The Literary Examiner: Consisting of the Indicator, a Review of Books, and Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose and VerseLeigh Hunt H.L. Hunt, 1823 - 412 páginas Contains all parts of the 'Literary Examiner'. Originally published as No. 1, Saturday July 5, 1823 - No. 26, Saturday Dec. 27, 1823. |
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... called , ( Cui cieco a torto il cieco volgo appella— ) or in the gay town days of Charles II . or a little afterwards . In both times , the portrait comes out by the force of contrast . In the first , I imagine an age of iron warfare ...
... called , ( Cui cieco a torto il cieco volgo appella— ) or in the gay town days of Charles II . or a little afterwards . In both times , the portrait comes out by the force of contrast . In the first , I imagine an age of iron warfare ...
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... called " the walking library of our nation . " It is not the pleasantest idea of him ; but the library included poetry and wit , as well as heraldry and the Jewish doctors . His Table Talk is equally pithy and pleasant , and truly ...
... called " the walking library of our nation . " It is not the pleasantest idea of him ; but the library included poetry and wit , as well as heraldry and the Jewish doctors . His Table Talk is equally pithy and pleasant , and truly ...
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... called in question , For had he not been Hercules , his span Had been as short in youth , as indigestion Made his last illness , when , all worn and wan , He died beneath a tree , as much unblest on The soil of the green province he had ...
... called in question , For had he not been Hercules , his span Had been as short in youth , as indigestion Made his last illness , when , all worn and wan , He died beneath a tree , as much unblest on The soil of the green province he had ...
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... called peaceable , for when it is their interest to quarrel , they take offence at a straw . You may tread on their toes , and obtain pardon for asking ; but should a friend sur- pass them in the world , he can never hope to be forgiven ...
... called peaceable , for when it is their interest to quarrel , they take offence at a straw . You may tread on their toes , and obtain pardon for asking ; but should a friend sur- pass them in the world , he can never hope to be forgiven ...
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... called myself his friend . Never shall I forget the gentle but continued pressure of that hand , his echo of the word " friend , " his tears , and , at the last , his clinging to me like an infant to its nurse ! There is a magic in ...
... called myself his friend . Never shall I forget the gentle but continued pressure of that hand , his echo of the word " friend , " his tears , and , at the last , his clinging to me like an infant to its nurse ! There is a magic in ...
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Página 98 - Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures, While the landscape round it measures ; Russet lawns, and fallows gray...
Página 307 - Around : the wild fowl nestled in the brake And sedges, brooding in their liquid bed ; The woods sloped downwards to its brink, and stood With their green faces fix'd upon the flood.
Página 27 - He wrote this Polar melody, and set it, Duly accompanied by shrieks and groans, "Which few will sing, I trust, but none forget it — For I will teach, if possible, the stones To rise against Earth's tyrants.
Página 133 - So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.
Página 71 - And bid her steal into the pleached bower, Where honeysuckles, ripened by the sun, Forbid the sun to enter— like favourites, Made proud by princes, that advance their pride Against that power that bred it.
Página 21 - ... was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a passive acquiescence in popular traditions. He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of inchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the water-falls of Elysian gardens.
Página 119 - I will tell you something which may amaze you a little more, and I hope will frighten you. It is such men as you who madden the spirits and the patience of the poor and wretched; and if ever a convulsion comes in this country (which is very probable), recollect what I tell you : you will have your...
Página 106 - there was no matter," And proved it — 'twas no matter what he said: They say his system 'tis in vain to batter, Too subtle for the airiest human head; And yet who can believe it? I would shatter Gladly all matters, down to stone or lead, Or adamant, to find the world a spirit, And wear my head, denying that I wear it.
Página 132 - I take my subjects' money, when I want it, without all this formality of parliament?" The bishop of Durham readily answered, "God forbid, Sir, but you should: you are the breath of our nostrils." Whereupon the King turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, "Well, my Lord, what say you?" "Sir," replied the bishop, "I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases." The King answered, "No put-offs, my Lord; answer me presently.
Página 307 - Its outlet dash'd into a deep cascade, Sparkling with foam, until again subsiding, Its shriller echoes — like an infant made Quiet— sank into softer ripples...