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... mean , the art of employing words in such a manner as to pro- duce an illusion on the imagination : the art of doing by means of words what the painter does by means of colours . Thus the greatest of poets has described it , in lines ...
... mean , the art of employing words in such a manner as to pro- duce an illusion on the imagination : the art of doing by means of words what the painter does by means of colours . Thus the greatest of poets has described it , in lines ...
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... means poetry , as the flower - pots of a hot - house to the nothing ; but , applied to the writings of Milton , growth of oaks . That the author of the Para- it is most appropriate . His poetry acts like dise Lost should have written ...
... means poetry , as the flower - pots of a hot - house to the nothing ; but , applied to the writings of Milton , growth of oaks . That the author of the Para- it is most appropriate . His poetry acts like dise Lost should have written ...
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... means of evil . " catholics from the crown , because they thought them likely to be tyrants . The ground on which they , in their famous resolution , de clared the throne vacant , was this , " that James had broken the fundamental laws ...
... means of evil . " catholics from the crown , because they thought them likely to be tyrants . The ground on which they , in their famous resolution , de clared the throne vacant , was this , " that James had broken the fundamental laws ...
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... means . They went through the world like Sir Artegale's iron man Talus with his flail , crushing and trampling down oppressors , mingling with human beings , but having nei- ther part nor lot in human infirmities ; insensi- ble to ...
... means . They went through the world like Sir Artegale's iron man Talus with his flail , crushing and trampling down oppressors , mingling with human beings , but having nei- ther part nor lot in human infirmities ; insensi- ble to ...
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... means are the surest , the speediest , and no means follows that a similar judgment the darkest . He cannot comprehend how a would be just in the case of an Italian of the man should scruple to deceive him whom he middle ages . On the ...
... means are the surest , the speediest , and no means follows that a similar judgment the darkest . He cannot comprehend how a would be just in the case of an Italian of the man should scruple to deceive him whom he middle ages . On the ...
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Page 401 - Antioch — when idols were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca. And she may still exist in undiminished vigour when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's.
Page 368 - Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Page 115 - Our rulers will best promote the improvement of the people by strictly confining themselves to their own legitimate duties ; by leaving capital to find its most lucrative course, commodities their fair price, industry and intelligence their natural reward, idleness and folly their natural punishment ; by maintaining peace, by defending property, by diminishing the price of law, and by observing strict economy in every department of the state. Let the Government do this, — the People will assuredly...
Page 16 - Death had lost its terrors, and pleasure its charms. They had their smiles and their tears, their raptures and their sorrows, but not for the things of this world. Enthusiasm had made them stoics, had cleared their minds from every vulgar passion and prejudice, and raised them above the influence of danger and of corruption. It sometimes might lead them to pursue unwise ends, but never to choose unwise means. They went through the world like Sir...
Page 16 - They recognised no title to superiority but his favour; and confident of that favour, they despised all the accomplishments and all the dignities of the world. If they were unacquainted with the works of philosophers and poets, they were deeply read in the oracles of God. If their names were not found in the registers of heralds, they were recorded in the Book of Life.
Page 249 - There happened in my time one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language, where he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion.
Page 401 - Nor do we see any sign which indicates that the term of her long dominion is approaching. She saw the commencement of all the governments and of all the ecclesiastical establishments that now exist in the world ; and we feel no assurance that she is not destined to see the end of them all.
Page 38 - I perceive now it is what you told me. I am not afraid of any thing ; for I know it is but a play. And if it was really a ghost, it could do one no harm at such a distance, and in so much company ; and yet if I was frightened, I am not the only person.
Page 13 - Those who injured her during the period of her disguise, were forever excluded from participation in the blessings which she bestowed. But to those who, in spite of her loathsome aspect, pitied and protected her, she afterwards revealed herself in the beautiful and celestial form which was natural to her, accompanied their steps, granted all their wishes, filled their houses with wealth, made them happy in love, and victorious in war.* Such a spirit is Liberty.
Page 13 - Such a spirit is Liberty. At times she takes the form of a hateful reptile. She grovels, she hisses, she stings. But woe to those who in disgust shall venture to crush her ! And happy are those who, having dared to receive her in her degraded and frightful shape, shall at length be rewarded by her in the time of her beauty and her glory ! There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces; and that cure is freedom.