American Quarterly Review, Volume 21Carey, Lea & Carey, 1837 - Serial publications |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 84
Page 21
... reader in an extract which , at the . same time , will make him acquainted with the two daughters who play the chief part in the little story . " But , before they arrived at this stage in the journey of life , both good and evil had ...
... reader in an extract which , at the . same time , will make him acquainted with the two daughters who play the chief part in the little story . " But , before they arrived at this stage in the journey of life , both good and evil had ...
Page 28
... reader's admiration has been caught altogether by surprise , and he been induced to waste his praise and his time upon sheer nonsense . 1 See American Quarterly Review , No. 39 . Notwithstanding all this , few , very few would regret 28 ...
... reader's admiration has been caught altogether by surprise , and he been induced to waste his praise and his time upon sheer nonsense . 1 See American Quarterly Review , No. 39 . Notwithstanding all this , few , very few would regret 28 ...
Page 29
... reader is partially disabled from the exercise of dispassionate judgment , the reckless boldness of assertion increases the difficulty and almost secures , the victory over the mind . As pastime , however , or relaxation , or not ...
... reader is partially disabled from the exercise of dispassionate judgment , the reckless boldness of assertion increases the difficulty and almost secures , the victory over the mind . As pastime , however , or relaxation , or not ...
Page 30
... reader on his guard . He says : - I ought to premise that in this historical view I have not stuck close to my subject : I have treated of every thing - the present , the past , the future ; I digress hither and thither . When I meet ...
... reader on his guard . He says : - I ought to premise that in this historical view I have not stuck close to my subject : I have treated of every thing - the present , the past , the future ; I digress hither and thither . When I meet ...
Page 31
... reader unprepared into the history of the poetry , works , and authors of the first stages of English literature , I think it right to introduce here a general picture of the middle ages . These preliminary matters will facilitate the ...
... reader unprepared into the history of the poetry , works , and authors of the first stages of English literature , I think it right to introduce here a general picture of the middle ages . These preliminary matters will facilitate the ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admiration Adrastus agricultural Algiers American animal appears Bainbridge Ballymahon bark beautiful Bedouin called character Claude Frollo Colonel Burr colour command drama Edom effect England English Euripides excitement fame favour feelings fluid France French friends fruit gases genius give Goldsmith hand heart honour Huguenots human Idumea imagination insects interest Jefferson labour letter limbs literary live Lord Byron lottery matter ment mind Mirabeau moral nature never Northwest Company object observed OLIVER GOLDSMITH opera party pass passion pear perhaps person plant poet poetic poetry political possess present principle produce Quasimodo racter reader received regard remarks Robert le Diable scene sentiment Shakspeare ship society soil speak spirit taste thing thought tion tree truth United usury vessels virtue whole William Bainbridge writer XXI.-NO