Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: To which are Added a Few Poems, Volume 2J. Munroe, 1845 - 563 halaman |
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... VOLTAIRE , 172 THE ART OF BEING HAPPY , . 201 THE LIFE AND WORKS OF CANOVA , 234 SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH , • CICERO ON GOVERNMENT , 283 338 A DIALOGUE ON GOVERNMENT ; BETWEEN FRANKLIN AND MONTESQUIEU , CHINESE MANNERS , THE SABBATH , 382 ...
... VOLTAIRE , 172 THE ART OF BEING HAPPY , . 201 THE LIFE AND WORKS OF CANOVA , 234 SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH , • CICERO ON GOVERNMENT , 283 338 A DIALOGUE ON GOVERNMENT ; BETWEEN FRANKLIN AND MONTESQUIEU , CHINESE MANNERS , THE SABBATH , 382 ...
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... Voltaire , whose genius was perhaps equal to that of any of the Homerites , attempted in cold blood , to make just such a book ; and here , again , the product , called the Henriade , is no book , but another lump of fricasseed snow ...
... Voltaire , whose genius was perhaps equal to that of any of the Homerites , attempted in cold blood , to make just such a book ; and here , again , the product , called the Henriade , is no book , but another lump of fricasseed snow ...
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... Voltaire has somewhere thrown out hints of the same kind ; but we are not aware that any formal disquisition had been published on the question until the appearance of the Spanish translation of Father Isla , preceded by a preliminary ...
... Voltaire has somewhere thrown out hints of the same kind ; but we are not aware that any formal disquisition had been published on the question until the appearance of the Spanish translation of Father Isla , preceded by a preliminary ...
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... Voltaire , as those of the contemporary writers . Hence , these articles became , as they are entitled in this collection , a course of lectures on the dramatic literature of France ; and what they want in solidity from the ephemeral ...
... Voltaire , as those of the contemporary writers . Hence , these articles became , as they are entitled in this collection , a course of lectures on the dramatic literature of France ; and what they want in solidity from the ephemeral ...
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... Voltaire was the principal objection to his theory , and he accordingly loses no opportunity of attacking him with any weapon that is most convenient . The collection is interspersed with occasional digressions on subjects of moral ...
... Voltaire was the principal objection to his theory , and he accordingly loses no opportunity of attacking him with any weapon that is most convenient . The collection is interspersed with occasional digressions on subjects of moral ...
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Halaman 205 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known : riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none : No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil : No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too ; but innocent and pure : No sovereignty : — Seb.
Halaman 205 - Treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine Would I not have ; but nature should bring forth Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people.
Halaman 208 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Halaman 402 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Halaman 458 - I had rather believe all the fables in the legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind ; and, therefore, God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.
Halaman 316 - Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day — Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Halaman 246 - WHILE, lost to all his former mirth, Britannia's genius bends to earth, And mourns the fatal day : While stain'd with blood he strives to tear Unseemly from his sea-green hair The wreaths of cheerful May...
Halaman 208 - She riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry, her clothing is silk and purple. Strength and honour are in her clothing, and she shall rejoice in time to come.
Halaman 315 - Ancient learning, exact science, polished society, modern literature, and the fine arts, contributed to adorn and enrich the mind of this accomplished man. All his contemporaries agreed with the satirist in ascribing To Berkeley every virtue under heaven.
Halaman 56 - J'écoute avec attention ; je n'entends plus rien ; je crois que c'est un songe. Mais un instant après mon oreille fut frappée du son du même instrument et de la même voix qui chantait les vers suivants : Ay de mi ! un ano felice Parece un soplo ligero ; Pero sin dicha, un instante Es un siglo de tormento.