devotion alone should have stopped me, to join in the duties of the congregation; but I must confess that curiosity to hear the preacher of such a wilderness was not the least of my motives.
Стр. 83 - ... very uneasy for the situation of the preacher. For I could not conceive how he would 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.
Стр. 86 - On a rock, whose haughty brow, Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the Poet stood ; (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Streamed, like a meteor, to the troubled air) And with a Master's hand, and Prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre.
Стр. 76 - ... a venerable old man, a Nestor, or an Ossian, who has witnessed and survived the ravages of successive generations, the companions of his youth and of his maturity, and now mourns his own solitary and desolate condition, and hails their spirits in every passing cloud ? Whatever may be the cause, as I look at it I feel my soul drawn forward, as by the cords of gentlest sympathy, and involuntarily open my lips to offer consolation to the drooping pile.
Стр. 82 - 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 clenched.
Стр. 82 - He then drew a picture of the sufferings of our Saviour; his trial before Pilate; his ascent up Calvary; his crucifixion and his death. I knew the whole history; but never until then had I heard the circumstances so selected, so arranged, so colored. It was all new, and I seemed to have heard it for the first time in my life.