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... expression , and desired him to write those words down also as part of the inspired passage . The consequence was that Ebn Saad began to think himself as great a pro- phet as the master , and took upon himself to imitate the Koran ...
... expression , and desired him to write those words down also as part of the inspired passage . The consequence was that Ebn Saad began to think himself as great a pro- phet as the master , and took upon himself to imitate the Koran ...
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... expression beautifully fanciful . A Greek poet wrote this inscription for a statue of Niobe- The Gods , from living turned me to stone : Praxiteles , from stone , restored me to life . P. Commire , a pleasing writer of Latin verse ...
... expression beautifully fanciful . A Greek poet wrote this inscription for a statue of Niobe- The Gods , from living turned me to stone : Praxiteles , from stone , restored me to life . P. Commire , a pleasing writer of Latin verse ...
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... EXPRESSION . There are men who have just thoughts on every sub- fceble They conceived well , but they produce badly . ject ; but it is not perceived , because their expressions are Erasmus acutely observed - alluding to what then much ...
... EXPRESSION . There are men who have just thoughts on every sub- fceble They conceived well , but they produce badly . ject ; but it is not perceived , because their expressions are Erasmus acutely observed - alluding to what then much ...
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... expressions , and certain turns , have become somewhat obsolete , all the rest will last for ever , and outlive the criticisms they have undergone . ' Menage has here certainly uttered a false prophecy . The curious only look over her ...
... expressions , and certain turns , have become somewhat obsolete , all the rest will last for ever , and outlive the criticisms they have undergone . ' Menage has here certainly uttered a false prophecy . The curious only look over her ...
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... expression , formed the broken cant of his criticisms . The honest poet was stung with vexation ; for , in general , the parts at which his lordship hesitated were those of which he was most sa- tisfied . As he returned home with Sir ...
... expression , formed the broken cant of his criticisms . The honest poet was stung with vexation ; for , in general , the parts at which his lordship hesitated were those of which he was most sa- tisfied . As he returned home with Sir ...
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Page 150 - tis said, when all were fired, Filled with fury, rapt, inspired, From the supporting myrtles round They snatched her instruments of sound; And, as they oft had heard, apart, Sweet lessons of her forceful art, Each, for Madness ruled the hour, Would prove his own expressive power. First Fear his hand, its skill to try, Amid the chords bewildered laid, And back recoiled, he knew not why, E'en at the sound himself had made.
Page 193 - Chaste women are often proud and froward, as presuming upon the merit of their chastity. It is one of the best bonds, both of chastity and obedience, in the wife if she think her husband wise, which she will never do if she find him jealous. Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses, so as a man may have a quarrel to marry when he will.
Page 100 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Page 181 - ... before him ; if in this the most consummate act of his fidelity and ripeness, no years, no industry, no former proof of his abilities can bring him to that state of maturity, as not to be still mistrusted and suspected, unless he carry all his considerate diligence, all his midnight watchings, and expense of Palladian oil, to the hasty view of an unleisured licenser, perhaps much his younger, perhaps far his inferior in judgment, perhaps one who never knew the labour of bookwriting...
Page 9 - For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age.
Page 181 - When a man writes to the world, he summons up all his reason and deliberation to assist him. He searches, meditates, is industrious, and likely consults and confers with his judicious friends; after all which done, he takes himself to be informed in what he writes, as well as any that writ before him.
Page 122 - God's sake, when shall I see thee again ? On my soul I shall neither eat nor sleep until you come again. The earl told him on Monday (this being on the Friday). For God's sake let me...
Page 150 - The birds their quire apply ; airs, vernal airs, Breathing the smell of field and grove, attune The trembling leaves, while universal Pan, Knit with the Graces and the Hours in dance, Led on the eternal Spring.
Page 148 - On a rock whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Streamed like a meteor to the troubled air), And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre.
Page 261 - Thus accoutred, the Lady Arabella stole out with a gentleman about three o'clock in the afternoon. She...