Pictures of the World at Home and Abroad, Volume 3H. Colburn, 1843 - English fiction |
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Page 258 - And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Page 62 - Caesar ? Why should that name be sounded more than yours ? Write them together, yours is as fair a name; Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well; Weigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with 'em, Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar.
Page 10 - Auditis, an me ludit amabilis Insania ? Audire et videor pios Errare per lucos amoenae Quos et aquae subeunt et aurae.
Page 34 - How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! it strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart.
Page 9 - By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap To pluck bright Honour from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned Honour by the locks; So he that doth redeem her thence might wear Without corrival all her dignities.
Page 31 - The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook...
Page 14 - To speak of him justly as an orator, would require a long essay. Every where natural, he carried into public something of that simple and negligent exterior which belonged to him in private. When he began to speak, a common observer might have thought him awkward ; and even a consummate judge could only have been struck with the exquisite justness of his ideas, and the transparent simplicity of his manners. But no sooner had he spoken for some time, than he was changed into another being. He forgot...
Page 177 - Notre gouvernement est une espèce de monstre, dont les formes et l'action sont également révoltantes; il détruit tout ce qu'il touche, et se dévore lui-même : ce dernier excès fait l'unique consolation de ses nombreuses victimes.
Page 170 - Les gens de lettres et les personnes de goût connaissent ses jolis romans, où les grâces de l'imagination s'allient à la légèreté du style, au ton de la philosophie , au sel de la critique.
Page 178 - Ces hommes purs, dont l'âme ardente aspirait la liberté, que la philosophie avait préparés pour elle dans le calme de l'étude et l'austérité de la retraite , se sont flattés, comme toi, que le renversement de la tyrannie...