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... Taste of Virgil and Horace with respect to Rural Scenery . " Flumina amam , sylvasque inglorius . " Virg . 4. On the State best adapted to Human Happiness . 5. Literature the only permanent Vehicle of Fame . -Ignotique longa Nocte ...
... Taste of Virgil and Horace with respect to Rural Scenery . " Flumina amam , sylvasque inglorius . " Virg . 4. On the State best adapted to Human Happiness . 5. Literature the only permanent Vehicle of Fame . -Ignotique longa Nocte ...
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... Taste . " Many people have been employed in finding out obscure and refined beauties , in what appear to ordinary obser- vation his very defects . " Miss Baillie . 29. Traits in the character of Gray the Poet . " We poets are , upon a ...
... Taste . " Many people have been employed in finding out obscure and refined beauties , in what appear to ordinary obser- vation his very defects . " Miss Baillie . 29. Traits in the character of Gray the Poet . " We poets are , upon a ...
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... taste in some individuals , or else dependant wholly upon the improvement of the mind . If this be so , my argument is certainly illfounded ; but I believe the very reverse to be the fact ; I believe the most stupid and ignorant peasant ...
... taste in some individuals , or else dependant wholly upon the improvement of the mind . If this be so , my argument is certainly illfounded ; but I believe the very reverse to be the fact ; I believe the most stupid and ignorant peasant ...
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... taste thinks he should feel himself in similar situations . Of this there are some striking instances in Ethelinde , in Desmond , and in the Old Manor House . Although it may not be strictly pertinent to the subject of this Essay , yet ...
... taste thinks he should feel himself in similar situations . Of this there are some striking instances in Ethelinde , in Desmond , and in the Old Manor House . Although it may not be strictly pertinent to the subject of this Essay , yet ...
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... the only work which may be deemed of a contrary tendency , the errors both moral and political seem to have proceeded from the head rather than from the heart . Feb. 2 , 1807 . N ° III . On the different Taste of Virgil 16 THE RUMINATOR .
... the only work which may be deemed of a contrary tendency , the errors both moral and political seem to have proceeded from the head rather than from the heart . Feb. 2 , 1807 . N ° III . On the different Taste of Virgil 16 THE RUMINATOR .
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Página 2 - But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
Página 61 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; The hair of my flesh stood up.
Página 171 - It was a barren scene and wild, Where naked cliffs were rudely piled, But ever and anon between Lay velvet tufts of loveliest green; And well the lonely infant knew Recesses where the wall-flower grew, And honeysuckle loved to crawl Up the low crag and ruined wall.
Página 135 - CROMWELL, our chief of men, who through a cloud Not of war only, but detractions rude, Guided by faith and matchless fortitude, To peace and truth thy glorious way hast...
Página 85 - OLD as I am, for ladies' love unfit, The power of beauty I remember yet, Which once inflam'd my soul, and still inspires my wit.
Página 172 - Of witches' spells, of warriors' arms ; Of patriot battles, won of old By Wallace wight and Bruce the bold ; Of later fields of feud and fight, When, pouring from their Highland height, The Scottish clans, in headlong sway, Had swept the scarlet ranks away. While...
Página 170 - Thus while I ape the measure wild Of tales that charm'd me yet a child, Rude though they be, still with the chime Return the thoughts of early time ; And feelings, roused in life's first day, Glow in the line, and prompt the lay.
Página 78 - As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
Página 134 - Thy works, and alms, and all thy good endeavour, Staid not behind, nor in the grave were trod ; But, as Faith pointed with her golden rod, Followed thee up to joy and bliss for ever. Love led them on, and Faith, who knew them best, Thy hand-maids, clad them o'er with purple beams And azure wings, that up they flew so drest, And spake the truth of thee on glorious themes Before the Judge ; who thenceforth bid thee rest, And drink thy fill of pure immortal streams.
Página 156 - He was surely a man of the greatest expense in his own person of any in the age he lived, and introduced more of that expense in the excess of clothes and diet than any other man ; and was indeed the original of all those inventions from which others did but transcribe copies.