Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 3Hurd and Houghton, 1874 |
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Page 19
... Italian is to the Englishman , what the Hindoo is to the Italian , what the Bengalee is to other Hindoos , that was Nuncomar to other Bengalees . The physical organization of the Bengalee is feeble even to effeminacy . He lives in a ...
... Italian is to the Englishman , what the Hindoo is to the Italian , what the Bengalee is to other Hindoos , that was Nuncomar to other Bengalees . The physical organization of the Bengalee is feeble even to effeminacy . He lives in a ...
Page 158
... Italian , he had not enough to read a page of Metastasio with ease ; and of the Spanish and English , he did not , as far as we are aware , under- stand a single word . As the highest human compositions to which he had access were those ...
... Italian , he had not enough to read a page of Metastasio with ease ; and of the Spanish and English , he did not , as far as we are aware , under- stand a single word . As the highest human compositions to which he had access were those ...
Page 177
... The memorable year 1745 followed . The war raged by sea and land , in Italy , in Germany , and in Flanders ; and even England , after many years of profound in- ternal quiet , saw , for the last time , FREDERIC THE GREAT . 177.
... The memorable year 1745 followed . The war raged by sea and land , in Italy , in Germany , and in Flanders ; and even England , after many years of profound in- ternal quiet , saw , for the last time , FREDERIC THE GREAT . 177.
Page 189
... Italy sent to the parties at Potsdam the ingenious and amiable Algarotti , and Bastiani , the most crafty , cau- tious , and servile of Abbés . But the greater part of the society which Frederic had assembled round him , was drawn from ...
... Italy sent to the parties at Potsdam the ingenious and amiable Algarotti , and Bastiani , the most crafty , cau- tious , and servile of Abbés . But the greater part of the society which Frederic had assembled round him , was drawn from ...
Page 241
... Italians say , revenge is a pleasure for the gods . My philosophy is worn out by suffering . I am no saint , like those of whom we read in the legends ; and I will own that I should die con- tent if only I could first inflict a portion ...
... Italians say , revenge is a pleasure for the gods . My philosophy is worn out by suffering . I am no saint , like those of whom we read in the legends ; and I will own that I should die con- tent if only I could first inflict a portion ...
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