American Quarterly Review, כרך 8Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1830 |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 98
עמוד 4
... less certain . His other prominent peculiarities were an insatiable thirst for curious and varied in- Page v , first edition . formation , and an unhesitating confidence in his own ability 4 [ September , The Gulistan of Sadi .
... less certain . His other prominent peculiarities were an insatiable thirst for curious and varied in- Page v , first edition . formation , and an unhesitating confidence in his own ability 4 [ September , The Gulistan of Sadi .
עמוד 9
... less judicious correspondent . " Quoique je ne puisse pas nier qu'il y a quelques genres de poesie où les Orientaux et par- ticulierement les Persans , ont atteint un degré de perfection et de superiorité , je ne me ferois point de ...
... less judicious correspondent . " Quoique je ne puisse pas nier qu'il y a quelques genres de poesie où les Orientaux et par- ticulierement les Persans , ont atteint un degré de perfection et de superiorité , je ne me ferois point de ...
עמוד 16
... less to the largesses of their royal patrons , than to the devoted admiration of the populace . The acute and imaginative vulgar of the East crave intellectual aliment of some sort , even in the lowest deep of civil and moral ...
... less to the largesses of their royal patrons , than to the devoted admiration of the populace . The acute and imaginative vulgar of the East crave intellectual aliment of some sort , even in the lowest deep of civil and moral ...
עמוד 18
... less remarkable for poetical ability , exercised with the worst of purposes upon the worst of objects . His subsequent publications , at least the more recent , * have been no less re- markable for their correct and even moral tendency ...
... less remarkable for poetical ability , exercised with the worst of purposes upon the worst of objects . His subsequent publications , at least the more recent , * have been no less re- markable for their correct and even moral tendency ...
עמוד 20
... less note . All his voyages seem to have been under- taken with religious views ; for though he often speaks of hav- ing been in company with merchants , in most parts of Asia , there is no intimation of his having been himself engaged ...
... less note . All his voyages seem to have been under- taken with religious views ; for though he often speaks of hav- ing been in company with merchants , in most parts of Asia , there is no intimation of his having been himself engaged ...
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עמוד 137 - And long ere this I should have slain myself, Had not sweet pleasure conquer'd deep despair. Have not I made blind Homer sing to me Of Alexander's love and Oenon's death? And hath not he, that built the walls of Thebes With ravishing sound of his melodious harp, Made music with my Mephistophilis?
עמוד 227 - When Jesus heard that, he said, this sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
עמוד 442 - The United States in Congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective States...
עמוד 138 - How am I glutted with conceit of this ! Shall I make spirits fetch me what I please, Resolve me of all ambiguities, Perform what desperate enterprise I will? I'll have them fly to India for gold, Ransack the ocean for orient pearl, And search all corners of the new-found world For pleasant fruits and princely delicates ; I'll have them read me strange philosophy And tell the secrets of all foreign kings...
עמוד 137 - I cannot repent. Scarce can I name salvation, faith, or heaven, But fearful echoes thunder in mine ears "Faustus, thou art damn'd!
עמוד 138 - Yet art thou still but Faustus, and a man. Couldst thou make men to live eternally, Or, being dead, raise them to life again, Then this profession were to be esteem'd.
עמוד 295 - My wife — the little ones, that drew their being from me — that creature who, as she surpassed them in excellence, claimed a larger affection than those whom natural affinities bound to my heart. Think ye that malice could have urged me to this deed? Hide your audacious fronts from the scrutiny of heaven. Take refuge in some cavern unvisited by human eyes. Ye may deplore your wickedness or folly, but ye cannot expiate it. "Think not that I speak for your sakes. Hug to your hearts this detestable...
עמוד 313 - As they formerly passed the meeting twice, the same entertainment was also repeated. Two days the male friends would call and take punch, and all would kiss the bride. Besides this, the married pair for two entire weeks saw large tea parties at their home; having in attendance every night the...