1785-1824Charles Wells Moulton H. Malkan, 1910 |
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... style of mo- mentary brilliancy , are none of the last- ing materials of history . This shadow of " Montesquieu , " for he conceived him only to be his fit rival , derived the last consola- tions of life from an obscure corner of a ...
... style of mo- mentary brilliancy , are none of the last- ing materials of history . This shadow of " Montesquieu , " for he conceived him only to be his fit rival , derived the last consola- tions of life from an obscure corner of a ...
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... style of which Göttingen had nothing to compare . The " classic elegance of Lowth " became a standard phrase , and continued to be so till into the present century ; and German Hebraists occupied themselves in refuting the temerity of ...
... style of which Göttingen had nothing to compare . The " classic elegance of Lowth " became a standard phrase , and continued to be so till into the present century ; and German Hebraists occupied themselves in refuting the temerity of ...
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... style of his prose is smooth and lucid , his turns of thought are neat and unexpected ; and when he sports in irony , in which he apparently delights to indulge , he is uncommonly playful and airy . Jenyns has evidently a predilection ...
... style of his prose is smooth and lucid , his turns of thought are neat and unexpected ; and when he sports in irony , in which he apparently delights to indulge , he is uncommonly playful and airy . Jenyns has evidently a predilection ...
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... style . Heber , the most elegant and mellifluous of sacred poets , is not more polished and fluent than his Methodist predecessor ; nor has he anything of his solidity , strength , and fire . Cowper is the greatest name in the hymn ...
... style . Heber , the most elegant and mellifluous of sacred poets , is not more polished and fluent than his Methodist predecessor ; nor has he anything of his solidity , strength , and fire . Cowper is the greatest name in the hymn ...
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... style of Mickle is certainly more poetical , according to our standard , than that of Camoens ; that is , more fig- urative and emphatic : but it seems to me replenished with common - place phrases , and is wanting in the facility and ...
... style of Mickle is certainly more poetical , according to our standard , than that of Camoens ; that is , more fig- urative and emphatic : but it seems to me replenished with common - place phrases , and is wanting in the facility and ...
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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.