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Page 26
... beautiful red . ' Twas magic , in short , and deliciousness all ; — The very men - servants grew handsome and tall , To velvet - hung ivory the furniture turn'd , The service with opal and adamant burn'd , . Each candlestick chang'd to ...
... beautiful red . ' Twas magic , in short , and deliciousness all ; — The very men - servants grew handsome and tall , To velvet - hung ivory the furniture turn'd , The service with opal and adamant burn'd , . Each candlestick chang'd to ...
Page 56
... beautiful— On Lebanon at first his foot he set , And shook his wings with rosy may - dews wet . Milton , passing over the original in this passage , copies the translator , and , that nothing may be lost , adds attitude to the motion ...
... beautiful— On Lebanon at first his foot he set , And shook his wings with rosy may - dews wet . Milton , passing over the original in this passage , copies the translator , and , that nothing may be lost , adds attitude to the motion ...
Page 82
... most nobly treated . If after this they can still see nothing beautiful or great in Mr. Wordsworth's writings , we must conclude that their insight into the beauties of Spenser and Milton is imaginary ; and that they speak 82.
... most nobly treated . If after this they can still see nothing beautiful or great in Mr. Wordsworth's writings , we must conclude that their insight into the beauties of Spenser and Milton is imaginary ; and that they speak 82.
Page 84
... equally artless . I pass over the contingent parts of the Preface , though touching out , as they go , some beautiful ideas respecting poets and poetry in general , both because I have neither time nor room to consider them 84.
... equally artless . I pass over the contingent parts of the Preface , though touching out , as they go , some beautiful ideas respecting poets and poetry in general , both because I have neither time nor room to consider them 84.
Page 87
... beautiful ; but what do we meet there ? Idiot Boys , Mad Mothers , Wandering Jews , Visitations of Ague , and Fren- zied Mariners , who are fated to accost us with tales that almost make one's faculties topple over . * - These are his ...
... beautiful ; but what do we meet there ? Idiot Boys , Mad Mothers , Wandering Jews , Visitations of Ague , and Fren- zied Mariners , who are fated to accost us with tales that almost make one's faculties topple over . * - These are his ...
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