Lectures on English Poetry: From the Reign of Edward the Third, to the Time of Burns and Cowper, Delivered at the Russell Institution, in 1827; with Miscellaneous Tales and Poems; Being the Literary Remains of the Late Henry NeeleSmith, Elder & Company, 1830 - 543 páginas |
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... wonder , but no truth . Still do I not complain of them ; nor would I have them other than what they are . They are They are delightful , and matchless in their way . dreams : glorious , soul - entrancing dreams . They are audacious ...
... wonder , but no truth . Still do I not complain of them ; nor would I have them other than what they are . They are They are delightful , and matchless in their way . dreams : glorious , soul - entrancing dreams . They are audacious ...
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... wonder at , we scarcely pity him , so splendid is the prize for which he is content to- " Let Rome in Tiber melt , and the wide arch Of the ranged empire fall ! " The Reader - for this is not on the list of acting- plays , -is himself ...
... wonder at , we scarcely pity him , so splendid is the prize for which he is content to- " Let Rome in Tiber melt , and the wide arch Of the ranged empire fall ! " The Reader - for this is not on the list of acting- plays , -is himself ...
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... wonder the vile envy of the base Pursued thee , when the noble could not bear thee : They cursed thee , as Negroes curse the Sun , Because thy shining glories blacken'd them . " Of the remaining Tragedians of this School , Rowe , Hughes ...
... wonder the vile envy of the base Pursued thee , when the noble could not bear thee : They cursed thee , as Negroes curse the Sun , Because thy shining glories blacken'd them . " Of the remaining Tragedians of this School , Rowe , Hughes ...
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... Sancho ; but who can wonder that Butler should have failed in co- pying from such models as these ? The Knight of La Mancha is , like Shakspeare's Richard , " him- self - alone ! " The Book in which his I 2 ENGLISH POETRY . 171.
... Sancho ; but who can wonder that Butler should have failed in co- pying from such models as these ? The Knight of La Mancha is , like Shakspeare's Richard , " him- self - alone ! " The Book in which his I 2 ENGLISH POETRY . 171.
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... wonder of all who were present at the ceremony . Three days had elapsed after the nuptials , and Don Pedro was yet inseparable from his beautiful Queen ; to whom , those about him began to hope that he would become really and ...
... wonder of all who were present at the ceremony . Three days had elapsed after the nuptials , and Don Pedro was yet inseparable from his beautiful Queen ; to whom , those about him began to hope that he would become really and ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 70 - Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water.
Página 101 - As a sick girl. Ye gods ! it doth amaze me A man of such a feeble temper should So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone.
Página 202 - Sweet Day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. Sweet Rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die.
Página 368 - With saintly shout and solemn jubilee. Where the bright Seraphim in burning row Their loud uplifted angel-trumpets blow. And the Cherubic host in thousand quires Touch their immortal harps of golden wires. With those just spirits that wear victorious palms. Hymns devout and holy psalms Singing everlastingly: That we on earth with undiscording voice May rightly answer that melodious noise; As once we did.
Página 183 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his loved mansionry that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed The air is delicate.
Página 116 - Sheds itself through the face, As alone there triumphs to the life All the gain, all the good, of the elements
Página 33 - tis true, this god did shake : His coward lips did from their colour fly ; And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him, and write his speeches in their books, , Alas ! it cried, " Give me some drink, Titinius,
Página 203 - ... to-night, For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue angry and brave Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die. Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like season'd timber, never gives ; But though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives.
Página 71 - Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full resounding line, The long majestic march, and energy divine : Though still some traces of our rustic vein And splay-foot verse remain'd, and will remain.
Página 91 - A blank, my lord : She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i...