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... England , with hairs like eagle's feathers , and nails like bird's claws , a red beard , and an uncommon degree of wildness in his looks . Wilson was then utterly unknown in Edinburgh , except slightly to Mr. Walter Scott , who never ...
... England , with hairs like eagle's feathers , and nails like bird's claws , a red beard , and an uncommon degree of wildness in his looks . Wilson was then utterly unknown in Edinburgh , except slightly to Mr. Walter Scott , who never ...
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... England . This is signifi- cant of the ancient state of these countries . Catholic though they all were , neither Scotland nor Ireland could at any age pretend to any thing like the wealth of Eng- land . Hence , in those countries , the ...
... England . This is signifi- cant of the ancient state of these countries . Catholic though they all were , neither Scotland nor Ireland could at any age pretend to any thing like the wealth of Eng- land . Hence , in those countries , the ...
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... England . Is it any won- der that the parents of these people took Coleridge for a spy , and Wordsworth for a dark traitor ? But these young women were very civil , if not very enlightened . As I re- turned through the house , the young ...
... England . Is it any won- der that the parents of these people took Coleridge for a spy , and Wordsworth for a dark traitor ? But these young women were very civil , if not very enlightened . As I re- turned through the house , the young ...
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... England , September , 1799 , and the translation appearing in 1800 . In Coleridge's own account of this tour , the description of the ascent of the Brocken is one of the most living and graphic possible . Having gone over the ground ...
... England , September , 1799 , and the translation appearing in 1800 . In Coleridge's own account of this tour , the description of the ascent of the Brocken is one of the most living and graphic possible . Having gone over the ground ...
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... England , he settled in London for a time , and brought out his translation of Wallenstein , which was purchased by the Messrs . Longman , on the con- dition that the English version , and Schiller's play in Ger- man , should be ...
... England , he settled in London for a time , and brought out his translation of Wallenstein , which was purchased by the Messrs . Longman , on the con- dition that the English version , and Schiller's play in Ger- man , should be ...
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Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets, Volym 1 William Howitt Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1847 |
Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets William Howitt Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1863 |
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Sida 520 - Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.
Sida 5 - That shepherd who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
Sida 519 - Lady Clara Vere de Vere, Some meeker pupil you must find, For were you queen of all that is, I could not stoop to such a mind. You sought to prove how I could love, And my disdain is my reply. The lion on your old stone gates Is not more cold to you than I.
Sida 5 - Fast by the oracle of God; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly Thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples th...
Sida 4 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Sida 521 - Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords with might; Smote the chord of Self, that, trembling, pass'd in music out of sight.
Sida 524 - Fool, again the dream, the fancy ! but I know my words are wild, But I count the gray barbarian lower than the Christian child. I, to herd with narrow foreheads, vacant of our glorious gains, Like a beast with lower pleasures, like a beast with lower pains...
Sida 337 - But from that hour forgot the smart, And Peace bound up my broken heart. In prison I saw Him next, condemned To meet a traitor's doom at morn ; The tide of lying tongues I...
Sida 512 - A still salt pool, lock'd in with bars of sand, Left on the shore ; that hears all night The plunging seas draw backward from the land Their moon-led waters white.
Sida 524 - Not in vain the distance beacons. Forward, forward, let us range, Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change. Thro...