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... called the degradation of its art . But cooler sense would have taught him , that exclusively to paint subjects , for which none but cathe- drals and churches could be purcha- sers , and which , from the custom of the country , neither ...
... called the degradation of its art . But cooler sense would have taught him , that exclusively to paint subjects , for which none but cathe- drals and churches could be purcha- sers , and which , from the custom of the country , neither ...
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... called him . " In those days , " Rebellion was good - luck ; " and the Cortes were " viceroys over the King . " The scale has turned since , and the kingly Cor- tes are now playing the fugitive , in place of El Rey Mata Florida . The ...
... called him . " In those days , " Rebellion was good - luck ; " and the Cortes were " viceroys over the King . " The scale has turned since , and the kingly Cor- tes are now playing the fugitive , in place of El Rey Mata Florida . The ...
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... called . George III . , ( honest man ! ) and Boney , and Fox , and Sheridan , and Pitt , and Windham , and Melville , and Gren- ville , are his peculiar property . His fame will repose for ever on their broad bottoms . Cruikshank may ...
... called . George III . , ( honest man ! ) and Boney , and Fox , and Sheridan , and Pitt , and Windham , and Melville , and Gren- ville , are his peculiar property . His fame will repose for ever on their broad bottoms . Cruikshank may ...
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... ( called the Flower of GNIDO , from the quarter of the city of Naples in which she lived , ) at the time when a friend of the poet's was enamoured of her . Nothing , we apprehend , can be more perfectly elegant- THE FLOWER OF GNIDO . 1 ...
... ( called the Flower of GNIDO , from the quarter of the city of Naples in which she lived , ) at the time when a friend of the poet's was enamoured of her . Nothing , we apprehend , can be more perfectly elegant- THE FLOWER OF GNIDO . 1 ...
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... called over the coals , even by the brethren of our own time , for the liberal use of " your Grace , " and the like sinful abomina- tions . - To be sure , Paul called a Ro- man dignitary , " Most noble Festus , " only for giving him a ...
... called over the coals , even by the brethren of our own time , for the liberal use of " your Grace , " and the like sinful abomina- tions . - To be sure , Paul called a Ro- man dignitary , " Most noble Festus , " only for giving him a ...
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Page 344 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Page 396 - Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.
Page 157 - ... the worm that dieth not, and the fire that is not quenched.
Page 265 - THE measure is English heroic verse without rime, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin, — rime being no necessary adjunct or true ornament of poem or good verse, in longer works especially, but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre...
Page 266 - ... apt numbers, fit quantity of syllables, and the sense variously drawn out from one verse into another...
Page 481 - Her voice was good, and the ditty fitted for it; it was that smooth song which was made by Kit Marlow, now at least fifty years ago; and the milkmaid's mother sung an answer to it, which was made by Sir Walter Raleigh, in his younger days. They were old-fashioned poetry, but choicely good; I think much better than the strong lines that are now in fashion in this critical age.
Page 482 - And we will sit upon the rocks, Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks, By shallow rivers to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals. And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle...
Page 288 - A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and shipping, Dirty and dusky, but as wide as eye Could reach, with here and there a sail just skipping In sight, then lost amidst the forestry Of masts; a wilderness of steeples peeping On tiptoe through their sea-coal canopy; A huge, dun cupola, like a foolscap crown On a fool's head - and there is London Town!
Page 482 - With coral clasps and amber studs: And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me, and be my love.
Page 481 - No, I thank you; but, I pray, do us a courtesy that shall stand you and your daughter in nothing, and yet we will think ourselves still something in your debt: it is but to sing us a song that was sung by your daughter when I last passed over this meadow, about eight or nine days since. MILK- WOMAN. What song was it, I pray? Was it, "Come, shepherds, deck your herds"? or "As at noon Dulcina rested"?