1785-1824Charles Wells Moulton H. Malkan, 1910 |
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... affection which the song presents , is almost unequalled.- CHAMBERS , ROBERT , 1876 , Cyclopædia of English Literature , ed . Carruthers . Mickle's ballad of " Cumnor Hall , " which suggested to Scott the groundwork of his romance of ...
... affection which the song presents , is almost unequalled.- CHAMBERS , ROBERT , 1876 , Cyclopædia of English Literature , ed . Carruthers . Mickle's ballad of " Cumnor Hall , " which suggested to Scott the groundwork of his romance of ...
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... affections , tuning his verse to a correspondent softness . Neither the thoughts nor the expressions are borrowed from others ; or prompted by study and reflection . But in saying this , all is said . He has none of the higher faculties ...
... affections , tuning his verse to a correspondent softness . Neither the thoughts nor the expressions are borrowed from others ; or prompted by study and reflection . But in saying this , all is said . He has none of the higher faculties ...
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... affectionate in disposition , exceedingly unreserved , with simple frankness express- ing the thoughts of the moment , and with ready candour retracting his opinion if he found that he had spoken without just grounds . His intellectual ...
... affectionate in disposition , exceedingly unreserved , with simple frankness express- ing the thoughts of the moment , and with ready candour retracting his opinion if he found that he had spoken without just grounds . His intellectual ...
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... affections , and sound prudence could contribute , to make a man both useful and amiable , respected and beloved . In religion , he would by many be reckoned a latitudi- narian ; yet it is certain that his mind was imbued with a deep ...
... affections , and sound prudence could contribute , to make a man both useful and amiable , respected and beloved . In religion , he would by many be reckoned a latitudi- narian ; yet it is certain that his mind was imbued with a deep ...
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... and soothing reading ; the perfect balance , the precision , the absence of all evil passion and of all heat , the good use to which he puts even his enemies , an affectionate sentiment which mingles with a correct 100 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
... and soothing reading ; the perfect balance , the precision , the absence of all evil passion and of all heat , the good use to which he puts even his enemies , an affectionate sentiment which mingles with a correct 100 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
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Seite 197 - He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
Seite 9 - Poetry is not like reasoning, a power to be exerted according to the determination of the will. A man cannot say, "I will compose poetry." The greatest poet even cannot say it; for the mind in creation is as a fading coal, which some invisible influence, like an inconstant wind, awakens to transitory brightness...
Seite 182 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berccau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Seite 82 - The Body Of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn out, And stript of its lettering and gilding,) Lies here, food for worms. But the work shall not be lost, For it will, as he believed, appear once more, In a new and more elegant edition, Revised and corrected By THE AUTHOR.
Seite 290 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ; Who, born for the Universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Seite 8 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense...
Seite 465 - He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the Public Credit, and it sprang upon its feet...
Seite 9 - We are aware of evanescent visitations of thought and feeling, sometimes associated with place or person, sometimes regarding our own mind alone, and always arising unforeseen and departing unbidden, but elevating and delightful beyond all expression...
Seite 375 - And now, what time ye all may read through dimming tears his story, How discord on the music fell, and darkness on the glory, And how when, one by one, sweet sounds and wandering lights departed, He wore no less a loving face because so broken-hearted...
Seite 194 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.