“The” Spirit of the Age, Or Contemporary PortraitsGalignani, 1825 |
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... Whig bookseller it is grudged that he should do so . An attempt is therefore made to transfer a certain share of popularity to the second - rate Scotch novels , " the em- bryo fry , the little eyry of rickety children , " issuing ...
... Whig bookseller it is grudged that he should do so . An attempt is therefore made to transfer a certain share of popularity to the second - rate Scotch novels , " the em- bryo fry , the little eyry of rickety children , " issuing ...
Էջ 50
... .- Oh ! Wickliff , Luther , Hampden , Sidney , Somers , mistaken Whigs , and thoughtless Reformers in religion and politics , and all ye , whether poets or philosophers , heroes or sages , inventors 50 THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE .
... .- Oh ! Wickliff , Luther , Hampden , Sidney , Somers , mistaken Whigs , and thoughtless Reformers in religion and politics , and all ye , whether poets or philosophers , heroes or sages , inventors 50 THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE .
Էջ 104
... Whigs and Reformers must be persons of low birth and breeding- imputations from one of which he himself has narrowly escaped , and both of which he holds in suitable abhorrence . He stands over a contemporary performance with all the ...
... Whigs and Reformers must be persons of low birth and breeding- imputations from one of which he himself has narrowly escaped , and both of which he holds in suitable abhorrence . He stands over a contemporary performance with all the ...
Էջ 109
... Whigs and Radicals , whom he qualifies without mercy as dunces and miscreants ; and so en- titles himself to the protection of Church and State . The character of his mind is an utter want of independence and magnanimity in all that he ...
... Whigs and Radicals , whom he qualifies without mercy as dunces and miscreants ; and so en- titles himself to the protection of Church and State . The character of his mind is an utter want of independence and magnanimity in all that he ...
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... Whig Review would be an advantage both to itself and to the cause of freedom . Much of this effect is chargeable less on an Epicurean levity of feeling or on party - trammels , than on real sanguineness of disposition , and a certain ...
... Whig Review would be an advantage both to itself and to the cause of freedom . Much of this effect is chargeable less on an Epicurean levity of feeling or on party - trammels , than on real sanguineness of disposition , and a certain ...
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Էջ 146 - He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
Էջ 116 - Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed, Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees, In fancy, fair St. Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled.
Էջ 137 - Far flashed the red artillery. But redder yet that light shall glow On Linden's hills of stained snow, And bloodier yet the torrent flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. 'Tis morn ; but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy.
Էջ 57 - Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he?
Էջ 116 - Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm gules on Madeline's fair breast...
Էջ 106 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Էջ 108 - It is the first mild day of March: Each minute sweeter than before, The red-breast sings from the tall larch That stands beside our door. There is a blessing in the air, Which seems a sense of joy to yield To the bare trees, and mountains bare, And grass in the green field.
Էջ 115 - Out went the taper as she hurried in ; Its little smoke, in pallid moonshine, died: She closed the door, she panted, all akin To spirits of the air, and visions wide : No uttered syllable, or, woe betide...
Էջ 136 - Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Էջ 119 - I WISH I was where Anna lies, For I am sick of lingering here ; And every hour, affection cries, Go and partake her humble bier. I wish I could ! for when she died, I lost my all ; and life has proved, Since that sad hour, a dreary void, A waste unlovely, and unloved.