1785-1824Charles Wells Moulton H. Malkan, 1910 |
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... look at them through a fine allegorical veil , trans- ports us to the regions of mythology , and gives a long narrative of a love affair be- tween the sea - god Neptune and the nymph named Phoenice , the guardian spirit of the ...
... look at them through a fine allegorical veil , trans- ports us to the regions of mythology , and gives a long narrative of a love affair be- tween the sea - god Neptune and the nymph named Phoenice , the guardian spirit of the ...
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... look out for a subject which was likely to ob- tain notice and patronage . That he was actuated by this motive in fixing upon the Lusiad , appears evidently by the manner in which his translation is executed , and the matter with which ...
... look out for a subject which was likely to ob- tain notice and patronage . That he was actuated by this motive in fixing upon the Lusiad , appears evidently by the manner in which his translation is executed , and the matter with which ...
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... looks and gestures , to be in the fervor of composition . I have often , how- ever , been struck , at the distance of years , with his accurate memory of the most trifling particulars ; and am inclined . to believe , from this and some ...
... looks and gestures , to be in the fervor of composition . I have often , how- ever , been struck , at the distance of years , with his accurate memory of the most trifling particulars ; and am inclined . to believe , from this and some ...
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... look with so much complacent interest as Warton's . His temper was so sunshiny and benevolent ; his manners were so sim- ple ; his erudition was so classical and various ; his learning was so illuminated by fancy ; his love of the ...
... look with so much complacent interest as Warton's . His temper was so sunshiny and benevolent ; his manners were so sim- ple ; his erudition was so classical and various ; his learning was so illuminated by fancy ; his love of the ...
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... look at solely from a Mabelian point of view . Did I say solely ? Well , let it stand . But I may just mention that the American Academy comes in before the governor , and Charles perhaps can tell you who some of the fellows are . It is ...
... look at solely from a Mabelian point of view . Did I say solely ? Well , let it stand . But I may just mention that the American Academy comes in before the governor , and Charles perhaps can tell you who some of the fellows are . It is ...
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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.