The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, Volume 1H. Colburn, 1821 |
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... effect , unless it also possess the power of exciting fanciful associations . The passions that give life to poetry are indissolubly connected with the liveliness of the associating faculty . No doubt , the language of real passion is ...
... effect , unless it also possess the power of exciting fanciful associations . The passions that give life to poetry are indissolubly connected with the liveliness of the associating faculty . No doubt , the language of real passion is ...
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... effect , not by appealing to the impression of insulated chapters and sentences , which , though they may rise to poetical eloquence , give the pursuit no generic identity with an art devoted to the imagination . Poetry affects us by ...
... effect , not by appealing to the impression of insulated chapters and sentences , which , though they may rise to poetical eloquence , give the pursuit no generic identity with an art devoted to the imagination . Poetry affects us by ...
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... effect persuasion ; and when he attains his end , of what do we imagine that he persuades us ? Unquestionably , of the literal truth , whether it regards our own selfish interests , or ab- stract justice with regard to others . There is ...
... effect persuasion ; and when he attains his end , of what do we imagine that he persuades us ? Unquestionably , of the literal truth , whether it regards our own selfish interests , or ab- stract justice with regard to others . There is ...
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... effect is experienced in pages much less interesting than those of the Muse . And if verse can strengthen our ... effect by the strict imitation of life , is certainly exemplified in one species of composition , namely , in the graver ...
... effect is experienced in pages much less interesting than those of the Muse . And if verse can strengthen our ... effect by the strict imitation of life , is certainly exemplified in one species of composition , namely , in the graver ...
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... effect when inhaled through the nostrils , but more slowly . To preserve one's self from it , and keep the respiration more free , it is usual to wrap up the face with a handkerchief . In passing through the tissue it loses a part of ...
... effect when inhaled through the nostrils , but more slowly . To preserve one's self from it , and keep the respiration more free , it is usual to wrap up the face with a handkerchief . In passing through the tissue it loses a part of ...
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Page 581 - Morning Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail bounteous May that dost inspire Mirth and youth, and warm desire; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
Page 83 - For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing...
Page 160 - T^EAR no more the heat o' the sun -*- Nor the furious winter's rages; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages : Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney-sweepers, come to dust. Fear no more the frown o...
Page 16 - TRIUMPHAL arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud Philosophy To teach me what thou art : Still seem, as to my childhood's sight, A midway station given For happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heaven.
Page 627 - But when lust, By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk, But most by lewd and lavish act of sin, Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being.
Page 627 - Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being. Such are those thick and gloomy shadows damp Oft seen in charnel vaults and sepulchres, Lingering and sitting by a new-made grave, As loth to leave the body that it loved, And linked itself by carnal sensualty To a degenerate and degraded state.
Page 250 - Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene; and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
Page 518 - But rather to tell how, if art could tell, How from that sapphire fount the crisped brooks, Rolling on orient* pearl and sands of gold...
Page 492 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto GOD Who gave it.
Page 387 - The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.