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... satirist . But , as his views opened on a freer and wider horizon , every feeling of his nature kept pace with their enlargement ; and this inborn sad- ness , mingling itself with the effusions of his genius , became one of the chief ...
... satirist . But , as his views opened on a freer and wider horizon , every feeling of his nature kept pace with their enlargement ; and this inborn sad- ness , mingling itself with the effusions of his genius , became one of the chief ...
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... Satire , it seems , is in a fourth edition , a success rather above the middling run , but not much for a production which , from its topics , must be temporary , and of course be successful at first , or not at all . At this period ...
... Satire , it seems , is in a fourth edition , a success rather above the middling run , but not much for a production which , from its topics , must be temporary , and of course be successful at first , or not at all . At this period ...
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... satire to be his forte , and to that he had adhered , having written , during his stay at different places abroad , a Paraphrase of Horace's Art of Poetry , which would be a good finish to English Bards and Scotch Reviewers . He seemed ...
... satire to be his forte , and to that he had adhered , having written , during his stay at different places abroad , a Paraphrase of Horace's Art of Poetry , which would be a good finish to English Bards and Scotch Reviewers . He seemed ...
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... Satire , to be brought forth without delay . I did not , however , leave him so : before I quitted him I returned to the charge , and told him that I was so convinced of the merit of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage , that , as he had given ...
... Satire , to be brought forth without delay . I did not , however , leave him so : before I quitted him I returned to the charge , and told him that I was so convinced of the merit of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage , that , as he had given ...
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... Satiric rhyme first sprang from selfish spleen . You doubt ? - See Dryden , Pope , St. Patrick's Dean . * " Blank ... satires elevates the poetical , their poignancy detracts from the personal , character of the writers . " Not so of ...
... Satiric rhyme first sprang from selfish spleen . You doubt ? - See Dryden , Pope , St. Patrick's Dean . * " Blank ... satires elevates the poetical , their poignancy detracts from the personal , character of the writers . " Not so of ...
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Page 192 - Fair clime! where every season smiles Benignant o'er those blessed isles, Which, seen from far Colonna's height, Make glad the heart that hails the sight, And lend to loneliness delight. There mildly dimpling, Ocean's cheek Reflects the tints of many a peak Caught by the laughing tides that lave These Edens of the Eastern wave...
Page 316 - Be thou the rainbow to the storms of life ! The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, And tints to-morrow with prophetic ray...
Page 216 - It was the comparative insignificance of ourselves and our world, when placed in comparison with the mighty whole, of which it is an atom, that first led me to imagine that our pretensions to eternity might be over-rated. " This, and being early disgusted with a Calvinistic Scotch school, where I was cudgelled to church for the first ten years of my life, afflicted me with this malady; for, after all, it is, I believe, a disease of the mind as much as other kinds of hypochondria."* LETTEB 123.
Page 270 - By the apostle Paul, shadows to-night Have struck more terror to the soul of Richard, Than can the substance of ten thousand soldiers, Armed in proof, and led by shallow Richmond.
Page 11 - To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labour tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution.
Page 273 - Asiatics are not qualified to be republicans, but they have the liberty of demolishing despots, which is the next thing to it. To be the first man — not the Dictator — not the Sylla, but the Washington or the Aristides — the leader in talent and truth — is next to the Divinity i Franklin, Penn, and, next to these, either Brutus or Cassius — even Mirabeau — or St.
Page 286 - ... as the last breath of Brutus pronounced, and every day proves it. He is, perhaps, a little opiniated, as all men who are the centre of circles, wide or narrow — the Sir Oracles, in whose name two or three are gathered together — must be, and as even Johnson was ; but, withal, a valuable man, and less vain than success and even the consciousness of preferring ' the right to the expedient
Page 272 - I thought, if crushed, he would have fallen, when ' fractus illabitur orbis,' and not have been pared away to gradual insignificance ; that all this was not a mere jew of the gods, but a prelude to greater changes and mightier events. But men never advance beyond a certain point ; and here we are, retrograding to the dull, stupid old system, — balance of Europe — poising straws upon kings...
Page 32 - My poor mother died yesterday ! and I am on my way from town to attend her to the family vault. I heard one day of her illness, the next of her death. Thank God her last moments were most tranquil. I am told she was in little pain, and not aware of her situation. I now feel the truth of Mr. Gray's observation, ' That we can only have one mother.