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... observation of a principle in human nature , which is not likely so soon to go out of fashion . So much of the misery which flesh is heir to , depends upon that innate spirit of laziness which makes us prefer remaining as we are , to ...
... observation of a principle in human nature , which is not likely so soon to go out of fashion . So much of the misery which flesh is heir to , depends upon that innate spirit of laziness which makes us prefer remaining as we are , to ...
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... observations have been suggested to us by the following letter from a com- strange species of insanity which it com- memorates is by no means uncommon in the city , where the novi komines very fre- quently illustrate the vanity of human ...
... observations have been suggested to us by the following letter from a com- strange species of insanity which it com- memorates is by no means uncommon in the city , where the novi komines very fre- quently illustrate the vanity of human ...
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... observations of old John of Gaunt than Bolingbroke was wil- ling to allow , when he asked him with such an air of confidence SIR , Oh ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus ? Or clog the hungry edge of ...
... observations of old John of Gaunt than Bolingbroke was wil- ling to allow , when he asked him with such an air of confidence SIR , Oh ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus ? Or clog the hungry edge of ...
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... observe was what the Doctor struck out ) we shall endeavour to smuggle in the insertion when he is out of the way . Juvenis ' Letter is received . The insertion of an Epigram on the late weather is delayed for want of room . Edinburgh ...
... observe was what the Doctor struck out ) we shall endeavour to smuggle in the insertion when he is out of the way . Juvenis ' Letter is received . The insertion of an Epigram on the late weather is delayed for want of room . Edinburgh ...
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... observations ( which are designed to be prefatory to some further speculations on the present state of music in this coun- try , ) are received with favour , I shall sub- mit to you my sentiments on it . The la- bours of the Institution ...
... observations ( which are designed to be prefatory to some further speculations on the present state of music in this coun- try , ) are received with favour , I shall sub- mit to you my sentiments on it . The la- bours of the Institution ...
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Página 171 - 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...
Página 209 - 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. What am I? Nothing; but not so art thou, Soul of my thought! with whom I traverse earth, Invisible but gazing, as I glow Mix'd with thy spirit, blended with thy birth, And feeling still with thee in my crush'd feelings
Página 163 - But midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess, And roam along, the world's tired denizen, With none who bless us, none whom we can bless; Minions of splendour shrinking from distress!
Página 116 - Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York ; And all the clouds, that lower'd upon our house, In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.
Página 209 - Cut to his heart again with the keen knife Of silent, sharp endurance: he can tell Why thought seeks refuge in lone caves, yet rife With airy images, and shapes which dwell Still unimpair'd, though old, in the soul's haunted cell.
Página 26 - 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 28 - 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 171 - The' acacia waves her yellow hair, Lonely and sweet, nor lov'd the less For flowering in a wilderness. Our sands are bare, but down their slope The silvery-footed antelope As gracefully and gaily springs As o'er the marble courts of kings.
Página 190 - Boastful and rough, your first son is a 'squire ; The next a tradesman, meek, and much a liar ; Tom struts a soldier, open, bold, and brave ; "Will sneaks a scrivener, an exceeding knave.
Página 182 - Thus Nature spake — The work was done — How soon my Lucy's race was run ! She died, and left to me This heath, this calm, and quiet scene ; The memory of what has been, And never more will be.