National Review, Том 11Robert Theobold, 1860 |
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... passing , naturally select exaggerated and special types among their countrymen as the best material for fun , and thus often give the impression that the faults and failings which they and their countrymen most laugh at in others ...
... passing , naturally select exaggerated and special types among their countrymen as the best material for fun , and thus often give the impression that the faults and failings which they and their countrymen most laugh at in others ...
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... passing through his mind , and he amused himself with fancying what he should like , and what he thought might be arranged , if every one was different from what they are and Europe was an Utopia . Some of the thoughts lying at the ...
... passing through his mind , and he amused himself with fancying what he should like , and what he thought might be arranged , if every one was different from what they are and Europe was an Utopia . Some of the thoughts lying at the ...
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... to enter . Of the early travellers , of course none is so noteworthy as old Herodotus ; and in passing one may observe how the mar- vellous natural history of the land of the Nile seems 30 The Natural History of the Ancients .
... to enter . Of the early travellers , of course none is so noteworthy as old Herodotus ; and in passing one may observe how the mar- vellous natural history of the land of the Nile seems 30 The Natural History of the Ancients .
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... passing the greater portion of the day on dry land , but at night retiring to the river , the water of which is warmer than the night - air and the dew . Of all known animals this is the one which from the smallest size grows to be the ...
... passing the greater portion of the day on dry land , but at night retiring to the river , the water of which is warmer than the night - air and the dew . Of all known animals this is the one which from the smallest size grows to be the ...
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... passed before I was born , by a river that is at once so large and so given to working changes ? Thus I give credit to those from whom I received this account of Egypt , and am myself , moreover , strongly of the same opinion , since I ...
... passed before I was born , by a river that is at once so large and so given to working changes ? Thus I give credit to those from whom I received this account of Egypt , and am myself , moreover , strongly of the same opinion , since I ...
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Стр. 461 - They have the pale tint of flowers that blossomed in too retired a shade, — the coolness of a meditative habit, which diffuses itself through the feeling and observation of every sketch. Instead of passion there is sentiment; and, even in what purport to be pictures of actual life, we have allegory, not always so warmly dressed in its habiliments of flesh and blood as to be taken into the reader's mind without a shiver.
Стр. 453 - ... the burden that began to weigh so heavily; to seek resolutely the true and indestructible value that lay hidden in the petty and wearisome incidents and ordinary characters with which I was now conversant. The fault was mine. The page of life that was spread out before me was so dull and commonplace only because I had not fathomed its deeper import. A better book than I shall ever write was there...
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Стр. 126 - In these critical moments, how salutary will be the interference of some temperate and respectable body of citizens, in order to check the misguided career, and to suspend the blow meditated by the people against themselves, until reason, justice, and truth can regain their authority over the public mind...
Стр. 478 - ... it would be, that the great want which mankind labors under, at this present period, is — Sleep ! The world should recline its vast head on the first convenient pillow, and take an age-long nap.