The Table Talker: Or, Brief Essays on Society and Literature, 2. köideW. Pickering, 1840 |
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... honour set up in the place of religion , are the lessons usually presented . There is yet another con- sequence too important to be overlooked . The catastrophe and the incidents of these fictitious narratives commonly turn on the ...
... honour set up in the place of religion , are the lessons usually presented . There is yet another con- sequence too important to be overlooked . The catastrophe and the incidents of these fictitious narratives commonly turn on the ...
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... honour , it is a wonderful basis of power and intelligence , of wealth , and of liberty . But when the commercial principle grows rank and runs to seed - when it overgrows and chokes up the spirit of the patriot , the en- thusiasm of ...
... honour , it is a wonderful basis of power and intelligence , of wealth , and of liberty . But when the commercial principle grows rank and runs to seed - when it overgrows and chokes up the spirit of the patriot , the en- thusiasm of ...
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... honour of informing him that I really don't exactly know , but perhaps the next time he uncorks a bottle of hydrogen gas in the open air he will take the trouble of guessing for him- self . But what becomes of them in the violent ...
... honour of informing him that I really don't exactly know , but perhaps the next time he uncorks a bottle of hydrogen gas in the open air he will take the trouble of guessing for him- self . But what becomes of them in the violent ...
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... honour sinks where commerce long prevails . " These are principles not very likely to obtain popular acceptation in an age which is mad with steam and railroads , and with a rage for getting and spending at a rate which casts all ...
... honour sinks where commerce long prevails . " These are principles not very likely to obtain popular acceptation in an age which is mad with steam and railroads , and with a rage for getting and spending at a rate which casts all ...
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... honour " ( which he somehow or another seems to confuse with love of applause ) as the primum mobile of French society in his time . It is now a strange mixture of ferocity and extravagance , which they call gloire . Our poet thus ...
... honour " ( which he somehow or another seems to confuse with love of applause ) as the primum mobile of French society in his time . It is now a strange mixture of ferocity and extravagance , which they call gloire . Our poet thus ...
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Page 197 - Dreams, books, are each a world; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good: Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow.
Page 262 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
Page 102 - Set in a note-book, learn'd and conn'd by rote, To cast into my teeth. O, I could weep My spirit from mine eyes ! There is my dagger, And here my naked breast ; within, a heart Dearer than Plutus...
Page 207 - 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. Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide...
Page 40 - While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land. But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear, Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted faults through all his manners reign ; Though poor, luxurious ; though submissive, vain ; Though grave, yet trifling; zealous, yet untrue; And even in penance planning sins anew.
Page 71 - Alas ! — how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love ! Hearts that the world in vain had tried, And sorrow but more closely tied ; That stood the storm, when waves were rough, Yet in a sunny hour fall off. Like ships that have gone down at sea, When heaven was all tranquillity...
Page 208 - In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome...
Page 13 - But where to find that happiest spot below, Who can direct, when all pretend to know? The shudd'ring tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own...
Page 3 - To build, to plant, whatever you intend. To rear the column, or the arch to bend, To swell the terrace, or to sink the grot; In all, let nature never be forgot.