On the blindness of Homer, Ossian, and Milton. The Valley of the Rye, continued. On the character and writings of Sir Thomas Browne. Critical remarks on "The judgement, a vision", a poem by Mr. Hillhouse of New York. Remarks on social worshipLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822 |
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... spirits risen from the force of genius , beyond the com- mon range of human effort , that , were it not for these touches of infirmity , we should be apt to consider them , dazzled by the splendour of their intellectual powers , as ...
... spirits risen from the force of genius , beyond the com- mon range of human effort , that , were it not for these touches of infirmity , we should be apt to consider them , dazzled by the splendour of their intellectual powers , as ...
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... spirit and fidelity . Speaking of the chief personages in the court of the late king , who are all masked , you remember , under He- brew appellations , he thus paints our singularly accomplished , D 2 . EVENINGS IN AUTUMN . 35.
... spirit and fidelity . Speaking of the chief personages in the court of the late king , who are all masked , you remember , under He- brew appellations , he thus paints our singularly accomplished , D 2 . EVENINGS IN AUTUMN . 35.
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... spirit and fidelity with which Dryden has sketched the general manners , and ostensible character of the Duke , it is worthy of remark , that he has , with a forbearance , not common in a poetical satirist , and especially in one who ...
... spirit and fidelity with which Dryden has sketched the general manners , and ostensible character of the Duke , it is worthy of remark , that he has , with a forbearance , not common in a poetical satirist , and especially in one who ...
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... the castle . " How calm and soothing is this scene , " said the latter , as he hearkened to the cadence of the river ; " and how refreshing to the wearied spirits ! more especially , if we compare its pre- 46 EVENINGS IN AUTUMN .
... the castle . " How calm and soothing is this scene , " said the latter , as he hearkened to the cadence of the river ; " and how refreshing to the wearied spirits ! more especially , if we compare its pre- 46 EVENINGS IN AUTUMN .
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Nathan Drake. spirits ! more especially , if we compare its pre- sent stillness and repose with what must have been its state in days of yore ; for I perceive , that this castle has been a place of uncommon strength ; and , no doubt ...
Nathan Drake. spirits ! more especially , if we compare its pre- sent stillness and repose with what must have been its state in days of yore ; for I perceive , that this castle has been a place of uncommon strength ; and , no doubt ...
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Página 271 - Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day...
Página 282 - The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Página 271 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill...
Página 36 - In the first rank of these did Zimri' stand, A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Página 190 - O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers ! Whence are thy beams, O sun ! thy everlasting light ! Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty ; the stars hide themselves in the sky ; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave ; but thou thyself movest aloive.
Página 278 - To hoarse or mute, though fallen on evil days, On evil days though fallen, and evil tongues, In darkness, and with dangers compassed round, And solitude ; yet not alone, while thou Visit'st my slumbers nightly, or when morn Purples the east. Still govern thou my song, Urania, and fit audience find, though few.
Página 190 - When the world is dark with tempests, when thunder rolls and lightning flies, thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds, and laughest at the storm. But to Ossian thou lookest in vain, for he beholds thy beams no more; whether thy yellow hair flows on the eastern clouds, or thou tremblest at the gates of the west.
Página 70 - Thus there are two books from whence I collect my divinity — besides that written one of God, another of his servant nature ; that universal and public manuscript, that lies expanded unto the eyes of all — those that never saw him in the one, have discovered him in the other.
Página 36 - Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy ! Railing and praising were his usual themes, And both to show his judgment, in extremes : So over violent or over civil, That every man with him was God or devil.
Página 270 - Orphean lyre I sung of chaos and eternal Night, Taught by the heavenly Muse to venture down The dark descent, and up to reascend, Though hard and rare.