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... volume of Ballads and Lyrical Pieces ; but we do really regret that Mr. Waiter Scott should have taken his notion of a heroic poem , from the song - and - recitation performances of Mr. Dibdin . 6 On these grounds we cannot but ...
... volume of Ballads and Lyrical Pieces ; but we do really regret that Mr. Waiter Scott should have taken his notion of a heroic poem , from the song - and - recitation performances of Mr. Dibdin . 6 On these grounds we cannot but ...
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... volume ; and we can easily conceive that the rich and deep shadows and reflections , the play and mixture of the solar and prismatic lights , must produce an effect at once original and enchanting . Mr. Flax- man is quoted in the ...
... volume ; and we can easily conceive that the rich and deep shadows and reflections , the play and mixture of the solar and prismatic lights , must produce an effect at once original and enchanting . Mr. Flax- man is quoted in the ...
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... volume commences with an introduc- tion to Geography , occupying 212 pages ; of which , on the whole , we are inclined to speak more favourably than of any thing which precedes it . If the discovery we have made rela- tive to the ...
... volume commences with an introduc- tion to Geography , occupying 212 pages ; of which , on the whole , we are inclined to speak more favourably than of any thing which precedes it . If the discovery we have made rela- tive to the ...
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... volume contains a translation of some of the author's best Idylls , originally composed in a free and florid prose , which suits the German language exceedingly well , but can hardly be rendered - tolerable in English . Gessner was so ...
... volume contains a translation of some of the author's best Idylls , originally composed in a free and florid prose , which suits the German language exceedingly well , but can hardly be rendered - tolerable in English . Gessner was so ...
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... volumes of sermons . And we cannot with- out regret reflect on the benefit that has been withheld by the inactivity of such a pen ; on the elevation of devotional sen timent to which many serious minds would at times have Hall's Sermon .
... volumes of sermons . And we cannot with- out regret reflect on the benefit that has been withheld by the inactivity of such a pen ; on the elevation of devotional sen timent to which many serious minds would at times have Hall's Sermon .
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Página 581 - With head up-raised, and look intent, And eye and ear attentive bent, And locks flung back, and lips apart, Like monument of Grecian art, In listening mood, she seemed to stand The guardian Naiad of the strand.
Página 593 - Then gleamed aloft his dagger bright! — — But hate and fury ill supplied The stream of life's exhausted tide, And all too late the advantage came, To turn the odds of deadly game; For, while the dagger gleamed on high, Reeled soul and sense, reeled brain and eye.
Página 592 - But fear not — doubt not — which thou wilt— We try this quarrel hilt to hilt." — Then each at once his falchion drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each...
Página 914 - For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
Página 591 - Like the loose crags, whose threatening mass Lay tottering o'er the hollow pass, As if an infant's touch' could urge Their headlong passage down the verge, With step and weapon forward flung, Upon the mountain-side they hung. The mountaineer cast glance of pride Along Benledi's living side, Then fixed his eye and sable brow Full on Fitz-James — " How sayst thou now ? These are Clan-Alpine's warriors true ; And, Saxon, I am Roderick Dhu...
Página 593 - Fitz-James's throat he sprung ; Received, but recked not of a wound, And locked his arms his foeman round. Now, gallant Saxon, hold thine own ! No maiden's hand is round thee thrown ! That desperate grasp thy frame might feel Through bars of brass and triple steel ! They tug, they strain ! down, down they go, The Gael above, Fitz-James below.
Página 933 - AMONG the deepest shades of night, Can there be one who sees my way ? Yes ; God is like a shining light, That turns the darkness into day. When every eye around me sleeps, May I not sin without control ? No ; for a constant watch he keeps On every thought of every soul.
Página 582 - E'en the slight hare-bell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread : What though upon her speech there hung The accents of the mountain tongue, Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, The listener held his breath to hear.
Página 580 - The antler'd monarch of the waste Sprung from his heathery couch in haste. But, ere his fleet career he took, The dew-drops from his flanks he shook ; like crested leader proud and high...
Página 733 - The Church, like the Ark of Noah, is worth saving: not for the sake of the unclean beasts that almost filled it, and probably made most noise and clamour in it, but for the little corner of rationality, that was as much distressed by the stink within, as by the tempest without.