The Foreign quarterly review [ed. by J.G. Cochrane]., Volume 27John George Cochrane 1841 |
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... genius is the emanation of a whole age and country — it obeys the laws of national taste , which are perpetually ... genius lie for a long lapse of ages unhonoured and neglected , until they find favour in the eyes of a kindred genius ...
... genius is the emanation of a whole age and country — it obeys the laws of national taste , which are perpetually ... genius lie for a long lapse of ages unhonoured and neglected , until they find favour in the eyes of a kindred genius ...
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... genius ; for the poem of Dante , even in this age of revivals , remained a close book , and was heedlessly thrown aside by Walter Scott , whose plastic mind , vast and ver- satile as it was , was incapable of following the deep train of ...
... genius ; for the poem of Dante , even in this age of revivals , remained a close book , and was heedlessly thrown aside by Walter Scott , whose plastic mind , vast and ver- satile as it was , was incapable of following the deep train of ...
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... genius led him to prefer in his productions , no poet ever contributed more powerfully to the reformation of the cha- racter of his countrymen . For that object he only needed to throw before them the model of his own character ; it ...
... genius led him to prefer in his productions , no poet ever contributed more powerfully to the reformation of the cha- racter of his countrymen . For that object he only needed to throw before them the model of his own character ; it ...
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... genius by that country from which their ancestors had for five centuries been accustomed to receive their masters . Of these tragedies the first only , " Carmagnola , " appeared , and only once , on the stage ; nor do we believe they ...
... genius by that country from which their ancestors had for five centuries been accustomed to receive their masters . Of these tragedies the first only , " Carmagnola , " appeared , and only once , on the stage ; nor do we believe they ...
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... genius can imitate . His faults are peculiar to him , as his beauties are indisputably his own . Between the Promessi Sposi " and any of the Waverley Novels there is nothing common , except the title by which they are classified as ...
... genius can imitate . His faults are peculiar to him , as his beauties are indisputably his own . Between the Promessi Sposi " and any of the Waverley Novels there is nothing common , except the title by which they are classified as ...
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Page 195 - And he said, BLESSED be the Lord God of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant.
Page 411 - I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool : his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
Page 242 - And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest : but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind...
Page 249 - And it shall come to pass in that day, That the remnant of Israel, And such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, Shall no more again stay upon him that smote them ; But shall stay upon the Lord, The Holy One of Israel, in truth. The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, Unto the mighty God.
Page 342 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission...
Page 341 - Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Page 353 - on the broad pathway of good faith and good will ; no advantage shall be taken on either side, but all shall be openness and love. I will not call you children, for parents sometimes chide their children too severely ; nor brothers only, for brothers differ. The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chain, for that the rains might rust, or the falling tree might break. We are the same as if one man's body were to be divided into two parts; we are all one flesh and blood.
Page 261 - Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
Page 243 - Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday ; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth. Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab ; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler : for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
Page 342 - Having undertaken for the Glory of God. and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern Parts of Virginia; do by these Presents, solemnly and mutually in the Presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid...