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... feeling under which Shelley writhed only too intensely . Both were made to feel that in and to , and for , this world , Genius is a splendid error at best a dazzling indiscretion - and entirely out of place on the surface of a material ...
... feeling under which Shelley writhed only too intensely . Both were made to feel that in and to , and for , this world , Genius is a splendid error at best a dazzling indiscretion - and entirely out of place on the surface of a material ...
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... feel that it possesses epic proprieties , and still more wonderous attributes , not to be profanely treated . That these points may be settled to the satisfaction of the English reader , we have caused a prose literal version of it to ...
... feel that it possesses epic proprieties , and still more wonderous attributes , not to be profanely treated . That these points may be settled to the satisfaction of the English reader , we have caused a prose literal version of it to ...
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... feel it most Are happier still , after long sufferings , As I shall soon become . Panthea . List ! Spirits speak ... feel , yet see thee never , As I feel now , lost for ever ! Lamp of Earth ! where'er thou movest , Its dim shapes are ...
... feel it most Are happier still , after long sufferings , As I shall soon become . Panthea . List ! Spirits speak ... feel , yet see thee never , As I feel now , lost for ever ! Lamp of Earth ! where'er thou movest , Its dim shapes are ...
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... feel above . We have pass'd Age's icy caves , And Manhood's dark and tossing waves , And Youth's smooth ocean , smiling to betray : Beyond the glassy gulphs we flee Of shadow - peopled Infancy , Through Death and Birth , to a diviner ...
... feel above . We have pass'd Age's icy caves , And Manhood's dark and tossing waves , And Youth's smooth ocean , smiling to betray : Beyond the glassy gulphs we flee Of shadow - peopled Infancy , Through Death and Birth , to a diviner ...
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... feel ; trying to look calm , but quivering with emotion . " How long have you lived in my family , Wilmot ? " enquired the baronet in no gentle tone . " About four years , Sir William ; and I have served you faithfully— you know I have ...
... feel ; trying to look calm , but quivering with emotion . " How long have you lived in my family , Wilmot ? " enquired the baronet in no gentle tone . " About four years , Sir William ; and I have served you faithfully— you know I have ...
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Page 63 - The Romish doctrine concerning Purgatory, Pardons, Worshipping, and Adoration, as well of Images as of Reliques, and also Invocation of Saints, is a fond thing vainly invented, and grounded upon no warranty of Scripture, but rather repugnant to the Word of God.
Page 621 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Page 605 - Henceforth I learn that to obey is best, And love with fear the only God, to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His providence, and on him sole depend...
Page 607 - Not in despair, to have found themselves not lost In loss itself; which on his countenance cast Like doubtful hue: but he, his wonted pride Soon recollecting, with high words, that bore Semblance of worth, not substance, gently raised Their fainting courage, and dispelled their fears.
Page 607 - A shout, that tore hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. All in a moment, through the gloom, were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air, With orient colours waving...
Page 598 - ... that epic form whereof the two poems of Homer, and those other two of Virgil and Tasso, are a diffuse, and the book of Job a brief model...
Page 122 - Their breath is agitation, and their life A storm whereon they ride, to sink at last; And yet so nursed and bigoted to strife, That should their days, surviving perils past, Melt to calm twilight, they feel overcast With sorrow and supineness, and so die : Even as a flame unfed, .which runs to waste With its own flickering, or a sword laid by Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
Page 376 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 349 - We have not yet found them all, Lords and Commons, nor ever shall do, till her Master's second coming ; he shall bring together every joint and member, and shall mould them into an immortal feature of loveliness and perfection.
Page 120 - Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure. We read Milton for instruction, retire harassed and overburdened, and look elsewhere for recreation; we desert our master, and seek for companions.