The Literary world, conducted by J. Timbs, Volumen1John Timbs 1839 |
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... rising young sculptor , of Edinburgh , who has lately modelled a beautiful bust of the Queen with such success as to promise his ac- quirement of the highest eminence in his profession . The constructive accuracy and solidity of the ...
... rising young sculptor , of Edinburgh , who has lately modelled a beautiful bust of the Queen with such success as to promise his ac- quirement of the highest eminence in his profession . The constructive accuracy and solidity of the ...
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... rising around me , and feel beautiful thoughts glowing within me , I am obliged to admire the one in silence , and suppress the other in sorrow ; for I can- not call Rose an Hexandria Monogynia , nor assure the lovely Mary that her ...
... rising around me , and feel beautiful thoughts glowing within me , I am obliged to admire the one in silence , and suppress the other in sorrow ; for I can- not call Rose an Hexandria Monogynia , nor assure the lovely Mary that her ...
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... rising nation . A normal observatory has been founded at St. Petersburg , where officers receive practical instruction to qualify them to become observers in the establish- ments in the provinces : eight times a day they observe the ...
... rising nation . A normal observatory has been founded at St. Petersburg , where officers receive practical instruction to qualify them to become observers in the establish- ments in the provinces : eight times a day they observe the ...
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... rise much higher than in former times . In Queen Elizabeth's time there were houses on each side of Tothill - street , some on one side of the street having large gardens stretching to the Park , and some on the other side with gardens ...
... rise much higher than in former times . In Queen Elizabeth's time there were houses on each side of Tothill - street , some on one side of the street having large gardens stretching to the Park , and some on the other side with gardens ...
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... rising is indescribable . 66 Buckingham Palace . - Defoe ( in his Jour- ney , 1714 , ) describes Buckingham House as one of the great Beauties of London , both by reason of its situation and its building , " - a remark strangely at ...
... rising is indescribable . 66 Buckingham Palace . - Defoe ( in his Jour- ney , 1714 , ) describes Buckingham House as one of the great Beauties of London , both by reason of its situation and its building , " - a remark strangely at ...
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Página 233 - And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
Página 263 - A double dungeon wall and wave Have made — and like a living grave. Below the surface of the lake The dark vault lies wherein we lay...
Página 308 - Ye stars are but the shining dust Of my divine abode, The pavement of those heavenly courts, Where I shall reign with God.
Página 263 - Lake Leman lies by Chillon's walls: A thousand feet in depth below Its massy waters meet and flow; Thus much the fathom-line was sent no From Chillon's snow-white battlement, Which round about the wave enthralls: A double dungeon wall and wave Have made — and like a living grave.
Página 317 - ... the true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.
Página 333 - We see him, so far as we do see him, not in himself, but in a reflex image from the objectivity in which he was manifested : he is Falstaff and Mercutio and Malvolio and Jaques and Portia and Imogen and Lear and Othello ; but to us he is scarcely a determined person, a substantial reality of past time, the man Shakspeare. The two greatest names in poetry are to us little more than names. If we are not yet come to question his unity, as we do that of " the blind old man of Scio's rocky isle...
Página 216 - I no sooner (saith he) come into the library, but I bolt the door to me, excluding lust, ambition, avarice, and all such vices, whose nurse is Idleness, the mother of Ignorance, and Melancholy herself, and in the very lap of eternity, amongst so many divine souls, I take my seat with so lofty a spirit and sweet content, that I pity all our great ones, and rich men that know not this happiness.
Página 43 - The true test of a great man — that, at least, which must secure his place among the highest order of great men — is his having been. in advance of his age.
Página 352 - Review; this was acceded to •with acclamation. I was appointed Editor, and remained long enough in Edinburgh to edit the first number of the Edinburgh Review.
Página 392 - And bread itself is gather'd as a fruit ; ' Where none contest the fields, the woods, the streams : — The goldless age, where gold disturbs no dreams, Inhabits or inhabited the shore, Till Europe taught them better than before : Bestow'd her customs, and amended theirs, But left her vices also to their heirs.