An Historical and Critical Memoir of the Life and Writings of the Right Honorable Lord Byron: With Anecdotes of Some of His ContemporariesT. McLean, 1822 - 427 sidor |
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... sentiment . Perhaps at no period were there so many contemporary poets in one country as are now to be found in this island ; and though , where the candidates for distinction are numerous , the palm of excellence can be but the lot of ...
... sentiment . Perhaps at no period were there so many contemporary poets in one country as are now to be found in this island ; and though , where the candidates for distinction are numerous , the palm of excellence can be but the lot of ...
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... sentiment . It is in these wilds that the witcheries of moral delusion prevail , which prove so dangerous to the young and inexperienced , who are apt to take upon trust whatever has the charm of external dignity and meretricious beauty ...
... sentiment . It is in these wilds that the witcheries of moral delusion prevail , which prove so dangerous to the young and inexperienced , who are apt to take upon trust whatever has the charm of external dignity and meretricious beauty ...
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... sentiments ; since writing verses is at all events as good an application of time , to say nothing of the exercise of the mind , as chasing a fox , driving a coach , or rattling the dice . Whether a young man of family and rank may be ...
... sentiments ; since writing verses is at all events as good an application of time , to say nothing of the exercise of the mind , as chasing a fox , driving a coach , or rattling the dice . Whether a young man of family and rank may be ...
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... sentiment , this change of con- duct , from fulsome praise to the grossest calumny , and from the severest injury to the most servile retrac- tation , indicates a disposition governed by passion and not by principle . in any An apology ...
... sentiment , this change of con- duct , from fulsome praise to the grossest calumny , and from the severest injury to the most servile retrac- tation , indicates a disposition governed by passion and not by principle . in any An apology ...
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... sentiment , could only become the Scandinavian barbarians , who deemed it the highest point of felicity that they should in the future state be seated in the hall of Odin , and there get intoxicated by quaffing strong liquors from the ...
... sentiment , could only become the Scandinavian barbarians , who deemed it the highest point of felicity that they should in the future state be seated in the hall of Odin , and there get intoxicated by quaffing strong liquors from the ...
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Sida 288 - Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below.
Sida 312 - The moon is up, and yet it is not night; Sunset divides the sky with her; a sea Of glory streams along the Alpine height Of blue Friuli's mountains; Heaven is free From clouds, but of all colours seems to be, — Melted to one vast Iris of the West, — Where the Day joins the past Eternity, While, on the other hand, meek Dian's crest Floats through the azure air — an island of the blest!
Sida 289 - I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me; and to me, High mountains are a feeling, but the hum Of human cities torture...
Sida 289 - Jura, whose capt heights appear Precipitously steep; and drawing near, There breathes a living fragrance from the shore, Of flowers yet fresh with childhood ; on the ear Drops the light drip of the suspended oar, Or chirps the grasshopper one good-night carol more...
Sida 388 - Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears: "Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.
Sida 185 - The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, And cried through the lattice, 'Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
Sida 289 - It is the hush of night, and all between Thy margin and the mountains, dusk, yet clear, Mellow'd and mingling, yet distinctly seen, Save darken'd Jura, whose capt heights appear Precipitously steep ; and drawing near, There breathes a living fragrance from the shore, Of flowers yet fresh with childhood ; on the ear Drops the light drip of the suspended oar, Or chirps the grasshopper one...
Sida 305 - Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome ; The trees which grew along the broken arches Waved dark in the blue midnight, and the stars Shone through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watchdog bay'd beyond the Tiber ; and More near from out the Caesars...
Sida 186 - Why is his chariot so long in coming ? why tarry the wheels of his chariots ? Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself, have they not sped ? have they not divided the prey ; to every man a damsel or two ; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil...
Sida 164 - Ah, me ! in sooth he was a shameless wight, Sore given to revel and ungodly glee ; Few earthly things found favour in his sight Save concubines and carnal companie, And flaunting wassailers of high and low degree.