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... became tedious , by having nothing to do with the subject . The writers seem not to have been aware that misplaced beauties lose their charms . In closing our remarks upon this poet - and we have been somewhat minute , as he stands ...
... became tedious , by having nothing to do with the subject . The writers seem not to have been aware that misplaced beauties lose their charms . In closing our remarks upon this poet - and we have been somewhat minute , as he stands ...
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... became admirable profi- cients in classical learning . Lady Jane Grey , as well as the queen , were illustrious examples of female taste and acquirements of that day . They were all ac- quainted with household affairs , while celebrated ...
... became admirable profi- cients in classical learning . Lady Jane Grey , as well as the queen , were illustrious examples of female taste and acquirements of that day . They were all ac- quainted with household affairs , while celebrated ...
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... became set- tled , and sound judgment corrected the errors which en- thusiasm had scattered among her brilliant productions . Spenser and Shakspeare now arose , with a host of mighty minds , in the several walks of learning , which left ...
... became set- tled , and sound judgment corrected the errors which en- thusiasm had scattered among her brilliant productions . Spenser and Shakspeare now arose , with a host of mighty minds , in the several walks of learning , which left ...
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... became his equals , and some his superiors . Milton openly avowed his obligations to Spenser , and Beattie built his Minstrel upon Spenser's models . Many men of literary renown have become his commentators . Hurd , Justin , Upton 34.
... became his equals , and some his superiors . Milton openly avowed his obligations to Spenser , and Beattie built his Minstrel upon Spenser's models . Many men of literary renown have become his commentators . Hurd , Justin , Upton 34.
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... became a Protestant through the medium of Greek literature . He was an admirer of Sir Thomas More , and followed his example in bringing out his works ' in the English lan- guage . He was one of the formers fe literary cha- racter of ...
... became a Protestant through the medium of Greek literature . He was an admirer of Sir Thomas More , and followed his example in bringing out his works ' in the English lan- guage . He was one of the formers fe literary cha- racter of ...
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Page 257 - Now o'er the one half world Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse The curtain'd sleep ; now witchcraft celebrates Pale Hecate's offerings ; and wither'd murder, Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf. Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design, Moves like a ghost.
Page 254 - And sullen Moloch, fled, Hath left in shadows dread His burning idol all of blackest hue ; In vain with cymbals' ring They call the grisly king, In dismal dance about the furnace blue ; The brutish gods of Nile as fast, Isis, and Orus, and the dog Anubis, haste...
Page 69 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With Nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown : He raised a mortal to the skies: She drew an angel down.
Page 53 - All hail, great master! grave sir, hail ! I come To answer thy best pleasure ; be't to fly, To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride On the curl'd clouds ; to thy strong bidding, task Ariel, and all his quality.
Page 253 - In consecrated earth And on the holy hearth The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint; In urns, and altars round A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamens at their service quaint; And the chill marble seems to sweat, While each peculiar Power foregoes his wonted seat.
Page 104 - How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part, which laws or kings can cause or cure ! Still to ourselves in every place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find : With secret course, which no loud storms annoy, Glides the smooth current of domestic joy. The lifted axe, the agonising wheel, Luke's iron crown, and Damien's bed of steel, To men remote from power but rarely known, Leave reason, faith, and conscience, all our own.
Page 64 - I saw them under a green mantling vine, That crawls along the side of yon small hill, Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots. Their port was more than human as they stood : I took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i
Page 157 - I do remember well the hour which burst My spirit's sleep: a fresh May-dawn it was, When I walked forth upon the glittering grass, And wept, I knew not why; until there rose From the near schoolroom, voices, that, alas! Were but one echo from a world of woes — The harsh and grating strife of tyrants and of foes.
Page 52 - His nature is too noble for the world : He would not flatter Neptune for his trident, Or Jove for his power to thunder.
Page 69 - Music the fiercest grief can. charm, And Fate's severest rage disarm ; Music can soften pain to ease, And make despair and madness please : Our joys below it can improve, And antedate the bliss above. This the divine Cecilia found, And to her Maker's praise confin'd the sound. When the full organ joins the tuneful quire, Th...