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The Rapacious Kind is well repre- ented in this region of country by the .'osdor
Vulture, (rare ;) the Bearded- 'cLToaE ; the Brazilian Vulture ; and be Kiso Vulture
; the Bald Eagle ; /Abacara Eagle ; Vulturine Caracara Lagle ; Turret Buzzard ...
The Rapacious Kind is well repre- ented in this region of country by the .'osdor
Vulture, (rare ;) the Bearded- 'cLToaE ; the Brazilian Vulture ; and be Kiso Vulture
; the Bald Eagle ; /Abacara Eagle ; Vulturine Caracara Lagle ; Turret Buzzard ...
Página 204
Is it necessary to think, then, that the ambitious, who are lovers of glory, are in
truth a kind of passionate lovers, and affect fame as if it were a mistress '?' " Dione
spoke these words with hesitation and a great deal of blushing, so that we were ...
Is it necessary to think, then, that the ambitious, who are lovers of glory, are in
truth a kind of passionate lovers, and affect fame as if it were a mistress '?' " Dione
spoke these words with hesitation and a great deal of blushing, so that we were ...
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I desire," said he, " good Diotima, that no such sage or prophet may appear in
Athens, intoxicating young girls with discourses of this kind." " And pray," said the
prophetess, " what is it that you fear for them, my prudent friend ?" " That they
learn ...
I desire," said he, " good Diotima, that no such sage or prophet may appear in
Athens, intoxicating young girls with discourses of this kind." " And pray," said the
prophetess, " what is it that you fear for them, my prudent friend ?" " That they
learn ...
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By this kind of division a net feeling is given to the words, which almost
overwhelms their meaning as prcse, and the agreeable blending and runna;-
together of the words, doubtless gives n* to a similar blending and melody of
imag« and ...
By this kind of division a net feeling is given to the words, which almost
overwhelms their meaning as prcse, and the agreeable blending and runna;-
together of the words, doubtless gives n* to a similar blending and melody of
imag« and ...
Página 487
This kind of verse, (the hexameter, in vhich the feet have all an equal quantity □f
sound,) is unknown in our language, ither through want of cultivation, or want >f
capacity in the language itself. The ileasure of it consists greatly in the metri- al ...
This kind of verse, (the hexameter, in vhich the feet have all an equal quantity □f
sound,) is unknown in our language, ither through want of cultivation, or want >f
capacity in the language itself. The ileasure of it consists greatly in the metri- al ...
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Página 158 - ... reveals itself in the balance or reconciliation of opposite or discordant qualities: of sameness, with difference; of the general, with the concrete; the idea, with the image; the individual, with the representative; the sense of novelty and freshness, with old and familiar objects; a more than usual state of emotion, with more than usual order...
Página 35 - He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men, which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public.
Página 100 - He raised a sigh so piteous and profound As it did seem to shatter all his bulk And end his being : that done, he lets me go : And with his head over his shoulder turn'd, He seem'd to find his way without his eyes ; For out o' doors he went without their help, And to the last bended their light on me.
Página 23 - No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, . . . enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, . . .
Página 143 - And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
Página 158 - The poet, described in ideal perfection, brings the whole soul of man into activity, with the subordination of its faculties to each other, according to their relative worth and dignity. He diffuses a tone and spirit of unity that blends, and (as it were) fuses, each into each, by that synthetic and magical power to which we have exclusively appropriated the name of imagination.
Página 159 - I consider as an echo of the former, co-existing with the conscious will, yet still as identical with the primary in the kind of its agency, and differing only in degree, and in the mode of its operation. It dissolves, diffuses, dissipates, in order to re-create: or where this process is rendered impossible, yet still at all events it struggles to idealize and to unify. It is essentially vital, even as all objects (as objects) are essentially fixed and dead.
Página 516 - I am in love with this green earth; the face of town and country; the unspeakable rural solitudes, and the sweet security of streets. I would set up my tabernacle here. I am content to stand still at the age to which I am arrived ; I, and my friends : to be no younger, no richer, no handsomer. I do not want to be weaned by age ; or drop, like mellow fruit, as they Say, into the grave. — Any alteration, on this earth of mine, in diet or in lodging, puzzles and discomposes me. My household-gods plant...
Página 577 - I'm well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for HeathclifF resembles the eternal rocks beneath : a source of little visible delight, but necessary. Nelly, I am Heathcliff — he's always, always in my mind — not as a pleasure, any more than I am always a pleasure to myself — but as my own being...
Página 134 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law...