The Foreign Quarterly Review, Volume 1Treuttel and Würtz, Treuttel, Jun, and Richter, 1827 - English literature |
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... remarkable that purity of blood should have been so scrupulously regarded in a country where the intermixture , beyond all doubt , has been greater than in any other part of Christendom . There is the old Iberian stock , derived we know ...
... remarkable that purity of blood should have been so scrupulously regarded in a country where the intermixture , beyond all doubt , has been greater than in any other part of Christendom . There is the old Iberian stock , derived we know ...
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... remarkable resemblance to what in a country where ( thank Heaven ! ) the Bible is in the hands of the people , we may call scriptural language ; indeed a faithful translation of those chroni- cles necessarily falls into the manner and ...
... remarkable resemblance to what in a country where ( thank Heaven ! ) the Bible is in the hands of the people , we may call scriptural language ; indeed a faithful translation of those chroni- cles necessarily falls into the manner and ...
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... remarkable than the physical expression , “ porque en su fisonomia se conservan vestigios nada equivocos del defecto que padecia Morales , y en que le habia hecho caer su excesivo y incon- siderado zelo en conservar la pureza virginal ...
... remarkable than the physical expression , “ porque en su fisonomia se conservan vestigios nada equivocos del defecto que padecia Morales , y en que le habia hecho caer su excesivo y incon- siderado zelo en conservar la pureza virginal ...
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... remarkable ; for the Spanish sword , which the Romans had condescended to adopt , and which in early times was celebrated for its temper , might have been thought as efficient in action as the best scimitar of Damascus ; and the ar ...
... remarkable ; for the Spanish sword , which the Romans had condescended to adopt , and which in early times was celebrated for its temper , might have been thought as efficient in action as the best scimitar of Damascus ; and the ar ...
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... remarkable in Oriental his- tory . Merwaun , the last caliph of the Ommeyah race , was a man of great experience , and distinguished for ability as well as cou- his general was unrivalled in military reputation , and his minister is ...
... remarkable in Oriental his- tory . Merwaun , the last caliph of the Ommeyah race , was a man of great experience , and distinguished for ability as well as cou- his general was unrivalled in military reputation , and his minister is ...
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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.