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... line has escaped him respecting one of them , for which he is sorry , both on account of the general character of the individual , and the nature of the allusion , which involves a personality not warrant- able by any circumstances but ...
... line has escaped him respecting one of them , for which he is sorry , both on account of the general character of the individual , and the nature of the allusion , which involves a personality not warrant- able by any circumstances but ...
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... lines he had made on a straw , Shewing how he had found it , and what it was for , And how , when ' twas balanc'd , it stood like a spell ! - And how , when ' twas balanc'd no longer , it fell ! A wild thing of scorn he describ'd it to ...
... lines he had made on a straw , Shewing how he had found it , and what it was for , And how , when ' twas balanc'd , it stood like a spell ! - And how , when ' twas balanc'd no longer , it fell ! A wild thing of scorn he describ'd it to ...
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... lines and vary his pauses . " It is dangerous to hazard conclusions with regard to the opinions of others , upon matters of which our own senses have but imperfectly informed us . John- son , by his own confession , had no ear ; and on ...
... lines and vary his pauses . " It is dangerous to hazard conclusions with regard to the opinions of others , upon matters of which our own senses have but imperfectly informed us . John- son , by his own confession , had no ear ; and on ...
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... lines are in the course of a very long poem ; yet so little had Warton's ear profited by his acquaintance with the Greek and Italian writers as well as those of his own country , that he had ob- tained no perception of what is musical ...
... lines are in the course of a very long poem ; yet so little had Warton's ear profited by his acquaintance with the Greek and Italian writers as well as those of his own country , that he had ob- tained no perception of what is musical ...
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... line after line , sometimes upon only one of them for eight or ten lines toge ther ; so that when Voltaire praised him for bring- ing down the harsh wranglings of the English trum- pet to the soft tones of the flute * , he should have ...
... line after line , sometimes upon only one of them for eight or ten lines toge ther ; so that when Voltaire praised him for bring- ing down the harsh wranglings of the English trum- pet to the soft tones of the flute * , he should have ...
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Page 100 - A different object do these eyes require; My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine; And in my breast the imperfect joys expire; Yet morning smiles the busy race to cheer, And new-born pleasure brings to happier men; The fields to all their wonted tribute bear; To warm their little loves the birds complain. I fruitless mourn to him that cannot hear, And weep the more because I weep in vain...
Page 113 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Page 34 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike.
Page 33 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
Page 99 - In vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And reddening Phoebus lifts his golden fire: The birds in vain their amorous descant join, Or cheerful fields resume their green attire. These ears, alas! for other notes repine; A different object do these eyes require; My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine; And in my breast the...
Page 33 - But ev'ry eye was fix'd on her alone. On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss, and infidels adore. Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose, Quick as her eyes, and as...
Page 113 - I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound. And maidens call it love-in-idleness.
Page 102 - The lonely mountains o'er And the resounding shore A voice of weeping heard, and loud lament; From haunted spring and dale Edged with poplar pale The parting Genius is with sighing sent; With flower-inwoven tresses torn The Nymphs in twilight shade of tangled thickets mourn.
Page 113 - That very time I saw (but thou couldst not), Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Page 136 - Bithynos liquisse campos et videre te in tuto ! o quid solutis est beatius curis ? cum mens onus reponit, ac peregrino labore fessi venimus larem ad nostrum desideratoque acquiescimus lecto. hoc est, quod unum est pro laboribus tantis.