Curiosities of Literature, Band 4J. Murray, 1823 |
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... idea of the manners and devotion of a later period , 1230 , which like the ancient mysteries consisted of a mixture of farce and piety ; religion in fact was their amuse- ment ! The following one existed even to the reformation . In the ...
... idea of the manners and devotion of a later period , 1230 , which like the ancient mysteries consisted of a mixture of farce and piety ; religion in fact was their amuse- ment ! The following one existed even to the reformation . In the ...
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... idea of the Essay on the Arts and Sciences rushed on the mind of Rousseau , it occasioned such a feverish agitation that it ap- proached to a delirium . This delicious inebriation of the imagination occasioned the ancients , who ...
... idea of the Essay on the Arts and Sciences rushed on the mind of Rousseau , it occasioned such a feverish agitation that it ap- proached to a delirium . This delicious inebriation of the imagination occasioned the ancients , who ...
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... idea in the art of reading ! We ought , says he , not to attend to the order of our books , so much as of our thoughts . " The perusal of a particular work gives birth perhaps to ideas unconnected with the subject it treats ; I pursue ...
... idea in the art of reading ! We ought , says he , not to attend to the order of our books , so much as of our thoughts . " The perusal of a particular work gives birth perhaps to ideas unconnected with the subject it treats ; I pursue ...
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... idea of the beard of his Bard , he had in his mind the language of Milton , who describes Azazel , sublimely unfurling The " imperial ensign , which full high advanced , Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind . " very similar to ...
... idea of the beard of his Bard , he had in his mind the language of Milton , who describes Azazel , sublimely unfurling The " imperial ensign , which full high advanced , Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind . " very similar to ...
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... idea . The old Reve , in his prologue , says of himself , and of old men , " For whan we may not don , than wol we speken ; Yet in our ASHEN cold is FIRE yreken . TYRWHIT'S CHAUCER , vol . 1. p . 153 , v . 3879 . Gray has a very ...
... idea . The old Reve , in his prologue , says of himself , and of old men , " For whan we may not don , than wol we speken ; Yet in our ASHEN cold is FIRE yreken . TYRWHIT'S CHAUCER , vol . 1. p . 153 , v . 3879 . Gray has a very ...
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Seite 144 - The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed today, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Seite 160 - Under an oak, whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood : To the which place a poor ^sequester'd stag, That from the hunter's aim had ta'en a hurt...
Seite 137 - The imperial ensign, which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind...
Seite 135 - Far, far aloof th' affrighted ravens sail ; The famish'd eagle screams, and passes by. Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's cries — No more I weep.
Seite 283 - My prime of youth is but a frost of cares; My feast of joy is but a dish of pain; My crop of corn is but a field of tares; And all my good is but vain hope of gain. The day is fled, and yet I saw no sun; And now I live, and now my life is done.
Seite 154 - ... human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from Infinite to thee, From thee to nothing. On superior...
Seite 218 - I knew a very wise man that believed that if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Seite 146 - Comedy will (I think) by nobody be blamed, and much less of the high and excellent Tragedy, that openeth the greatest wounds, and showeth forth the ulcers that are covered with tissue...
Seite 149 - The birds their quire apply ; airs, vernal airs, Breathing the smell of field and grove, attune The trembling leaves, while universal Pan, Knit with the Graces and the Hours in dance, Led on the eternal Spring.
Seite 153 - Here let me sit in sorrow for mankind, Like yon neglected shrub at random cast, That shades the steep, and sighs at every blast.