“The” Spirit of the Age, Or Contemporary PortraitsGalignani, 1825 |
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... person who makes , not him to whom it is applied . This is also the satire of a person of birth and quality , who measures all merit by external rank , that is , by his own standard . So his Lordship , in a " Letter to the Editor of my ...
... person who makes , not him to whom it is applied . This is also the satire of a person of birth and quality , who measures all merit by external rank , that is , by his own standard . So his Lordship , in a " Letter to the Editor of my ...
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... person who has kindled it , and who thus fatally quenches the sparks of both . It is not that Lord Byron is sometimes serious and sometimes trifling , sometimes profligate , and sometimes moral - but when he is most serious and most ...
... person who has kindled it , and who thus fatally quenches the sparks of both . It is not that Lord Byron is sometimes serious and sometimes trifling , sometimes profligate , and sometimes moral - but when he is most serious and most ...
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... person's best . His back- grounds ( and his later works are little else but back - grounds capitally made out ) are more attractive than the principal figures and most complicated actions of other writers . His works ( taken together ) ...
... person's best . His back- grounds ( and his later works are little else but back - grounds capitally made out ) are more attractive than the principal figures and most complicated actions of other writers . His works ( taken together ) ...
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... persons and misfortunes . The candour of Sir Walter's historic pen levels our bristling prejudices on this score , and sees fair play between Roundheads and Cavaliers , between Protestant and Papist . He is a wri- ter reconciling all ...
... persons and misfortunes . The candour of Sir Walter's historic pen levels our bristling prejudices on this score , and sees fair play between Roundheads and Cavaliers , between Protestant and Papist . He is a wri- ter reconciling all ...
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... eyeing the " rich strong , " or golden sky above him , and " goes sounding on his way , " in eloquent accents , uncompelled and free ! Persons of the greatest capacity are often those , who for this reason do the least ; MR . COLERIDGE .
... eyeing the " rich strong , " or golden sky above him , and " goes sounding on his way , " in eloquent accents , uncompelled and free ! Persons of the greatest capacity are often those , who for this reason do the least ; MR . COLERIDGE .
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Página 146 - He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
Página 116 - Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed, Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees, In fancy, fair St. Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled.
Página 137 - Far flashed the red artillery. But redder yet that light shall glow On Linden's hills of stained snow, And bloodier yet the torrent flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. 'Tis morn ; but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy.
Página 57 - Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he?
Página 116 - Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm gules on Madeline's fair breast...
Página 106 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Página 108 - It is the first mild day of March: Each minute sweeter than before, The red-breast sings from the tall larch That stands beside our door. There is a blessing in the air, Which seems a sense of joy to yield To the bare trees, and mountains bare, And grass in the green field.
Página 115 - Out went the taper as she hurried in ; Its little smoke, in pallid moonshine, died: She closed the door, she panted, all akin To spirits of the air, and visions wide : No uttered syllable, or, woe betide...
Página 136 - Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Página 119 - I WISH I was where Anna lies, For I am sick of lingering here ; And every hour, affection cries, Go and partake her humble bier. I wish I could ! for when she died, I lost my all ; and life has proved, Since that sad hour, a dreary void, A waste unlovely, and unloved.