Sidney Smith. Samuel Rogers. James Smith. George Selwyn. Lord Chesterfield. Lord Melbourne. General von Radowitz. The Countess Hahn-Hahn. M. De Stendhal. Pierre Dupont. Lord Eldon and the chances of the barLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1858 |
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... style . Mrs. Austin , who has edited the second volume . containing a selection from the Letters , was also well qualified by a friendship of many years , by recipro- cated esteem , and by intellectual accomplishments , to form a just ...
... style . Mrs. Austin , who has edited the second volume . containing a selection from the Letters , was also well qualified by a friendship of many years , by recipro- cated esteem , and by intellectual accomplishments , to form a just ...
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... , till he came to the following pathetic description of a drowned tradesman ; beyond which , he recollects nothing . [ Here follows an extract . ] This extract will suffice for the style of the Sermon . 14 THE REV . SYDNEY SMITH :
... , till he came to the following pathetic description of a drowned tradesman ; beyond which , he recollects nothing . [ Here follows an extract . ] This extract will suffice for the style of the Sermon . 14 THE REV . SYDNEY SMITH :
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Abraham Hayward. extract will suffice for the style of the Sermon . The Charity itself is beyond all praise . " This is curious , both as a specimen of Sydney Smith's early manner , and as illustrating the contrast which such a style of ...
Abraham Hayward. extract will suffice for the style of the Sermon . The Charity itself is beyond all praise . " This is curious , both as a specimen of Sydney Smith's early manner , and as illustrating the contrast which such a style of ...
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... style of writing which he thought inimical to sound religion were continued . Thus in 1818 he writes to the editor : " I must beg the favour of you to be explicit on one point : do you mean to take care that the Review shall not encou ...
... style of writing which he thought inimical to sound religion were continued . Thus in 1818 he writes to the editor : " I must beg the favour of you to be explicit on one point : do you mean to take care that the Review shall not encou ...
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... style ; but the proportion in which it exists enlivens the Review , ' if you appeal to the whole public , and not to the eight or ten grave Scotchmen with whom you live . I am a very ignorant , frivolous , half - inch person ; but ...
... style ; but the proportion in which it exists enlivens the Review , ' if you appeal to the whole public , and not to the eight or ten grave Scotchmen with whom you live . I am a very ignorant , frivolous , half - inch person ; but ...
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Page 435 - And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies ; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
Page 71 - And rise to faults true critics dare not mend. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part. And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art, Which, without passing through the judgment, gains The heart, and all its end at once attains.
Page 435 - And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. And they •worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast ? who is able to make war with him?
Page 315 - 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 92 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the...
Page 100 - Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light: But, oh ! she dances such a way— No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.
Page 218 - I was an absolute pedant : when I talked my best, I quoted Horace ; when I aimed at being facetious, I quoted Martial ; and when I had a mind to be a fine gentleman, I talked Ovid.
Page 249 - I am neither of a melancholy nor a cynical disposition ; and am as willing and as apt to be pleased as anybody ; but I am sure that, since I have had the full use of my reason, nobody has ever heard me laugh.
Page 86 - Ward has no heart, they say ; but I deny it. He has a heart, and gets his speeches by it.
Page 24 - Better a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.