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... Poets of America , . 278 POETRY- Alarmed Skipper , Party , Metaphysics of , · • 202 113 Panama , Old , . 205 238 1386 95 Sperm Oil , Snodgrass the Inventor , • . 272 . 430 Gray to White , € 167 Antlers from Germany , 95 • Gila , Gold ...
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... poet who foreruns the ages , Anticipating all that shall be said . O happy Reader ! having for thy text The magic book , whose Sybilline leaves have caught The rarest essence of all human thought ! O happy Poet ! by no critic vext ! How ...
... poet who foreruns the ages , Anticipating all that shall be said . O happy Reader ! having for thy text The magic book , whose Sybilline leaves have caught The rarest essence of all human thought ! O happy Poet ! by no critic vext ! How ...
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... poetic hyperbole of the Book of Jonah may tance from them : its waters , swollen by the melt- be taken to the strict letter ; and the prophet's ing of the snows on the Armenian hills , were first day's slow and interrupted pilgrimage ...
... poetic hyperbole of the Book of Jonah may tance from them : its waters , swollen by the melt- be taken to the strict letter ; and the prophet's ing of the snows on the Armenian hills , were first day's slow and interrupted pilgrimage ...
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... poet , to whom St. Paul has given the sanction of his authority : - Κρῆτες ἄει ψεῦσται , κάκα θέρια , γάστερες ἄργοι . This last phrase has , as will appear , its peculiar force - it expresses admirably tooth - money : " - 66 The ...
... poet , to whom St. Paul has given the sanction of his authority : - Κρῆτες ἄει ψεῦσται , κάκα θέρια , γάστερες ἄργοι . This last phrase has , as will appear , its peculiar force - it expresses admirably tooth - money : " - 66 The ...
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... poets , the painters , and the stage - players , " down to the rope - dancer and the merry An- drew . " In the other were combined the members of the English church , who were still Calvinistic , the Protestant non - conformists , the ...
... poets , the painters , and the stage - players , " down to the rope - dancer and the merry An- drew . " In the other were combined the members of the English church , who were still Calvinistic , the Protestant non - conformists , the ...
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Página 246 - There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa.
Página 246 - The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rufus, , — the hall which had resounded with acclamations at the inauguration of thirty kings, the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers, the hall where the eloquence of...
Página 241 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made, When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! — Scarce were the piteous accents said, When, with the Baron's casque, the maid To the nigh streamlet ran.
Página 210 - Whilst the wine-cup shines in light ! And yet, amidst that joy and uproar, Let us think of them that sleep, Full many a fathom deep, By thy wild and stormy steep, Elsinore ! Brave hearts ! to Britain's pride, Once so faithful and so true, On the deck of Fame that died With the gallant good Riou : Soft sigh the winds of heaven o'er their grave ! While the billow mournful rolls, And the mermaid's song condoles, Singing Glory to the souls Of the Brave ! THE MARINERS OF ENGLAND.
Página 52 - Thither have been carried, through successive ages, by the rude hands of gaolers, without one mourner following, the bleeding relics of men who had been the captains of armies, the leaders of parties, the oracles of senates, and the ornaments of courts.
Página 246 - Wales, conspicuous by his fine person and noble bearing. The gray old walls were hung with scarlet. The long galleries were crowded by an audience such as has rarely excited the fears or the emulation of an orator. There were gathered together, from all parts of a great, free, enlightened, and prosperous empire, grace and female loveliness, wit and learning, the representatives of every science and of every art.
Página 247 - But the answer was that nothing could be done without the Nabob's orders, that the Nabob was asleep, and that he would be angry if anybody woke him. Then the prisoners went mad with despair. They trampled each other down, fought for the places at the windows, fought for the pittance of water with which the cruel mercy of the murderers mocked their agonies, raved, prayed, blasphemed, implored the guards to fire among them.
Página 127 - And in the nights of winter, When the cold north winds blow, And the long howling of the wolves Is heard amidst the snow ; When round the lonely cottage Roars loud the tempest's din, And the good logs of Algidus Roar louder yet within...
Página 244 - That the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished:" and Mr Burke's bill of reform was framed with skill, introduced with eloquence, and supported by numbers.
Página 212 - The eclipse of Nature spreads my pall, The majesty of darkness shall Receive my parting ghost! This spirit shall return to Him Who gave its heavenly spark; Yet think not, Sun, it shall be dim When thou thyself art dark! No! it shall live again, and shine In bliss unknown to beams of thine, By Him recalled to breath, Who captive led captivity, Who robbed the grave of victory, And took the sting from death!