The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Հատոր 139 |
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From the middle of the fifth century there are distinct evidences of the existence at
Rome of a Pontifical Library , or indeed of two libraries ; although we know little of
their contents beyond the fact that in them were deposited the official ...
From the middle of the fifth century there are distinct evidences of the existence at
Rome of a Pontifical Library , or indeed of two libraries ; although we know little of
their contents beyond the fact that in them were deposited the official ...
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... twenty - seven in number - only twelve can trace their origin farther back than
the year 1600 , and even of these one barely falls within that limit , while several
others can claim little beyond a nominal existence until long after that date .
... twenty - seven in number - only twelve can trace their origin farther back than
the year 1600 , and even of these one barely falls within that limit , while several
others can claim little beyond a nominal existence until long after that date .
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... during the whole period of its previous existence . From the date of these
accessions the pre - eminence of the Paris Library amongst European collections
was placed beyond all question ; and it is chiefly from the Revolution that its
progress ...
... during the whole period of its previous existence . From the date of these
accessions the pre - eminence of the Paris Library amongst European collections
was placed beyond all question ; and it is chiefly from the Revolution that its
progress ...
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... appeared his pains were very great ; they were chiefly in the region of the
bowels , but were at last subdued by means of laudanum , administered in
different ways ; and for the last thirty - six hours of his existence he did not suffer
severely .
... appeared his pains were very great ; they were chiefly in the region of the
bowels , but were at last subdued by means of laudanum , administered in
different ways ; and for the last thirty - six hours of his existence he did not suffer
severely .
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Hope of a higher existence can alone support us when this half - mental , half -
bodily happiness declines . ' In the education of her son Mrs . Coleridge found
agreeable stimulus for her mental efforts . On their occasional visits to Margate
and ...
Hope of a higher existence can alone support us when this half - mental , half -
bodily happiness declines . ' In the education of her son Mrs . Coleridge found
agreeable stimulus for her mental efforts . On their occasional visits to Margate
and ...
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Էջ 570 - Seest thou yon dreary plain, forlorn and wild, The seat of desolation, void of light, Save what the glimmering of these livid flames Casts pale and dreadful?
Էջ 111 - Suppose that all your objects in life were realized ; that all the changes in institutions and opinions which you are looking forward to, could be completely effected at this very instant: would this be a great joy and happiness to you?
Էջ 113 - What made Wordsworth's poems a medicine for my state of mind, was that they expressed, not mere outward beauty, but states of feeling, and of thought coloured by feeling, under the excitement of beauty.
Էջ 112 - I, for the first time, gave its proper place, among the prime necessities of human well-being, to the internal culture of the individual. I ceased to attach almost exclusive importance to the ordering of outward circumstances, and the training of the human being for speculation and for action.
Էջ 113 - ... shell the universe itself Is to the ear of faith ; and there are times, I doubt not, when to you it doth impart Authentic tidings of invisible things; Of ebb and flow, and ever-during power; And central peace, subsisting at the heart Of endless agitation. Here you stand, Adore and worship, when you know it not ; Pious beyond the intention of your thought, Devout above the meaning of your will.
Էջ 111 - I carried it with me into all companies, into all occupations. Hardly anything had power to cause me even a few minutes oblivion of it.
Էջ 570 - The seat of desolation, void of light, Save what the glimmering of these livid flames Casts pale and dreadful? Thither let us tend* From off the tossing of these fiery waves, There rest, if any rest can harbour there...
Էջ 111 - It was in the autumn of 1826. I was in a dull state of nerves, such as everybody is occasionally liable to ; unsusceptible to enjoyment or pleasurable excitement ; one of those moods when what is pleasure at other times, becomes insipid or indifferent ; the state, I should think, in which converts to Methodism usually are, when smitten bv their first "conviction of sin.
Էջ 112 - The maintenance of a due balance among the faculties, now seemed to me of primary importance. The cultivation of the feelings became one of the cardinal points in my ethical and philosophical creed.