 The one was fire and fickleness, a child Most mutable in wishes, but in mind A wit as various, — gay, grave, sage, or wild, — Historian, bard, philosopher combined : He multiplied himself among mankind, The Proteus of their talents : But his own Breathed...  The Port Folio - Pagina 1561817Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
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...never lose its interest, or want visitors. It was in the bosom of this sublime retreat that — .... " Deep and slow, exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with each studious year, — he continued, and finally completed, that great historical monument which, however unsound in principle,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 pagine
...combined ; He multiplied himself among mankind, The Proteus of (heir talents : but his own Breathed most in ridicule, — which, as the wind, Blew where...Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne. (I) Voltaire and Gihbon. "From iliirhy, the little port nf Lausanne, on the Lake of Geneva, Lord Byron... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1858 - 672 pagine
...combined ; He multiplied himself amongst mankind, The Proteus of their talents : but his own Breathed most in ridicule, — which, as the wind, Blew where...Now to o'erthrow a fool, and now to shake a throne. His life is epitomised by our author as a comedy in five acts, in prose — a belle comedie a la Moliere... | |
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 | Hezekiah Hartley Wright - 1838 - 396 pagine
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 | Hezekiah Hartley Wright - 1838 - 414 pagine
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 | Western Literary Institute and College of Professional Teachers - 1839 - 278 pagine
...are distinguished for patient investigation, acute criticism, and lucid expression. They are the '' deep and slow, exhausting thought. And hiving wisdom with each studious year." Their's is the devoted spirit of scientific research. In their works we find that finish, that thoroughness,... | |
 | Western Literary Institute and College of Professional Teachers - 1839 - 276 pagine
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