Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Volume 2J. Murray, 1828 |
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... adequate to the transfusion of the spirit of her originals , has the amiable translator entered upon her task ; and the result has been a series of poems of no ordinary interest , and though , with one MORNINGS IN SPRING . 43.
... adequate to the transfusion of the spirit of her originals , has the amiable translator entered upon her task ; and the result has been a series of poems of no ordinary interest , and though , with one MORNINGS IN SPRING . 43.
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... entered into the marriage state , we may flatter ourselves that his father's closing years were cheered by beholding him a wiser and a better man . The next view , indeed , which we have of this nobleman , presents him to us under a ...
... entered into the marriage state , we may flatter ourselves that his father's closing years were cheered by beholding him a wiser and a better man . The next view , indeed , which we have of this nobleman , presents him to us under a ...
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... enter in March 1803 .. He found the lead coffin of this first earl much corroded , and exhibiting the skeleton of a short and very stout man , with a long head of flaxen hair gathered in a knot behind the skull . The coffin had been ...
... enter in March 1803 .. He found the lead coffin of this first earl much corroded , and exhibiting the skeleton of a short and very stout man , with a long head of flaxen hair gathered in a knot behind the skull . The coffin had been ...
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... enter- prise , that induced him to commence that series of voyages which has given immortality to his name . It was a taste also , which if not absolutely , with regard to himself , generated , was , at least 102 MORNINGS IN SPRING .
... enter- prise , that induced him to commence that series of voyages which has given immortality to his name . It was a taste also , which if not absolutely , with regard to himself , generated , was , at least 102 MORNINGS IN SPRING .
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... enter- prises in which he was so eager to engage . " How must he have been affected , " remarks Mr. Pennant , 66 by his refusal , when he found that he had lost both on his return from two expeditions , if the heart of a hero does not ...
... enter- prises in which he was so eager to engage . " How must he have been affected , " remarks Mr. Pennant , 66 by his refusal , when he found that he had lost both on his return from two expeditions , if the heart of a hero does not ...
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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.
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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...