Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Volume 2J. Murray, 1828 |
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... latter narrative , more especially , is conducted , both as to its fable and its characters , with a thorough know- ledge of human nature , with the most minute fidelity in point of description , and with a pungency and originality of ...
... latter narrative , more especially , is conducted , both as to its fable and its characters , with a thorough know- ledge of human nature , with the most minute fidelity in point of description , and with a pungency and originality of ...
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... latter , indeed , are , for their exquisite tenderness , and the beauty of their local scenery , perfectly unrivalled . In the higher pro- vince of the pathetic and sublime , who will refuse to award a very marked distinction to " The ...
... latter , indeed , are , for their exquisite tenderness , and the beauty of their local scenery , perfectly unrivalled . In the higher pro- vince of the pathetic and sublime , who will refuse to award a very marked distinction to " The ...
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... latter . It has been , in fact , the most startling , and ap- parently the most valid objection to the authenticity of these productions , that the characters of Fingal and of Ossian , as uniformly represented in them , are by many ...
... latter . It has been , in fact , the most startling , and ap- parently the most valid objection to the authenticity of these productions , that the characters of Fingal and of Ossian , as uniformly represented in them , are by many ...
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... latter ex- claims with his customary courtesy , O son of Calphruin ! -sage divine ! Soft voice of heavenly song , Whose notes around the holy shrine Sweet melody prolong ; * Reliques , p . 99 . Did e'er my tale thy curious ear And fond ...
... latter ex- claims with his customary courtesy , O son of Calphruin ! -sage divine ! Soft voice of heavenly song , Whose notes around the holy shrine Sweet melody prolong ; * Reliques , p . 99 . Did e'er my tale thy curious ear And fond ...
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... latter as in the former age . Indeed , at an era when the rest of Europe was involved in the grossest ignorance , it speaks highly in favour of the comparative state of Ireland , that her bards were able not only to relish and admire ...
... latter as in the former age . Indeed , at an era when the rest of Europe was involved in the grossest ignorance , it speaks highly in favour of the comparative state of Ireland , that her bards were able not only to relish and admire ...
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Page 319 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore: his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Page 84 - And through the chink in the fractured floor Look down, and see a griesly sight ; A vault where the bodies are buried upright ! There, face by face, and hand by hand, The Claphams and Mauleverers stand...
Page 110 - gainst age, and age at youth hath spurn'd : But spurn'd in vain, youth waneth by increasing ; Beauty, strength, and youth, flowers fading been ; Duty, faith, and love, are roots and evergreen. My helmet now shall make a hive for bees ; And lovers...
Page 318 - Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Page 304 - I have been bullied by an usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ; but I will not be dictated to by a subject : your man shan't stand. " ANNE Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery.
Page 313 - There it was that I found and visited the famous Galileo, grown old, a prisoner to the Inquisition for thinking in astronomy otherwise than the Franciscan and Dominican licensers thought.
Page 301 - And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places : thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations ; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
Page 319 - A cloudy spot. Down thither prone in flight He speeds, and through the vast ethereal sky Sails between worlds and worlds, with steady wing, Now on the polar...
Page 78 - The History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven, ' stands upon a beautiful curvature of the Wharf, on a level sufficiently elevated to protect it from inundations, and low enough for every purpose of picturesque effect.
Page 30 - It is the practice of the young men of Dumfries to meet in the streets during the hours of remission from labour, and by these means I had an opportunity of witnessing the general solicitude of all ranks and of all ages. His differences with them on...