Histoire de la littérature anglaise, Volume 3L. Hachette et cie, 1863 - English literature |
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Page 38
... laisse à sa veuve , sont achetés par un li- braire deux mille cinq cents livres sterling . En effet l'ouvrage est de poids ; il y en a trois volumes in - folio , chacun de sept cents pages . Pour les ouvrir , il faut être critique de ...
... laisse à sa veuve , sont achetés par un li- braire deux mille cinq cents livres sterling . En effet l'ouvrage est de poids ; il y en a trois volumes in - folio , chacun de sept cents pages . Pour les ouvrir , il faut être critique de ...
Page 85
... laissé l'em- preinte de son riche génie dans l'abondance per- suasive , dans le beau naturel , dans la clarté et la facilité continue de ses discours . Le voici qui prend la parole , pensez aux ménagements qu'il doit gar- der ; c'est un ...
... laissé l'em- preinte de son riche génie dans l'abondance per- suasive , dans le beau naturel , dans la clarté et la facilité continue de ses discours . Le voici qui prend la parole , pensez aux ménagements qu'il doit gar- der ; c'est un ...
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... laisse aller , qu'on oublie toute répugnance , qu'on ne voit plus dans ses irrégula- rités et ses débordements que les effusions d'un grand cœur et d'un profond esprit trop ouverts et 1. The grants to the house of Russel were so ...
... laisse aller , qu'on oublie toute répugnance , qu'on ne voit plus dans ses irrégula- rités et ses débordements que les effusions d'un grand cœur et d'un profond esprit trop ouverts et 1. The grants to the house of Russel were so ...
Page 157
... laissé tomber exprès ) , Flavia reçut le gant , << et tua l'homme d'une révérence1 . » D'autres sta- « ―― 1. William Simple , smitten at the Opera , by the glance of an eye that was aimed at one that stood by him . Sir Christopher Crazy ...
... laissé tomber exprès ) , Flavia reçut le gant , << et tua l'homme d'une révérence1 . » D'autres sta- « ―― 1. William Simple , smitten at the Opera , by the glance of an eye that was aimed at one that stood by him . Sir Christopher Crazy ...
Page 171
... laissé presque ruiné comme je le voyais maintenant . - Dis - moi encore , reprit- « < il , ce que tu y découvres ? — Je vois , répondis - je , << une multitude de gens qui le traversent , et un « nuage noir suspendu sur chacune de ses ...
... laissé presque ruiné comme je le voyais maintenant . - Dis - moi encore , reprit- « < il , ce que tu y découvres ? — Je vois , répondis - je , << une multitude de gens qui le traversent , et un « nuage noir suspendu sur chacune de ses ...
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Page 140 - It was said of Socrates, that he brought philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit among men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffee-houses.
Page 255 - That the remaining hundred thousand may at a year old be offered in sale to the persons of quality and fortune through the kingdom, always advising the mother to let them suck plentifully in the last month, so as to render them plump and fat for a good table. A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends; and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish...
Page 168 - But tell me, further, said he, what thou discoverest on it. I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge, into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon...
Page 255 - I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or a ragout.
Page 168 - ... them into the tide and immediately disappeared. These hidden pitfalls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire.
Page 170 - The Genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me ; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating; but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Page 567 - And twined themselves among the multitude, Hissing but stingless — they were slain for food! And War, which for a moment was no more, Did glut himself again; a meal was bought With blood, and each sate sullenly apart Gorging himself in gloom! No love was left; All earth was but one thought — and that was death, Immediate and inglorious!
Page 167 - Eyes Eastward, said he, and tell me what thou seest. I see, said I, a huge Valley and a prodigious Tide of Water rolling through it. The Valley that thou seest, said he, is the Vale of Misery, and the Tide of Water that thou seest is Part of the great Tide of Eternity. What is the Reason...
Page 170 - Mirza, habitations worth contending for ? Does life appear miserable that gives thee opportunities of earning such a reward ? Is death to be feared that will convey thee to so happy an existence ? Think not man was made in vain, who has such an eternity reserved for him.
Page 547 - She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean, Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance, with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their powers : And such she was ; — her daughters had their dowers From spoils of nations, and the exhaustless East Pour'd in her lap all gems in sparkling showers.