Passages of a Working Life During Half a Century: With a Prelude of Early Reminiscences, Volume 3Bradbury & Evans, 1865 |
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... literary composition under a system of rivalry for prizes . The example of Thomas Carter , and of many others who belong to the ranks of self- educated men , is sufficient to prove that if they Ch . I. ] 13 THE THIRD EPOCH .
... literary composition under a system of rivalry for prizes . The example of Thomas Carter , and of many others who belong to the ranks of self- educated men , is sufficient to prove that if they Ch . I. ] 13 THE THIRD EPOCH .
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... literary labours which seems to them magnificent . They are wholly ignorant of the nature of the literary market , in which the real prizes are ready to be earned by those who possess the requisite qualifications . Instead of being an ...
... literary labours which seems to them magnificent . They are wholly ignorant of the nature of the literary market , in which the real prizes are ready to be earned by those who possess the requisite qualifications . Instead of being an ...
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... literary habits and competent knowledge- these were , Mr. William C. L. Martin for Natural History , Dr. Kitto for Sacred History , Mr. Dodd for the Useful Arts , Mr. Wornum for the Fine Arts C 2 Ch . I. ] 19 THE THIRD EPOCH .
... literary habits and competent knowledge- these were , Mr. William C. L. Martin for Natural History , Dr. Kitto for Sacred History , Mr. Dodd for the Useful Arts , Mr. Wornum for the Fine Arts C 2 Ch . I. ] 19 THE THIRD EPOCH .
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... literary ob- jects , and were followed by excursions of a similar character for a work completed in 1849- " The Land we Live in . " This was an important preparation for writing the history of England . It was to me a branch of my ...
... literary ob- jects , and were followed by excursions of a similar character for a work completed in 1849- " The Land we Live in . " This was an important preparation for writing the history of England . It was to me a branch of my ...
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... literary discussion with wonderful acuteness and felicity of illustration . Sometimes indeed with a leaven of those paradoxical opinions , in which he seemed to delight with a wilfulness of exaggeration . Whilst I write this , his death ...
... literary discussion with wonderful acuteness and felicity of illustration . Sometimes indeed with a leaven of those paradoxical opinions , in which he seemed to delight with a wilfulness of exaggeration . Whilst I write this , his death ...
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Page 171 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 243 - The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it — the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter ! — all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement!
Page 176 - Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are...
Page 176 - And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Page 63 - I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet...
Page 284 - ... should be more exerted than when a subject is prosecuted for a libel on the state. The peculiarity of the British constitution (to which, in its fullest extent, we have an undoubted right, however distant we may be from the actual enjoyment, and in which it surpasses every known government in Europe, is this, that its only professed object is the general good, and its only foundation the general will. Hence the people have a right, acknowledged from time immemorial, fortified by a pile of statutes,...
Page 301 - The advised head defends itself at home : For government, though high and low and lower, Put into parts, doth keep in one consent, Congreeing in a full and natural close, Like music.
Page 116 - to encourage life assurance and other provident habits among authors and artists ; to render such assistance to both as shall never compromise their independence ; and to found a new institution where honourable rest from arduous labour shall still be associated with the discharge of congenial duties.
Page 28 - To-day deep thoughts resolve with me to drench In mirth, that after no repenting draws; Let Euclid rest, and Archimedes pause, And what the Swede intend, and what the French.