The National quarterly review, ed. by E.I. SearsEdward Isidore Sears 1871 |
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... believe it could be explained , after all , by his earlier relations with Muscovite di- plomacy , though such an explanation would reflect little credit on the memory of that able and powerful , but unprincipled statesman . At all ...
... believe it could be explained , after all , by his earlier relations with Muscovite di- plomacy , though such an explanation would reflect little credit on the memory of that able and powerful , but unprincipled statesman . At all ...
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... believe our eyes and ears , and to rest content with our knowledge of knowledge , as far as it goes . Some of Spinoza's subordinate conclusions are interesting , as this con- cerning the reality of substance : If any one affirms that he ...
... believe our eyes and ears , and to rest content with our knowledge of knowledge , as far as it goes . Some of Spinoza's subordinate conclusions are interesting , as this con- cerning the reality of substance : If any one affirms that he ...
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... believe in the final perfection of all without being accused of blasphemy ; we may account for the present state of things without pretending to believe absurdities . For the present , we must not deny a per- sonal Deity ; neither must ...
... believe in the final perfection of all without being accused of blasphemy ; we may account for the present state of things without pretending to believe absurdities . For the present , we must not deny a per- sonal Deity ; neither must ...
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... believe in fixed fate , but not at all in free will ; we only act as we must . We , in our imperfection , give names to things , as contingency , free - agency , because we are obliged to adopt these partial ideas from necessity ; but ...
... believe in fixed fate , but not at all in free will ; we only act as we must . We , in our imperfection , give names to things , as contingency , free - agency , because we are obliged to adopt these partial ideas from necessity ; but ...
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... believe that in any given case we might have acted differently ; and we shall draw lessons from our own experience and that of others , and imagine ourselves to be guided by principles so derived . We shall do thus , perhaps , because ...
... believe that in any given case we might have acted differently ; and we shall draw lessons from our own experience and that of others , and imagine ourselves to be guided by principles so derived . We shall do thus , perhaps , because ...
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Page 246 - ... of it gilt; these dishes were received by a gentleman in the same order they were brought, and placed upon the table, while the Lady Taster gave to each of the guard a mouthful to eat, of the particular dish he had brought, for fear of any poison.
Page 8 - The human form and the human mind attained to a perfection in Greece which has impressed its image on those faultless productions, whose very fragments are the despair of modern art, and has propagated impulses which cannot cease, through a thousand channels of manifest or imperceptible operation, to ennoble and delight mankind until the extinction of the race.
Page 224 - Wit, ingenuity, and learning in verse, even elegancy itself, though that comes nearest, are one thing ; true native poetry is another, in which there is a certain air and spirit, which, perhaps, the most learned and judicious in other arts do not perfectly apprehend; much less is it attainable by any art or study.
Page 274 - Homer was the greater genius; Virgil, the better artist: in the one, we most admire the man ; in the other, the work. Homer hurries us with a commanding impetuosity; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence.
Page 322 - But these institutions have not only maintained themselves here, but have spread over the whole Union. They have superseded the aristocratic commencements of Carolina and of New York, the High-Church party in Virginia, the theocracy in Massachusetts, and the monarchy throughout America ; they have given laws to one quarter of the globe, and, dreaded for their moral influence, they stand in the background of every democratic struggle in Europe.
Page 329 - with little study, to write in seven languages. I feast myself with the sweets of all the sciences, which the more polite part of mankind ordinarily pretend to. I am entertained with all kinds of histories, ancient and modern. I am no stranger to the curiosities which, by all sorts of learning, are brought to the curious. These intellectual pleasures are far beyond any sensual ones.
Page 62 - Averse to personal publicity, we veiled our own names under those of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell; the ambiguous choice being dictated by a sort of conscientious scruple at assuming Christian names positively masculine, while we did not like to declare ourselves women, because - without at that time suspecting that our mode of writing and thinking was not what is called 'feminine...
Page 327 - The fearfull bird his little house now builds In trees and walls, in Cities and in fields. The outside strong, the inside warm and neat; A natural Artificer compleat.
Page 64 - If, for instance, a murderer should ask you which way a man is gone, you may tell him what is not true, because you are under a previous obligation not to betray a man to a murderer.
Page 270 - Ma cruauté se lasse, et ne peut s'arrêter; Je veux me faire craindre, et ne fais qu'irriter. Rome a pour ma ruine une hydre trop fertile : Une tête coupée en fait renaître mille; Et le sang répandu de mille conjurés Rend mes jours plus maudits, et non plus assurés.