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... passed in delicacy and beauty . Her knowledge of the science gives her a great advantage over her contempora- ries ; and it is only in the encore that her fancy and creative power are fully displayed . " From mighty Kings , ” a * Du ...
... passed in delicacy and beauty . Her knowledge of the science gives her a great advantage over her contempora- ries ; and it is only in the encore that her fancy and creative power are fully displayed . " From mighty Kings , ” a * Du ...
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... , but , on the contrary , they live in a state of the most perfect indifference . After having passed the Torre del An- nunziata , nunziata , you enter a fine valley situated between the 1821. ] 5 Letters from Pompeii .
... , but , on the contrary , they live in a state of the most perfect indifference . After having passed the Torre del An- nunziata , nunziata , you enter a fine valley situated between the 1821. ] 5 Letters from Pompeii .
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... passed the genius of a Molza and a Bembo , to whom Tuscany is indebted for the richness and completion of her language . We propose to give a short sketch of his life and writings from the very voluminous notices of Tira- boschi and ...
... passed the genius of a Molza and a Bembo , to whom Tuscany is indebted for the richness and completion of her language . We propose to give a short sketch of his life and writings from the very voluminous notices of Tira- boschi and ...
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... passed several days in the family of the Bishop , all learned and accomplished characters , who expressed the highest admiration for the Count on account of his agreea- ble and polished manners . In these , after the most scrupulous ...
... passed several days in the family of the Bishop , all learned and accomplished characters , who expressed the highest admiration for the Count on account of his agreea- ble and polished manners . In these , after the most scrupulous ...
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... passed the Great St. Bernard by a won- derful march , burst into Italy , and , after several minor successes , he ... passing in his carriage through the Rue St. Ni- caise , at 8 o'clock in the evening , a caise , 42 [ Aug. 1 , Memoirs ...
... passed the Great St. Bernard by a won- derful march , burst into Italy , and , after several minor successes , he ... passing in his carriage through the Rue St. Ni- caise , at 8 o'clock in the evening , a caise , 42 [ Aug. 1 , Memoirs ...
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Page 118 - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream: The genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
Page 103 - Save the wild wind and the remorseless dash Of billows; but at intervals there gush'd, Accompanied with a convulsive splash, A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in his agony.
Page 495 - The roar of waters!— from the headlong height Velino cleaves the wave-worn precipice; The fall of waters ! rapid as the light The flashing mass foams shaking the abyss; The hell of waters ! where they howl and hiss, And boil in endless torture; while the sweat Of their great agony, wrung out from this Their Phlegethon, curls round the rocks of jet That gird the gulf around, in pitiless horror set...
Page 308 - He made me no answer, but sat some time in a muse; then brake off that discourse and fell upon another subject. After the sickness was over and the city well cleansed, and become safely habitable again, he returned thither. And when afterwards I went to wait on him there, which I seldom failed of doing whenever my occasions drew me to London, he showed me his second poem, called
Page 105 - There were two fathers in this ghastly crew, And with them their two sons, of whom the one Was more robust and hardy to the view, But he died early ; and when he was gone, His nearest messmate told his sire, who threw One glance at him, and said, " Heaven's will be done, I can do nothing," and he saw him thrown Into the deep, without a tear or groan.
Page 199 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
Page 131 - Unhonour'd falls, unnoticed all his worth, Denied in heaven the soul he held on earth: While man, vain insect! hopes to be forgiven, And claims himself a sole exclusive heaven.
Page 307 - At my first sitting to read to him, observing that I used the English pronunciation, he told me if I would have the benefit of the Latin tongue, not only to read and understand Latin authors, but to converse with foreigners, either abroad or at home, I must learn the foreign pronunciation.
Page 308 - Thou hast said much here of Paradise Lost, but what hast thou to say of Paradise Found?
Page 105 - The other father had a weaklier child, Of a soft cheek, and aspect delicate ; But the boy bore up long, and with a mild And patient spirit held aloof his fate ; Little he said, and now and then he smiled, As if to win a part from off the weight He saw increasing on his father's heart, With the deep deadly thought, that they must part.