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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... writing sonnets to his mistress's eyebrow , and rhyming about a fairhaired maid . His father was old and feeble , his mother an invalid in her chair , and she who kept the little , dreary , sick household going , and cared for every one ...
... writing sonnets to his mistress's eyebrow , and rhyming about a fairhaired maid . His father was old and feeble , his mother an invalid in her chair , and she who kept the little , dreary , sick household going , and cared for every one ...
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... written by Coleridge against the title of a poem dedicated in his youth to those dear friends . It is the poem in which , from his " lime tree bower " - where he was confined by an accident while they were visiting him at Nether Stowey ...
... written by Coleridge against the title of a poem dedicated in his youth to those dear friends . It is the poem in which , from his " lime tree bower " - where he was confined by an accident while they were visiting him at Nether Stowey ...
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... writing's sake - not because he has much to tell us , but because it is a 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 ...
... writing's sake - not because he has much to tell us , but because it is a 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 ...
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... written and unwritten , of philosophies musical as Apollo's lute , filled the air with strange enchantment — in the midst of which stands the small eccentric figure of the new- comer , like an eldritch grown - up child , with wonder ...
... written and unwritten , of philosophies musical as Apollo's lute , filled the air with strange enchantment — in the midst of which stands the small eccentric figure of the new- comer , like an eldritch grown - up child , with wonder ...
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... writing tolerable prose , finds him- self set up on a veiled and visionary throne , from which he can throw forth his thunderbolts on the loftiest head , with the certainty of producing more amusement the more daring his strictures and ...
... writing tolerable prose , finds him- self set up on a veiled and visionary throne , from which he can throw forth his thunderbolts on the loftiest head , with the certainty of producing more amusement the more daring his strictures and ...
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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.