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... tion to these remembrances of the anecdotes and opinions of his early friends , that many of them have been repeated by others either verbally or in print , and may at first glance appear familiar to the reader . But they have been so ...
... tion to these remembrances of the anecdotes and opinions of his early friends , that many of them have been repeated by others either verbally or in print , and may at first glance appear familiar to the reader . But they have been so ...
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... tion and revision of each : - Date of Completion . Time . Age . " 1785 . Ode • 2 years 22 · 1792 · P. of M .. • · 7 29 99 • 1798 1812 1813 1819 Epistle Columbus Jacqueline Human Life • · 6 35 " " 14 · 99 · 49 1 50 · 99 6 56 · 99 • 1834 ...
... tion and revision of each : - Date of Completion . Time . Age . " 1785 . Ode • 2 years 22 · 1792 · P. of M .. • · 7 29 99 • 1798 1812 1813 1819 Epistle Columbus Jacqueline Human Life • · 6 35 " " 14 · 99 · 49 1 50 · 99 6 56 · 99 • 1834 ...
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... tion in the latter years of his life , as far as related to his own productions , was given to the notes to his Italy , which he made a medium of recording his thoughts and senti- ments on various subjects in connection with the poem ...
... tion in the latter years of his life , as far as related to his own productions , was given to the notes to his Italy , which he made a medium of recording his thoughts and senti- ments on various subjects in connection with the poem ...
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... His Royal Highness . The appointment was afterwards conferred by Her Majesty on Mr. Tennyson . The following pages are not the produc- tion of that part of Mr. Rogers's life to which allusion has just been made ; but , although XIX.
... His Royal Highness . The appointment was afterwards conferred by Her Majesty on Mr. Tennyson . The following pages are not the produc- tion of that part of Mr. Rogers's life to which allusion has just been made ; but , although XIX.
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... is believed the publication of them was not entirely unlooked for ; and although they are but few and short , it is hoped they may be favourably received as a slight contribu- tion to the biography of a generation that has now XX.
... is believed the publication of them was not entirely unlooked for ; and although they are but few and short , it is hoped they may be favourably received as a slight contribu- tion to the biography of a generation that has now XX.
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Page 11 - Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, give his little Senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise: Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plastered posts, with claps, in capitals? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers' load, On wings of winds came flying...
Page 183 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet...
Page 10 - Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Page xiii - Oh thou ! with whom my heart was wont to share From Reason's dawn each pleasure and each care; With whom, alas! I fondly hoped to know The humble walks of happiness below; If thy blest nature now unites above An angel's pity with a brother's love, Still o'er my life preserve thy mild...
Page 48 - To cheer the shivering native's dull abode. And oft, beneath the odorous shade Of Chili's boundless forests laid, She deigns to hear the savage youth repeat, In loose numbers wildly sweet, Their feather-cinctured chiefs, and dusky loves. Her track, where'er the goddess roves, Glory pursue, and generous Shame, The unconquerable Mind, and freedom's holy flame.
Page 15 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. "But not the praise...
Page 10 - And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer...
Page 38 - From his broad bosom life and verdure flings. And broods o'er Egypt with his wat'ry wings, If with advent'rous oar and ready sail, The dusky people drive before the gale; Or on frail floats to neighb'ring cities ride, That rise and glitter o'er the ambient tide...
Page 88 - THE angel ended, and in Adam's ear So charming left his voice, that he awhile Thought him still speaking, still stood fix'd to hear...
Page 19 - WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakspeare rose ; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new: Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain.