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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... youth was but twenty , a fanciful boy like others , 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 ...
... youth was but twenty , a fanciful boy like others , 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 ...
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... 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 - he follows in imagina- tion their breezy walk " on springy heath ...
... 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 - he follows in imagina- tion their breezy walk " on springy heath ...
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... youth of the time contemplated this great typical country , working out her tragical problem for the enlightenment of the age , has been already referred to ; and there was a strong feeling of sympathy and interest in the wider circle ...
... youth of the time contemplated this great typical country , working out her tragical problem for the enlightenment of the age , has been already referred to ; and there was a strong feeling of sympathy and interest in the wider circle ...
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... youths ; and there did they lounge , session after session , and year after year , employed sufficiently now and then by a friendly agent to show what was in them ; but never enough to make them feel that they were engaged in a fair ...
... youths ; and there did they lounge , session after session , and year after year , employed sufficiently now and then by a friendly agent to show what was in them ; but never enough to make them feel that they were engaged in a fair ...
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... youth , a modest little novel , this great critic and prince in literature took the trouble to write to the unknown novice , of whose very name he was ignorant , a letter full of the most delicate criticism and fatherly com- mendation ...
... youth , a modest little novel , this great critic and prince in literature took the trouble to write to the unknown novice , of whose very name he was ignorant , a letter full of the most delicate criticism and fatherly com- mendation ...
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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.