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... whole of this beantiful country was once covered with a dreary waste of water .
* ' * An elegant and well informed writer on the theory of the earth , under the
signature of 6 An Enquirer , ” whose remarks were suggested by the perusal of
this ...
... whole of this beantiful country was once covered with a dreary waste of water .
* ' * An elegant and well informed writer on the theory of the earth , under the
signature of 6 An Enquirer , ” whose remarks were suggested by the perusal of
this ...
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Over this hill on which I am now sitting and writing at my ease , and from which I
look with delight , on the landscape , that smiles around me . . . . over this hill and
over this landscape , the billows of the ocean have roll . ed in wild and dreadful ...
Over this hill on which I am now sitting and writing at my ease , and from which I
look with delight , on the landscape , that smiles around me . . . . over this hill and
over this landscape , the billows of the ocean have roll . ed in wild and dreadful ...
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When the son of this great man , too , * See a beautiful note in Darwin ' s Botanic
Garden , in which the writer suggests the probability of three concentric strata of
our atmosphere , in which , or between them , are produced four our present ...
When the son of this great man , too , * See a beautiful note in Darwin ' s Botanic
Garden , in which the writer suggests the probability of three concentric strata of
our atmosphere , in which , or between them , are produced four our present ...
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But while honor and justice compel the writer of this article , to give these
explanations , and make these acknowledgments to the gentlemen iminediately
interested , he begs he may not be considered as descending to the meanness ,
of ...
But while honor and justice compel the writer of this article , to give these
explanations , and make these acknowledgments to the gentlemen iminediately
interested , he begs he may not be considered as descending to the meanness ,
of ...
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The writer who contends for fame , or even for truth , is obliged to consult the
reigning taste of the day . Hence , too often , in opposition to his own judgment ,
he is led to incumber his ideas with a gorgeous load of ornaments ; and when ,
he ...
The writer who contends for fame , or even for truth , is obliged to consult the
reigning taste of the day . Hence , too often , in opposition to his own judgment ,
he is led to incumber his ideas with a gorgeous load of ornaments ; and when ,
he ...
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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.
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| Название | The Letters of the British Spy |
| Автор | William Wirt |
| Издатель | Samuel Pleasants, jun., 1805 |
| Владелец оригинала: | Нью-Йоркская публичная библиотека |
| Оцифровано | 6 ноя 2006 |
| Количество страниц | Всего страниц: 128 |
| Экспорт цитаты | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |