 | W. T. Sherwin - 1819 - 306 pages
...her. He is not affected by the reality of distress touching his heart, but by the shewy resemblance of it striking his imagination. He pities the plumage,...but forgets the dying bird .'^Accustomed to kiss the aristocratic hand that hath purloined him from himself, he degenerates into a composition of art, and... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1826 - 482 pages
...He is not affected by the reality of distress touching upon his heart, but by the showy resemblance of it striking his imagination. He pities the plumage,...genuine soul of nature forsakes him. His hero or his heroime must be a tragedy victim, expiring, in show, and not the real prisoner of misery, sliiling... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1826 - 470 pages
...He is not affected by the reality of distress touching upon his heart, but by the showy resemblance of it striking his imagination. He pities the plumage,...genuine soul of nature forsakes him. His hero or his heroime must be a tragedy rictim, expiring, in show, and not, the real prisoner of misery, sliding... | |
 | John Fellows - 1835 - 482 pages
...her. He is, not affected by the reality of distress touching his heart, but by the showy resemblance of it striking his imagination. He pities the plumage,...nature forsakes him. His hero or his heroine must be a tra" gidy-vietem, expiring in show, and not the real prisoner of misery, sliding into death in the... | |
 | John Fellows - 1835 - 432 pages
...affected by the reality of distress touching his heart, but by the showy resemblance of it striking hi* imagination. He pities the plumage, but forgets the...nature forsakes him. His hero or his heroine must be a tragidy-vietem, expiring in show, and not the real prisoner of misery, sliding into death in the silence... | |
 | John Fellows - 1835 - 430 pages
...her. He is not affected by the reality of distress touching his heart, but by the showy resemblance of it striking his imagination. He pities the plumage,...Accustomed to kiss the aristocratical hand that hath pnrloined him from himself, he degenerates into a composition of art, and the genuine soul of nature... | |
 | Gilbert Vale - 1841 - 242 pages
...her. He is not affected by the reality of distress touching his heart, but by the showy resemblance of it striking his imagination. He pities the plumage,...but forgets the dying bird. Accustomed to kiss the aristocratic hand that hath purloined him from himself, he degenerates into a composition of art, and... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1842 - 846 pages
...her. He is not affected by the realily of distress touching his heart, but by the showy resemblance of it striking his imagination. He pities the plumage,...bird. Accustomed to kiss the aristocratical hand that ham purloined him from himself, he degenerates into a composition of art, and the genuine soul of nature... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1844 - 684 pages
...her. He is not affected by the reality of distress touching his heart, but by the showy resemblance of it striking his imagination. He pities the plumage,...Accustomed to kiss the aristocratical hand that hath purHoned him from himself, he degenerates into a composition of art, and the genuine soul of nature... | |
 | Douglas Jerrold - 1846 - 598 pages
...her. He is not affected by the reality of distress touching his heart, but by the showy resemblance of it striking his imagination. He pities the plumage,- but forgets the dying bird. Aecustomed to kiss the aristoeratic;i 1 hand that hath purloined him from himself, he degenerates into... | |
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It is painful to behold a man employing his talents to corrupt himself. Nature has been kinder to Mr. Burke than he is to her. He is not affected by the reality of distress touching his heart, but by the showy resemblance of it striking his imagination.... 
