Select British Classics, Volume 31J. Conrad, 1803 - English literature |
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... racter , some instances , in which persons eminently possessed of those qualities give way to a contrary disposition . A man of an aspiring mind and nice sensibility may , from a wrong direction , or a romantic excess of spirit , find ...
... racter , some instances , in which persons eminently possessed of those qualities give way to a contrary disposition . A man of an aspiring mind and nice sensibility may , from a wrong direction , or a romantic excess of spirit , find ...
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... for years in all the little varieties of situation that an intimate acquaintance gave access to observe , proved unequal to discover with certainty the genuine cha- 1 racter of her disposition or temper . No caprice be- 108 THE MIRROR .
... for years in all the little varieties of situation that an intimate acquaintance gave access to observe , proved unequal to discover with certainty the genuine cha- 1 racter of her disposition or temper . No caprice be- 108 THE MIRROR .
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racter of her disposition or temper . No caprice be- trayed her : no predominant shade could be marked in her tears , in her laugh , or in her smiles . Some- times , however , I have thought she breathed a soft- ness of soul that ...
racter of her disposition or temper . No caprice be- trayed her : no predominant shade could be marked in her tears , in her laugh , or in her smiles . Some- times , however , I have thought she breathed a soft- ness of soul that ...
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... , and by defam- ing complacent manners , as fawning or hypocritical . Shakespeare , in his King Lear , sketches this cha- racter with his usual ability . This is some fellow Who having been prais'd for bluntness 142 THE MIRROR .
... , and by defam- ing complacent manners , as fawning or hypocritical . Shakespeare , in his King Lear , sketches this cha- racter with his usual ability . This is some fellow Who having been prais'd for bluntness 142 THE MIRROR .
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... racter , every historian who relates events , and who describes the disposition and qualities of the persons engaged in them , is to be considered as a writer of characters . There are two methods by which a character may he delineated ...
... racter , every historian who relates events , and who describes the disposition and qualities of the persons engaged in them , is to be considered as a writer of characters . There are two methods by which a character may he delineated ...
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Page 116 - Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the landscape round it measures ; Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains, on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest ; Meadows trim, with daisies pied ; Shallow brooks, and rivers wide...
Page 117 - And missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green. To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon. Like one that had been led astray Through the heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bowed, Stooping through a fleecy cloud.
Page 117 - Through the high wood echoing shrill. Sometime walking, not unseen, By hedgerow elms, on hillocks green, Right against the eastern gate, Where the great sun begins his state...
Page 262 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Page 184 - And a few friends, and many books, both true, Both wise, and both delightful too ! And since love ne'er will from me flee, A mistress moderately fair, And good as...
Page 67 - The oaks of the mountains fall; the mountains themselves decay with years; the ocean shrinks and grows again; the moon herself is lost in heaven, but thou art for ever the same, rejoicing in the brightness of thy course.
Page 180 - And count the silent moments as they pass : The winged moments, whose unstaying speed No art can stop, or in their course arrest ; Whose flight shall shortly count me with the dead, And lay me down in peace with them that rest.
Page 67 - When the world is dark with tempests, when thunder rolls and lightning flies, thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds, and laughest at the storm. But to Ossian. thou lookest in vain, for he beholds thy beams no more; whether thy yellow hair flows on the eastern clouds, or thou tremblest at the gates of the west. But thou art perhaps, like me, for a season ; thy years will have an end. Thou shalt sleep in thy clouds careless of the voice of the morning.
Page 211 - ... part, he was charmed with the society of the good clergyman and his lovely daughter. He found in them the guileless manner of the earliest times, with the culture and accomplishment of the most refined ones. Every better feeling, warm and vivid; every ungentle one, repressed or overcome. He was not addicted to love; but he felt himself happy in being the friend of Mademoiselle La Roche, and sometimes envied her father the possession of such a child. After a journey of eleven days they arrived...
Page 212 - They had not been long arrived when a number of La Roche's parishioners, who had heard of his return, came to the house to see and welcome him. The honest folks were awkward, but sincere, in their professions of regard. They made some attempts at condolence ; it was too delicate for their handling, but La Roche took it in good part. " It has pleased God," said he ; and they saw he had settled the matter with himself.