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... SCOTT , ESQ . As the worn war - horse , at the trumpet's sound , Erects his mane , and neighs , and paws the ground , — Disdains the ease his generous lord assigns , And longs to rush on the embattled lines , So I , your plaudits ...
... SCOTT , ESQ . As the worn war - horse , at the trumpet's sound , Erects his mane , and neighs , and paws the ground , — Disdains the ease his generous lord assigns , And longs to rush on the embattled lines , So I , your plaudits ...
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... Scott , how- ever , he cherishes a high respect , and seems to have a peculiar pleasure in asserting , that in all his productions ( though the mul- titude look only to his inimitable powers as an inventive novellist ) there are ...
... Scott , how- ever , he cherishes a high respect , and seems to have a peculiar pleasure in asserting , that in all his productions ( though the mul- titude look only to his inimitable powers as an inventive novellist ) there are ...
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... Scott with the many has arisen from his unequalled power as a contriver of plots , not as a poet . In the same way , he seems to believe , that Lord Byron owed his repu- tation at first to his Childe Harold being read by many persons as ...
... Scott with the many has arisen from his unequalled power as a contriver of plots , not as a poet . In the same way , he seems to believe , that Lord Byron owed his repu- tation at first to his Childe Harold being read by many persons as ...
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... Scott ; or electrifies and enchants them with the eloquence of a Chalmers . There are not different species of men , as of the lower animals ; and the reason seems to be , that animals excel according to their respective bodily ...
... Scott ; or electrifies and enchants them with the eloquence of a Chalmers . There are not different species of men , as of the lower animals ; and the reason seems to be , that animals excel according to their respective bodily ...
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... Scott or Southey , or any other poet . It is , no doubt , far better , and more indicative of true genius , for a rising author to be pleased than discon- tented with his contemporaries and precur- sors . It seems to be a fault in some ...
... Scott or Southey , or any other poet . It is , no doubt , far better , and more indicative of true genius , for a rising author to be pleased than discon- tented with his contemporaries and precur- sors . It seems to be a fault in some ...
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Página 213 - Tis to create, and in creating live A being more intense, that we endow With form our fancy, gaining as we give The life we image, even as I do now.
Página 46 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Página 30 - Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Página 32 - And now my tongue's use is to me no more Than an unstringed viol, or a harp ; Or like a cunning instrument cas'd up, Or, being open, put into his hands That knows no touch to tune the harmony.
Página 174 - There's a bower of roses by Bendemeer's stream, And the nightingale sings round it all the day long ; In the time of my childhood 'twas like a sweet dream, To sit in the roses and hear the bird's song.
Página 175 - Fly to the desert, fly with me, Our Arab tents are rude for thee ; But oh ! the choice what heart can doubt Of tents with love, or thrones without ? Our rocks are rough, but smiling there Th' acacia waves her yellow hair, Lonely and sweet, nor loved the less For flowering in a wilderness.
Página 33 - In chimney corner seek domestic joys — I love a prince will bid the bottle pass, Exchanging with his subjects glance and glass ; In fitting time, can, gayest of the gay, Keep up the jest, and mingle in the lay — Such Monarchs best our free-born humours suit, But Despots must be stately, stern, and mute.
Página 213 - He, who grown aged in this world of woe, In deeds, not years, piercing the depths of life, So that no wonder waits him...
Página 175 - Oh ! there are looks and tones that dart An instant sunshine through the heart, — As if the soul that minute caught Some treasure it through life had sought...