William Godwin: His Friends and Contemporaries, Volumen1Roberts Brothers, 1876 |
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... probably in the year 1694 , Mary fifteen years younger than himself , and in the year 1706 was chosen Mayor of the town of which he was a native . He was educated to the profession of an attorney , and possessed at the time of his death ...
... probably in the year 1694 , Mary fifteen years younger than himself , and in the year 1706 was chosen Mayor of the town of which he was a native . He was educated to the profession of an attorney , and possessed at the time of his death ...
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... . As I stayed some hours , I at one time relieved my posture by leaning my elbow on the corner of the cushion placed before his lordship . On some occa- PROJECTED AUTOBIOGRAPHY . 13 sion , probably when he was 12 WILLIAM GODWIN .
... . As I stayed some hours , I at one time relieved my posture by leaning my elbow on the corner of the cushion placed before his lordship . On some occa- PROJECTED AUTOBIOGRAPHY . 13 sion , probably when he was 12 WILLIAM GODWIN .
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... probably never complete it . My feelings on the subject are not what they were . I sat down with the intention of being nearly as explicit as Rousseau in the composition of his Confessions . " But finding that so minute a portrait would ...
... probably never complete it . My feelings on the subject are not what they were . I sat down with the intention of being nearly as explicit as Rousseau in the composition of his Confessions . " But finding that so minute a portrait would ...
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... probably during the spring of the following year . He read during this period the whole of Shaks- pere , " and planned an epic poem of Brute . " Mr Godwin , senior , died on November 12 , 1772 , but the event did not cause his son any ...
... probably during the spring of the following year . He read during this period the whole of Shaks- pere , " and planned an epic poem of Brute . " Mr Godwin , senior , died on November 12 , 1772 , but the event did not cause his son any ...
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... probably the busiest period of my life ; in the latter end of 1783 I wrote in ten days a novel entitled Damon and Delia , for which Hookham gave me five ( ( LITERARY WORK . 21 guineas , and a novel in 20 WILLIAM GODWIN .
... probably the busiest period of my life ; in the latter end of 1783 I wrote in ten days a novel entitled Damon and Delia , for which Hookham gave me five ( ( LITERARY WORK . 21 guineas , and a novel in 20 WILLIAM GODWIN .
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Página 52 - How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? Forever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Página 197 - Contending for the rights of woman, my main argument is built on this simple principle, that if she be not prepared by education to become the companion of man, she will stop the progress of knowledge and virtue; for truth must be common to all, or it will be inefficacious with respect to its influence on general practice.
Página 107 - To whom does any article of property, suppose a loaf of bread, justly belong? To him who most wants it, or to whom the possession of it will be most beneficial.
Página 104 - Fenelon would still be more valuable than that of the chambermaid; and justice — pure, unadulterated justice — would still have preferred that which was most valuable. Justice would have taught me to save the life of Fenelon at the expense of the other. What magic is there in the pronoun "my" to overturn the decisions of everlasting truth?
Página 104 - Suppose the valet had been my brother, my father or my benefactor. This would not alter the truth of the proposition. The life of Fenelon would still be more valuable than that of the valet; and justice, pure, unadulterated justice, would still have preferred that which was most valuable. Justice would have taught me to save the life of Fenelon at the expense of the other. What magic is there in the pronoun "my...
Página 217 - Cobbett was found guilty. On the 9th of July he was brought up for judgment, and sentenced to be imprisoned for two years, to pay a fine of...
Página 200 - For instance, botany, mechanics, and astronomy; reading, writing, arithmetic, natural history, and some simple experiments in natural philosophy, might fill up the day; but these pursuits should never encroach on gymnastic plays in the open air. The elements of religion, history, the history of man, and politics, might also be taught by conversations in the Socratic form.
Página 110 - The abolition of marriage will be attended with no evils. We are apt to represent it to ourselves as the harbinger of brutal lust and depravity. But it really happens, in this as in other cases, that the positive laws which are made to restrain our vices, irritate and multiply them.
Página 208 - ... the sublime gloom of misery. I have been alone ever since ; and, though my mind is calm, I cannot dismiss the lively images that have filled my imagination all the day. Nay, do not smile, but pity me ; for, once or twice, lifting my eyes from the paper, I have seen eyes glare through a glass door opposite my chair, and bloody hands shook at me.
Página 214 - Still death and misery, in every shape of terror, haunt this devoted country. I certainly am glad that I came to France, because I never could have had a just opinion of the most extraordinary event that has ever been recorded, and I have met with some uncommon instances of friendship, which my heart will ever gratefully store up, and call to mind when the remembrance is keen of the anguish it has endured for its fellow-creatures at large, for the unfortunate beings cut off around me, and the still...