Collected Papers (original and Reprinted) in Prose and Verse, 1842-1862John Murray, 1862 - 293 páginas |
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... portion of the matter of farm capital , in the form of buildings , repairs , fencing , draining , and the like , that the farmer can apply all his own money to positive cultivation . As a precedent for the transfusion of cultivating ...
... portion of the matter of farm capital , in the form of buildings , repairs , fencing , draining , and the like , that the farmer can apply all his own money to positive cultivation . As a precedent for the transfusion of cultivating ...
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... portion of M. Lavergne's " Essai , " entitled " Country Life . " But under this general and familiar head there is unpacked and rolled out before us , to our no small surprise , a whole shipload of literary merchandize . And in the face ...
... portion of M. Lavergne's " Essai , " entitled " Country Life . " But under this general and familiar head there is unpacked and rolled out before us , to our no small surprise , a whole shipload of literary merchandize . And in the face ...
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... path , M. Lavergne briefly but impres- sively explains . We would advise our readers to study this portion of his work carefully . A whole book could not more clearly trace the course of national decline 21 RURAL ECONOMY.
... path , M. Lavergne briefly but impres- sively explains . We would advise our readers to study this portion of his work carefully . A whole book could not more clearly trace the course of national decline 21 RURAL ECONOMY.
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... portion of the reign of George III . , was in every way disentitled to the respect and affection of the English people . Indeed , the interesting contri- butions to our domestic history which have made their appearance , in the shape of ...
... portion of the reign of George III . , was in every way disentitled to the respect and affection of the English people . Indeed , the interesting contri- butions to our domestic history which have made their appearance , in the shape of ...
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... portion of Europe . - Not until the introduction of more regular habits and agriculture , -accompanied by the repression , by vigorous efforts , of the old system of living on plunder had altered the condition of Highland life , did the ...
... portion of Europe . - Not until the introduction of more regular habits and agriculture , -accompanied by the repression , by vigorous efforts , of the old system of living on plunder had altered the condition of Highland life , did the ...
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Collected Papers (original and Reprinted) in Prose and Verse, 1842-1862 Harriet Grote Vista completa - 1862 |
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Página 122 - Quoted an excellent mot of somebody to Fontenelle, on the latter saying that he flattered himself he had a good heart — " Yes, my dear Fontenelle, you have as good a heart as can be made out of brains." In talking with Hallam afterwards, I put it to him, why it was that this short way of expressing truths did not do with the world, often as it had been tried, even Rochefoucauld being kept alive chiefly by his ill-nature. There was in this one saying to Fontenelle all that I myself had expended...
Página 106 - Lord B., Scott, and I dined at the Pellegrino ; before we went Lord B. read me what he has done of the third canto of ' Don Juan.' In the evening all went to the Opera together, and from thence at twelve o'clock to a sort of public-house, to drink hot punch ; forming a strange contrast to a dirty cobbler, whom we saw in a nice room delicately eating ice. Lord B. took me home in his gondola at two o'clock ; a beautiful moonlight, and the reflection...
Página 211 - It is not needed in order to recommend truth to wise men, and indeed, from its generally dealing in exaggeration and slight misrepresentation, is likely to offend them. It is his mastery of ridicule which renders Sydney Smith so powerful as a diffuser of ideas, for in order to diffuse widely it is necessary to be able to address fools. His powers as a diffuser, as compared with the powers of a great inventor, who was latterly altogether wanting in the diffusing power, are well shown in his article...
Página 115 - All this very kind and liberal of Lord Wellesley ; and God knows how useful such an aid would be to me, as God alone knows how I am to support all the burdens now heaped upon me ; but I could not accept such a favour.
Página 110 - This day ten years we were married, and, though Time has made his usual changes in us both, • we are still more like lovers than any married couples of the same standing I am acquainted with. Asked to dine at Rancliffe's, but dined at home alone with Bessy. This being Sunday, our dance, in celebration of the day, deferred till to-morrow. Received a letter yesterday from my dear father, which, notwithstanding the increased tremor...
Página 107 - From thence to the church of the Annunziata : heard mass sung, which was very fine. Whether it be my popish blood or my poetical feelings, nothing gives me more delight than the
Página 91 - Such are my plans, and such are my hopes. I wait but for the arrival of the Edinburgh Review, and then ' a long farewell to all my greatness.