Letters Written Between the Years 1784 and 1807, Volumen1George Ramsay, 1811 |
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... pointed out , which prove Milton's familiarity with Fletcher's play . " Now , if an author may be convicted of theft upon such evidences , it will be impossible for the most original genius to produce ten , perhaps two lines LETTER XII .
... pointed out , which prove Milton's familiarity with Fletcher's play . " Now , if an author may be convicted of theft upon such evidences , it will be impossible for the most original genius to produce ten , perhaps two lines LETTER XII .
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Anna Seward Archibald Constable. most original genius to produce ten , perhaps two lines , that shall not be equally exposed with Mil- ton's , in this instance , to the charge of pilfering . I thought of the mote and the beam , when I ...
Anna Seward Archibald Constable. most original genius to produce ten , perhaps two lines , that shall not be equally exposed with Mil- ton's , in this instance , to the charge of pilfering . I thought of the mote and the beam , when I ...
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... Perhaps I do not rate its claim quite so high ; but I place it on a level with Mason's Caractacus . Judge , then , if I can subscribe to your friend's opinion , that it does not rise above mediocrity ! —Why is it that people of fine ...
... Perhaps I do not rate its claim quite so high ; but I place it on a level with Mason's Caractacus . Judge , then , if I can subscribe to your friend's opinion , that it does not rise above mediocrity ! —Why is it that people of fine ...
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... perhaps I ought to beg your pardon for thus drenching you perforce with Heliconian dews , springing up at Lavington , the seat of this other bard of Sussex , the emulous friend of the celebrated Hayley . My heart was in the sub- ject ...
... perhaps I ought to beg your pardon for thus drenching you perforce with Heliconian dews , springing up at Lavington , the seat of this other bard of Sussex , the emulous friend of the celebrated Hayley . My heart was in the sub- ject ...
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... perhaps , wishing to obtain a taste for classical excellence , have ac- complished that desire , by indulging the habits of pleased attention to every various grace and beauty in poetic science . The line you quote from Pope , about ...
... perhaps , wishing to obtain a taste for classical excellence , have ac- complished that desire , by indulging the habits of pleased attention to every various grace and beauty in poetic science . The line you quote from Pope , about ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Adieu admire agreeable amiable amongst ANNA SEWARD Avignon bard beautiful benevolence blank verse celebrated character charming cold composition criticism dear delight Dewes Dr Johnson elegant envy Epic Poetry epithets excellence eyes fame fancy father feel flattering friendship genius gentleman Gentleman's Magazine GEORGE HARDINGE Gibraltar glow graces happiness Hayley Hayley's heart honour hope idea imagination ingenious interest Knowles lady late LETTER Lichfield light literary Lord Lucy Porter lyre Madam March 25 Milton mind MISS WESTON Monody morning muse nature never nymph observe odes Ossian Paradise Lost passages pathetic perhaps Petrarch Piozzi pleasure poem poet poetic poetry praise prose regret rendered rhyme rocks scene sensibility Seward Shakespeare shew sonnet Sophia spirit style sublime sure sweet talents taste thou tion translation truth Vaucluse verse virtues Whalley WILLIAM HAYLEY wish writings youth
Pasajes populares
Página 212 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice...
Página 350 - Thyself how wondrous then! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these Thy lowest works : yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels ! for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing : ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Página 346 - Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Página 110 - This pow'r has praise that virtue scarce can warm, Till fame supplies the universal charm. Yet Reason frowns on War's unequal game, Where wasted nations raise a single name; And mortgag'd states their grandsires...
Página 201 - Back to the gates of heaven : the sulphurous hail, Shot after us in storm, o'erblown, hath laid The fiery surge, that from the precipice Of heaven received us falling ; and the thunder, Wing'd with red lightning and impetuous rage, Perhaps hath spent his shafts, and ceases now To bellow through the vast and boundless deep.
Página 19 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Página 243 - ... sounds, That the fix'd sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch: Fire answers fire; and through their paly flames Each battle sees the other's umber'd face: Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear; and from the tents, The armourers, accomplishing the knights, With busy hammers closing rivets up, Give dreadful note of preparation.
Página 110 - The festal blazes, the triumphal show, The ravish'd standard, and the captive foe, The senate's thanks, the gazette's pompous tale, With force resistless o'er the brave prevail. Such bribes the rapid Greek o'er Asia whirl'd, For such the steady Romans shook the world...
Página 180 - 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.
Página 225 - The seat of Desolation, void of light, Save what the glimmering of these livid flames Casts pale and dreadful?