Letters of Anna Seward: Written Between the Years 1784 and 1807, Volumen1A. Constable, 1811 - 432 páginas |
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... passed agreeably away at Buxton , spite of its wonderous paucity as to local graces ; yet , when different friends took me in their carriages on morning airings upon the mountains , my eye dwelt with pleasure upon some fine effects of ...
... passed agreeably away at Buxton , spite of its wonderous paucity as to local graces ; yet , when different friends took me in their carriages on morning airings upon the mountains , my eye dwelt with pleasure upon some fine effects of ...
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... passing whole weeks in Lichfield , without calling at this house , if his opinions on works of imagination , and science , and politics , were " one thought more steady than the ebbing sea ; " but excessive instability of every sort ...
... passing whole weeks in Lichfield , without calling at this house , if his opinions on works of imagination , and science , and politics , were " one thought more steady than the ebbing sea ; " but excessive instability of every sort ...
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... passing a week in Lady Northesk's , Lady Marianne's , and Mrs Scott's society at Lich- field , in the house of Dr Darwin . Mournful was that pleasure , because of the fearful balance in which then hung the valuable life of Lady North ...
... passing a week in Lady Northesk's , Lady Marianne's , and Mrs Scott's society at Lich- field , in the house of Dr Darwin . Mournful was that pleasure , because of the fearful balance in which then hung the valuable life of Lady North ...
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... passed her days of girlhood with an uncle at Warwick , consequently was absent from home in the school - boy days of the great man ; neither did I ever hear her mention any of the promissory 38 LETTER X. James Boswell, Esq.
... passed her days of girlhood with an uncle at Warwick , consequently was absent from home in the school - boy days of the great man ; neither did I ever hear her mention any of the promissory 38 LETTER X. James Boswell, Esq.
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... passed be- tween Johnson and myself in company , on the subject of Mrs Elizabeth Aston of Stowe Hill , then living , with whom he always past so much time when he was in Lichfield , and for whom he professed so great a friendship . " I ...
... passed be- tween Johnson and myself in company , on the subject of Mrs Elizabeth Aston of Stowe Hill , then living , with whom he always past so much time when he was in Lichfield , and for whom he professed so great a friendship . " I ...
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Letters of Anna Seward: Written Between the Years 1784 and 1807, Volumen1 Anna Seward Vista completa - 1811 |
Letters of Anna Seward: Written Between the Years 1784 and 1807, Volumen1 Anna Seward Vista completa - 1811 |
Letters of Anna Seward: Written Between the Years 1784 and 1807, Volumen1 Anna Seward Vista completa - 1811 |
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Página 358 - 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 354 - 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 216 - 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...
Página 247 - ... 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 19 - In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun : which cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant to run his course.
Página 205 - 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 358 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair : 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.
Página 216 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill...
Página 217 - Throw hither all your quaint enamelled eyes, That on the green turf suck the honied showers, And purple all the ground with vernal flowers.