The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Հատոր 139 |
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... beginning with the perhaps legendary Osymandyas , King of Egypt , fourteen
centuries before Christ . But the only questions as to ancient libraries which are
important for this inquiry are those which regard the character * Noctes Atticæ , lib
...
... beginning with the perhaps legendary Osymandyas , King of Egypt , fourteen
centuries before Christ . But the only questions as to ancient libraries which are
important for this inquiry are those which regard the character * Noctes Atticæ , lib
...
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And , in addition to this merit , the libraries of Constantinople , mutilated as they
were , must be regarded as the main source to which we are indebted for the
preservation of one large and important branch of ancient Greek literature — that
of ...
And , in addition to this merit , the libraries of Constantinople , mutilated as they
were , must be regarded as the main source to which we are indebted for the
preservation of one large and important branch of ancient Greek literature — that
of ...
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Next in rank after the monks , as book - collectors in the middle ages , come the
great ecclesiastical dignitaries to whom we are indebted for most of the Cathedral
libraries — the nuclei at a later period of many important provincial collections .
Next in rank after the monks , as book - collectors in the middle ages , come the
great ecclesiastical dignitaries to whom we are indebted for most of the Cathedral
libraries — the nuclei at a later period of many important provincial collections .
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The most important , however , of the ancient papal collections were eventually
concentrated in the Lateran Palace . There is reason to believe that the collection
was for the age a very considerable one ; and Pope Zachary , who , as being a ...
The most important , however , of the ancient papal collections were eventually
concentrated in the Lateran Palace . There is reason to believe that the collection
was for the age a very considerable one ; and Pope Zachary , who , as being a ...
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And when , in 1624 , Cardinal de Rochefoucauld became abbot of St . Geneviève
, its library , now one of the most important libraries for the actual uses of study in
Paris , did not contain a single printed volume . It is also worthy of note that ...
And when , in 1624 , Cardinal de Rochefoucauld became abbot of St . Geneviève
, its library , now one of the most important libraries for the actual uses of study in
Paris , did not contain a single printed volume . It is also worthy of note that ...
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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.