English Literature of the Nineteenth Century: on the Plan of the Author's "Compendium of English Literature", and Supplementary to itE.C. & J. Biddle, 1853 - 785 pages |
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... admirable masters of their families , faithful husbands , and prudent economists : Boileau , by the liberalities of Louis , was enabled to purchase a delightful privacy at Auteuil , was eminently skilled in the management of his ...
... admirable masters of their families , faithful husbands , and prudent economists : Boileau , by the liberalities of Louis , was enabled to purchase a delightful privacy at Auteuil , was eminently skilled in the management of his ...
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... admired POPE ? Not , assuredly , in the same rank with Spenser , Shakspeare , and Milton ; however justly we may ... admiration in the society at Cambridge , and Dr. Middleton was in the habit of requiring from her an account of the ...
... admired POPE ? Not , assuredly , in the same rank with Spenser , Shakspeare , and Milton ; however justly we may ... admiration in the society at Cambridge , and Dr. Middleton was in the habit of requiring from her an account of the ...
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... admiration of his works , and the inspection of ourselves . But why should I trouble your grace with these reflections ? What my little knowledge can suggest , you must know better : what my short experience has shown , you must have ...
... admiration of his works , and the inspection of ourselves . But why should I trouble your grace with these reflections ? What my little knowledge can suggest , you must know better : what my short experience has shown , you must have ...
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... admired by the next , and is revered and almost adored by the present . His merit is disputed by little wits , and his ... admiration of their stupendous parts , and proud irregularity of greatness . SHAKSPEARE'S TRAGIC POWER . Essay on ...
... admired by the next , and is revered and almost adored by the present . His merit is disputed by little wits , and his ... admiration of their stupendous parts , and proud irregularity of greatness . SHAKSPEARE'S TRAGIC POWER . Essay on ...
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... admiration for the chaste eloquence of his pulpit discourses . In 1754 , he was transferred from the Canongate to Lady Yester's Church , and in 1758 was promoted to the High Church of Edinburgh , the most important ecclesiastical charge ...
... admiration for the chaste eloquence of his pulpit discourses . In 1754 , he was transferred from the Canongate to Lady Yester's Church , and in 1758 was promoted to the High Church of Edinburgh , the most important ecclesiastical charge ...
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Page 158 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low— And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won.
Page 163 - Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime ? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime...
Page 296 - Who made you glorious as the Gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? GOD! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, GOD!
Page 188 - BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning, dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid; star of the east, the horizon adorning, guide where our infant Redeemer is laid. Cold on his cradle the dew-drops are shining; low lies his head with the beasts of the stall; angels adore him in slumber reclining, Maker and Monarch and Saviour of all.
Page 133 - Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him ! But half of our heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring, And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
Page 162 - Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Page 541 - And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller between life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength and skill ; A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort and command ; And yet a spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light.
Page 49 - O, how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, » And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven, O, how canst thou renounce^ and hope to be forgiven ! These charms shall work thy soul's eternal health, And love, and gentleness, and joy,...
Page 297 - Therefore all seasons shall be sweet to thee, Whether the summer clothe the general earth With greenness, or the redbreast sit and sing Betwixt the tufts of snow on the bare branch Of mossy apple-tree, while the nigh thatch Smokes in the sun-thaw; whether the eave-drops fall. Heard only in the trances of the blast, Or if the secret ministry of frost Shall hang them up in silent icicles, Quietly shining to the quiet Moon, DEJECTION.
Page 573 - Thus, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound me, Sad Memory brings the light Of other days around me.