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... and improved by the admixture of those other lofty , perhaps yet loftier feelings , which arise from the contemplation of free and spacious nature herself . Edin- burgh , even were its population as great as that PETER'S LETTERS . 3.
... and improved by the admixture of those other lofty , perhaps yet loftier feelings , which arise from the contemplation of free and spacious nature herself . Edin- burgh , even were its population as great as that PETER'S LETTERS . 3.
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... Perhaps , however , the facts I have gathered may be nothing the worse for undergoing a more leisurely digestion in my own mind , before I think of conveying them to your's . Depend upon it , that I shall very soon put you in possession ...
... Perhaps , however , the facts I have gathered may be nothing the worse for undergoing a more leisurely digestion in my own mind , before I think of conveying them to your's . Depend upon it , that I shall very soon put you in possession ...
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... perhaps find less difficulty in joining in his sweeping sentences of con- clusion . He considers whiggery as having been the ruin of the independence of his country , and as forming , at this mo- ment , the principal engine for ...
... perhaps find less difficulty in joining in his sweeping sentences of con- clusion . He considers whiggery as having been the ruin of the independence of his country , and as forming , at this mo- ment , the principal engine for ...
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... perhaps , the most truly antique parts of the whole . And then such hair - such long luxurious tresses of radiant brown , braided with such serene grace upon that meek forehead ! If you have seen Canova's testa d'Helena , you may form ...
... perhaps , the most truly antique parts of the whole . And then such hair - such long luxurious tresses of radiant brown , braided with such serene grace upon that meek forehead ! If you have seen Canova's testa d'Helena , you may form ...
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... perhaps , have been more inclined to be a sharer in this violent sort of impatience ; but even now I approached the residence of J with any feelings assuredly rather than those of indifference . He was within when I called , and in a ...
... perhaps , have been more inclined to be a sharer in this violent sort of impatience ; but even now I approached the residence of J with any feelings assuredly rather than those of indifference . He was within when I called , and in a ...
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Page 124 - Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light: But, oh ! she dances such a way— No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.
Page 102 - All strength — all terror, single or in bands, That ever was put forth in personal form — Jehovah — with his thunder, and the choir Of shouting Angels, and the empyreal thrones — I pass them unalarmed.
Page 70 - Love had he found in huts where poor Men lie : His daily Teachers had been Woods and Rills, The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills.
Page 345 - On the soft grass through half a summer's day, With music lulled his indolent repose : And, in some fit of weariness, if he, When his own breath was silent, chanced to hear A distant strain, far sweeter than the sounds Which his poor skill could make, his Fancy fetched, Even from the blazing Chariot of the Sun, A beardless Youth, who touched a golden lute, And filled the illumined groves with ravishment.
Page 398 - With solemn touches,* troubled thoughts, and chase Anguish and doubt and fear and sorrow and pain From mortal or immortal minds. Thus they Breathing united force with fixed thought Moved on in silence to soft pipes that charmed Their painful steps o'er the burnt soil...
Page 80 - From that bleak tenement He, many an evening, to his distant home In solitude returning, saw the hills Grow larger in the darkness; all alone Beheld the stars come out above his head, And travelled through the wood, with no one near To whom he might confess the things he saw.
Page 340 - ... so thick the aery crowd swarmed and were straitened ; till, the signal given, behold a wonder ! they but now who seemed in bigness to surpass earth's giant sons, now less than smallest dwarfs in narrow room throng numberless...
Page 494 - As if their silent company were charged With peaceful admonitions for the heart Of all-beholding Man, earth's thoughtful lord ; Then, in full many a region, once like this The assured domain of calm simplicity And pensive quiet, an unnatural light Prepared for never-resting Labour's eyes...
Page 76 - I AM a son of Mars who have been in many wars, And show my cuts and scars wherever I come ; This here was for a wench, and that other in a trench, When welcoming the French at the sound of the drum.
Page 76 - And now a widow, I must mourn The pleasures that will ne'er return; No comfort but a hearty can, When I think on John Highlandman. RECITATIVO A pigmy scraper, wi...