Essays and Tales in Prose, Հատոր 1Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1853 |
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... Campbell , a Scotchman by birth , an advocate by education , ( he had retired from the bar on a small fortune , ) and as completely cased in Jacobitism as the king of Denmark was in steel , namely , “ from top to toe . " ' It is a ...
... Campbell , a Scotchman by birth , an advocate by education , ( he had retired from the bar on a small fortune , ) and as completely cased in Jacobitism as the king of Denmark was in steel , namely , “ from top to toe . " ' It is a ...
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... Campbell was called suddenly to Scotland , upon some private business , relating , as he intimated , to a small patrimony which he possessed in that country . ' It was about this time ( viz . in 1745 ) that the Cheva- lier , Charles ...
... Campbell was called suddenly to Scotland , upon some private business , relating , as he intimated , to a small patrimony which he possessed in that country . ' It was about this time ( viz . in 1745 ) that the Cheva- lier , Charles ...
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... Campbell , his daughter lived in the house of Mr. Bethel . My grandfather being at this time absent on his travels , there was no objection to this arrangement on her part ; and the young lady being a Protestant ( the religion of her ...
... Campbell , his daughter lived in the house of Mr. Bethel . My grandfather being at this time absent on his travels , there was no objection to this arrangement on her part ; and the young lady being a Protestant ( the religion of her ...
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... Campbell was a resident in his father's house , and when the old gentleman , after embracing his son , led him up to his fair guest , with " You remember my son Walter , my dear Miss Campbell , " Miss Campbell was ready to sink with ...
... Campbell was a resident in his father's house , and when the old gentleman , after embracing his son , led him up to his fair guest , with " You remember my son Walter , my dear Miss Campbell , " Miss Campbell was ready to sink with ...
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... Campbell could scarcely bear up against his great disappointment . It was asserted ( and not contradicted ) that his journey to Scotland had been a mere pretext ; that he had been actually in the thick of the fights of Preston , Falkirk ...
... Campbell could scarcely bear up against his great disappointment . It was asserted ( and not contradicted ) that his journey to Scotland had been a mere pretext ; that he had been actually in the thick of the fights of Preston , Falkirk ...
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Էջ 23 - and, when I have required Some heavenly music (which even now I do), To work mine end upon their senses that This airy charm is for, I '11 break my staff, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, And, deeper than did ever plummet sound, I '11 drown my book.
Էջ 16 - honor his memory, on this side of idolatry, as much as any : he was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature ;' and the editors of the folio edition of the plays, say that they have collected them ' to keep the memory of so worthy a friend and fellow alive, as was our Shakspere.
Էջ 15 - Englishman of war, lesser in bulk but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of
Էջ 15 - galleon and an English man of war. Master Jonson, like the former, was built far higher in learning; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakspere, like an
Էջ 16 - retired to his native town of Stratford. He had previously purchased one of the best houses there, called ' New Place,' and in this house he lived and died. He was buried on the 25th of April, 1616, on the north side of the chancel of the great church of Stratford. A monument was shortly
Էջ 14 - The following is Fuller's account of Shakspere, in his ' WORTHIES OF ENGLAND :' 'He was an eminent instance of the truth of that rule, ' poeta non fit, sed nasdtur: one is not made but born a poet.
Էջ 17 - to his memory. The artist has represented him in a sitting posture, with a pen in his right hand, and his left resting on a scroll of paper; and on the cushion which appears spread out before him, are engraved the following lines
Էջ 53 - and are involved (parenthetically) in the dialogue, without impeding it; such as, in ' ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA,' where Antony speaks of ' Our slippery people ( Whose love is never linked to the deserver, Till his deserts
Էջ 56 - or infirmity peculiar to himself. But I should do neither. For his great merit, as it appears to me, is, that he had no peculiar or prominent merit. His mind was so well constituted, so justly and admirably balanced, that it had nothing in excess. It was the harmonious combination, the