The Saint Petersburg English Review of Literature, the Arts and Sciences, Band 3Hauer., 1842 |
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... called the great Heptachord , or seven - stringed lyre of Heaven , and in this celestial instrument they attributed the gravest or flattest note to the Moon , and the sharpest to the Sun. ears . Vide Cicero , Tusc . Quaest . Apuleius ...
... called the great Heptachord , or seven - stringed lyre of Heaven , and in this celestial instrument they attributed the gravest or flattest note to the Moon , and the sharpest to the Sun. ears . Vide Cicero , Tusc . Quaest . Apuleius ...
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... called a metaphor by analogy ? For , ' as that most unpoetical philosopher would infallibly have summed up the case , C as tears are to the human face , so are drops of water to the sky . ' . Nor will another distinguished poet afford ...
... called a metaphor by analogy ? For , ' as that most unpoetical philosopher would infallibly have summed up the case , C as tears are to the human face , so are drops of water to the sky . ' . Nor will another distinguished poet afford ...
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... called ' imaginative . ' Yet the poetry of Mac- beth ' is rarely , and that of Lear ' never , called ' fanciful , ' by correct critics . From whence does this difference arise ? Merely , we suspect , from the subject - matter , and not ...
... called ' imaginative . ' Yet the poetry of Mac- beth ' is rarely , and that of Lear ' never , called ' fanciful , ' by correct critics . From whence does this difference arise ? Merely , we suspect , from the subject - matter , and not ...
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... called fanciful , Donne , Cowley , Marini , Gongora , and their respect- ive followers . It is Thought or Reflection which gives the peculiar tinge of manly energy to the verse of Dryden - which sparkles in graceful criticism in Horace ...
... called fanciful , Donne , Cowley , Marini , Gongora , and their respect- ive followers . It is Thought or Reflection which gives the peculiar tinge of manly energy to the verse of Dryden - which sparkles in graceful criticism in Horace ...
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... called . All the criticism in the world will not per- suade the mass of readers , that the poetry which is most po- pular with them , which speaks most to the heart , is not the best ; nor will such cavils raise the judgment of the ...
... called . All the criticism in the world will not per- suade the mass of readers , that the poetry which is most po- pular with them , which speaks most to the heart , is not the best ; nor will such cavils raise the judgment of the ...
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Seite 83 - twould a saint provoke," (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke ;} " No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this cheek a little red.
Seite 361 - I never saw them afterwards, or any sign of them except three of their hats, one cap, and two shoes that were not fellows.
Seite 24 - But the Imagination is conscious of an indestructible dominion; — the Soul may fall away from it, not being able to sustain its grandeur ; but, if once felt and acknowledged, by no act of any other faculty of the mind can it be relaxed, impaired, or diminished. — Fancy is given to quicken and to beguile the temporal part of our Nature, Imagination to incite and to support the eternal.
Seite 230 - Whereas Daniel De Foe, alias De Fooe, is charged with writing a scandalous and seditious pamphlet, entitled The Shortest Way with the Dissenters ; he is a middle-sized spare man, about forty years old, of a brown complexion, and dark-brown coloured hair.
Seite 360 - Robinson Kreutznaer; but by the usual corruption of words in England we are now called, nay, we call ourselves, and write our name "Crusoe," and so my companions always called me.
Seite 174 - Fear ye not me? Saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Seite 30 - But, gracious God, how well dost Thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide ! Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. O teach me to believe Thee thus concealed, And search no farther than Thyself revealed ; But her alone for my director take, Whom Thou hast promised never to forsake...
Seite 29 - La mort a des rigueurs à nulle autre pareilles : On a beau la prier, La cruelle qu'elle est se bouche les oreilles, Et nous laisse crier. Le pauvre en sa cabane, où le chaume le couvre, Est sujet à ses lois; Et la garde qui veille aux barrières du Louvre N'en défend point nos Rois. De murmurer contre elle et perdre patience II est mal à propos ; Vouloir ce que Dieu veut est la seule science Qui nous met en repos.
Seite 30 - Above it stood the Seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
Seite 267 - ... first sight Of his terms, would back out, and take refuge in Flight. It is not my purpose to pause and inquire If he might not, in managing thus to retire, Jump out of the frying-pan into the fire ; Suffice it, that folks would have nothing to do, Who could possibly help it, with Shylock the Jew. But, however discreetly one cuts and contrives...