The Literary magnet of the belles lettres, science, and the fine arts, ed. by Tobias Merton. Vol.1 - new ser., vol.[2. Vol.2 of the new ser. wants all after p.192]., Volume 2Tobias Merton (pseud) 1824 |
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... writes , the other what he drives . The one gets drunk with inspiration , the other with gin ; and , finally , the one gives spur to his Pegasus , the other to his off - side leaders . Independently of other advantages , the coachman is ...
... writes , the other what he drives . The one gets drunk with inspiration , the other with gin ; and , finally , the one gives spur to his Pegasus , the other to his off - side leaders . Independently of other advantages , the coachman is ...
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... of deep research ; one that might , perhaps , write histories ; and yet a man of exquisite taste , aye , and of fertile imagination ; perhaps no stranger to the inspirations of 6 poetry ; perhaps but he is no longer in ( 22 )
... of deep research ; one that might , perhaps , write histories ; and yet a man of exquisite taste , aye , and of fertile imagination ; perhaps no stranger to the inspirations of 6 poetry ; perhaps but he is no longer in ( 22 )
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... writes . I am , Sir , yours , & c . Come here , fond youth , whoe'er thou be , That boasts to love as well as me ; And if thy breast have felt so wide a wound , Come hither , and thy flame approve ; I'll teach thee what it is to love ...
... writes . I am , Sir , yours , & c . Come here , fond youth , whoe'er thou be , That boasts to love as well as me ; And if thy breast have felt so wide a wound , Come hither , and thy flame approve ; I'll teach thee what it is to love ...
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... write bad verses , and read them worse . It is the right of the successful candidate to affect as much absence as would be set down in another for sheer stupidity - to be ( in fact ) the butt of the company , subject to the mutual ...
... write bad verses , and read them worse . It is the right of the successful candidate to affect as much absence as would be set down in another for sheer stupidity - to be ( in fact ) the butt of the company , subject to the mutual ...
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... writes would be no exaggeration of his feelings . A poet's heart , and a poet's imagination , should be of more " penetrable stuff " than the rest of his fellow - creatures ; did he once condescend to be common - place , the charm that ...
... writes would be no exaggeration of his feelings . A poet's heart , and a poet's imagination , should be of more " penetrable stuff " than the rest of his fellow - creatures ; did he once condescend to be common - place , the charm that ...
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Page 229 - This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; once I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring . Sounds sweet as if a Sister's voice reproved, That I with stern delights should e'er have been so moved. It is the hush of night...
Page 229 - Jura, whose capt heights appear Precipitously steep; and drawing near, There breathes a living fragrance from the shore, Of flowers yet fresh with childhood; on the ear Drops the light drip of the suspended oar, Or chirps the grasshopper one good-night carol more; He is an evening reveller, who makes His life an infancy, and sings his fill; At intervals, some bird from out the brakes Starts into voice a moment, then is still.
Page 156 - Adieu, adieu ! my native shore Fades o'er the waters blue ; The night-winds sigh, the breakers roar, And shrieks the wild sea-mew. Yon sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight: Farewell awhile to him and thee, My native Land— Good Night!
Page 249 - Rip looked, and beheld a precise counterpart of himself, as he went up the mountain ; apparently as lazy, and certainly as ragged. The poor fellow was now completely confounded. He doubted his own identity, and whether he was himself or another man. Ill the midst of his bewilderment, the man in the cocked hat demanded who he was, and what was his name ? "God knows...
Page 43 - She sings the wild song of her dear native plains, Every note which he loved awaking — Ah! little they think, who delight in her strains, How the heart of the minstrel is breaking!
Page 250 - The name of the child, the air of the mother, the tone of her voice, all awakened a train of recollections in his mind. "What is your name, my good woman?
Page 31 - AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar; Ah! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote has pined alone, Then dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown...
Page 89 - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Page 247 - My native country was full of youthful promise ; Europe was rich in the accumulated treasures of age. Her very ruins told the history of times gone by, and every mouldering stone was a chronicle. I longed to wander over the scenes of renowned achievement — to tread, as it were, in the footsteps of antiquity — to loiter about the ruined castle — to meditate on the falling tower — to escape, in short, from the commonplace realities of the present, and lose myself among the shadowy grandeurs...
Page 183 - A goodly portly man, i' faith, and a corpulent ; of a cheerful look, a pleasing eye, and a most noble carriage...