The Foreign Quarterly Review, Volume 1Treuttel and Würtz, Treuttel, Jun, and Richter, 1827 - English literature |
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... means of restoring subordination was to divide the land , and to settle the different nations , and even different tribes , in such parts of Spain as most resembled the land of their nativity . Spain has been blest with so many natural ...
... means of restoring subordination was to divide the land , and to settle the different nations , and even different tribes , in such parts of Spain as most resembled the land of their nativity . Spain has been blest with so many natural ...
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... means for securing it to his children but there was a farther danger to which they would be exposed by the death of their parents ; the relations upon whom their guar- dianship devolved would compel them to become Mahommedans , a change ...
... means for securing it to his children but there was a farther danger to which they would be exposed by the death of their parents ; the relations upon whom their guar- dianship devolved would compel them to become Mahommedans , a change ...
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... means , that the mania which for a little while had been allayed , reappeared . A young monk of Tabanos led the way , and suffered . Two men followed his example and his fate on the morrow ; and before the sun went down , a nun of ...
... means , that the mania which for a little while had been allayed , reappeared . A young monk of Tabanos led the way , and suffered . Two men followed his example and his fate on the morrow ; and before the sun went down , a nun of ...
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... means to inform Eulogius of the domestic persecution which she was enduring . Eulogius had recently been elected to the archbishopric of Toledo , but some unexplained impediment had caused the election to be set aside , most probably ...
... means to inform Eulogius of the domestic persecution which she was enduring . Eulogius had recently been elected to the archbishopric of Toledo , but some unexplained impediment had caused the election to be set aside , most probably ...
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... means or other , the fading impression of its horrors . The most obvious and inartificial mode of attaining this end is , by adding to , and exaggerating the supernatural incidents of the tale . But far from increasing its effect , the ...
... means or other , the fading impression of its horrors . The most obvious and inartificial mode of attaining this end is , by adding to , and exaggerating the supernatural incidents of the tale . But far from increasing its effect , the ...
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Page 59 - This opinion, which, perhaps, prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth: those that never heard of one another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers can very little weaken the General evidence, and some who deny it with their tongues, confess it by their fears.
Page 59 - Imlac,) I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth...
Page 61 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up: It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: An image was before mine eyes, There was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God?
Page 60 - What might this be ? A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses.
Page 61 - The other Shape — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either — black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart: what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Page 77 - When to myself I act and smile, With pleasing thoughts the time beguile, By a brook side or wood so green, Unheard, unsought for, or unseen, A thousand pleasures do me bless, And crown my soul with happiness. All my joys besides are folly, None so sweet as melancholy.
Page 62 - He had employed his mind chiefly upon works of fiction and subjects of fancy ; and, by indulging some peculiar habits of thought, was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the waterfalls of Elysian...
Page 348 - To be ignorant of evils to come, and forgetful of evils past, is a merciful provision in nature, whereby we digest the mixture of our few and evil days ; and our delivered senses not relapsing into cutting remembrances, our sorrows are not kept raw by the edge of repetitions.
Page 76 - Nor peace, nor ease, the heart can know, That, like the needle true, Turns at the touch of joy or woe, But turning, trembles too.
Page 165 - DEAR Tom, this brown jug that now foams with mild ale (Out of which I now drink to sweet Nan of the vale), Was once Toby Filpot, a thirsty old soul As e'er crack'da bottle, or fathom'da bowl.