The Table Talker: Or, Brief Essays on Society and Literature, 2. köideW. Pickering, 1840 |
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... writer of it speaks of loving again , and being again undone , breathes the spirit of " pure " and " unalterable " love , but it seems most likely that the poet intended the letter to be a very captivating and womanly production ...
... writer of it speaks of loving again , and being again undone , breathes the spirit of " pure " and " unalterable " love , but it seems most likely that the poet intended the letter to be a very captivating and womanly production ...
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... to his successors in novel writing , which would have made novels continue to be worthy of the character which he imparted to them . Instead of this , the circulating libraries have been filled for FEMALE ATTIRE . 13 READING FOR LADIES.
... to his successors in novel writing , which would have made novels continue to be worthy of the character which he imparted to them . Instead of this , the circulating libraries have been filled for FEMALE ATTIRE . 13 READING FOR LADIES.
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... writer , however he may boast that the object of his performance is to exhibit the vicious as infamous and unhappy , who , in tracing the progress of vice to infamy and unhappiness , introduces the reader to scenes and language adapted ...
... writer , however he may boast that the object of his performance is to exhibit the vicious as infamous and unhappy , who , in tracing the progress of vice to infamy and unhappiness , introduces the reader to scenes and language adapted ...
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... writer of great authority in forest law , says , that the hart and the hind and the hare are beasts of the forest ; the buck , the doe , and the fox are beasts of the chase ; the hare , the coney , the pheasant , and the partridge are ...
... writer of great authority in forest law , says , that the hart and the hind and the hare are beasts of the forest ; the buck , the doe , and the fox are beasts of the chase ; the hare , the coney , the pheasant , and the partridge are ...
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... writer of the present day * has made upon this widely - spread calamity . He tells us that , from our strange preference of inquiry to belief , we , or our fathers before us , have con- trived to make doubtful what really was cer- tain ...
... writer of the present day * has made upon this widely - spread calamity . He tells us that , from our strange preference of inquiry to belief , we , or our fathers before us , have con- trived to make doubtful what really was cer- tain ...
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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.