The Literary History of England in the End of the Eighteenth and Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, Volume 2Macmillan and Company, 1882 - English literature |
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... pleasure to him to make friends with us , to jest and sigh and trifle , to play some whimsical trick upon us , to transport us in a moment , all unwittingly , from laughter into weeping , to play upon all the strings of our hearts ...
... pleasure to him to make friends with us , to jest and sigh and trifle , to play some whimsical trick upon us , to transport us in a moment , all unwittingly , from laughter into weeping , to play upon all the strings of our hearts ...
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... pleasure when we see Macaulay draw a book towards him and whet the knife which is " to cut it up . " In the present day of critical newspapers , those which we know as ill- natured are always the most popular . It affords opportunities ...
... pleasure when we see Macaulay draw a book towards him and whet the knife which is " to cut it up . " In the present day of critical newspapers , those which we know as ill- natured are always the most popular . It affords opportunities ...
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... pleasure and self - satisfaction to the most Tory judge on the bench , as well as to the fiery young politicians who conducted the enterprise . The fact of being the smaller and poorer in a copartnership , the least con- EDINBURGH ...
... pleasure and self - satisfaction to the most Tory judge on the bench , as well as to the fiery young politicians who conducted the enterprise . The fact of being the smaller and poorer in a copartnership , the least con- EDINBURGH ...
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... pleasure of rivalling , or even , as she has hoped , surpassing , her stronger partner , has always elated her , whether the success was achieved in the way most congenial to her traditions or not . And it is scarcely possible to avoid ...
... pleasure of rivalling , or even , as she has hoped , surpassing , her stronger partner , has always elated her , whether the success was achieved in the way most congenial to her traditions or not . And it is scarcely possible to avoid ...
Page 110
... pleasurable wonder which stirs and stimulates without confusing the mind -all united to achieve the easiest and completest of conquests . That a poem which nobody , not even Scott's greatest lovers , would assert to be a great 110 ...
... pleasurable wonder which stirs and stimulates without confusing the mind -all united to achieve the easiest and completest of conquests . That a poem which nobody , not even Scott's greatest lovers , would assert to be a great 110 ...
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Page 96 - The music and the doleful tale, The rich and balmy eve; And hopes, and fears that kindle hope, An undistinguishable throng, And gentle wishes long subdued, Subdued and cherished long! She wept with...
Page 302 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.
Page 10 - When from thy cheerful eyes a ray Hath struck a bliss upon the day, A bliss that would not go away, A sweet fore-warning?
Page 47 - I should be glad to drink your Honour's health in A pot of beer, if you will give me sixpence; But for my part, I never love to meddle With politics, sir.
Page 302 - The names of those who love the Lord." "And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay, not so,
Page 299 - I think I shall go to my grave without finding, or expecting to find, such another companion.
Page 58 - Poetry has this much, at least, in common with religion, that its standards were fixed long ago, by certain inspired writers, whose authority it is no longer lawful to call in question...
Page 291 - I am not ashamed, afraid, or averse to tell you what Ought to be Told: That I am under the direction of Messengers from Heaven, Daily & Nightly; but the nature of such things is not, as some suppose, without trouble or care.
Page 343 - Life ! we've been long together Through pleasant and through cloudy weather; 'Tis hard. to part when friends are dear — Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear; — Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time; Say not Good Night, — but in some brighter clime Bid me Good Morning.
Page 364 - I could see the prodigious sand-hill, where I had begun my gardening works. What a nothing ! But now came rushing into my mind all at once my pretty little garden, my little blue smock-frock, my little nailed shoes, my pretty pigeons that I used to feed out of my hands, the last kind words and tears of my gentle, and tender-hearted, and affectionate mother! I hastened back into the room. If I had looked a moment longer I should have dropped.