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... altered for ye worse ; perhaps in other respects better . " Col. Leigh has been in Dorsetshire and Sussex during my stay in " Town . I expect him at home towards the end of this week , and " hope to make him acquainted with you ere long ...
... altered for ye worse ; perhaps in other respects better . " Col. Leigh has been in Dorsetshire and Sussex during my stay in " Town . I expect him at home towards the end of this week , and " hope to make him acquainted with you ere long ...
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... alteration in that respect . When Mr. Hare prattles about the " Economy , " etc. , he sinks sadly ; -all such expressions are the mere cant of a schoolboy hovering round the Skirts of Criticism . Hodgson's tale is one of the best ...
... alteration in that respect . When Mr. Hare prattles about the " Economy , " etc. , he sinks sadly ; -all such expressions are the mere cant of a schoolboy hovering round the Skirts of Criticism . Hodgson's tale is one of the best ...
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... altered , in short you " will behold an ' Old friend with a new face . ' Were I to publish " all I have written in Rhyme , I should fill a decent Quarto ; how- " ever , half is quite enough at present . You shall have all when " we meet ...
... altered , in short you " will behold an ' Old friend with a new face . ' Were I to publish " all I have written in Rhyme , I should fill a decent Quarto ; how- " ever , half is quite enough at present . You shall have all when " we meet ...
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... alter nothing ; but I have high authority for " separate cover , the first proof sheet of your Lordship's Poem , " which is so good as to be entitled to all your care to render per- " fect . Besides its general merit , there are parts ...
... alter nothing ; but I have high authority for " separate cover , the first proof sheet of your Lordship's Poem , " which is so good as to be entitled to all your care to render per- " fect . Besides its general merit , there are parts ...
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... alter the Sentiments ; but if there are any alterations in the struc- ture of the versification you would wish to be made , I will tag rhymes and turn stanzas as much as you please . As for the " Orthodox , " let us hope they will buy ...
... alter the Sentiments ; but if there are any alterations in the struc- ture of the versification you would wish to be made , I will tag rhymes and turn stanzas as much as you please . As for the " Orthodox , " let us hope they will buy ...
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Page 124 - Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail.
Page 490 - Gul in her bloom; Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute: Where the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, In colour though varied, in beauty may vie, And the purple of ocean is deepest in dye; Where the virgins are soft as the roses they twine, And all, save the spirit of man, is divine?
Page 100 - Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers of his law. The people assembled; Mahomet called the hill to come to him again and again; and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit abashed, but said, If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill.
Page 335 - By the apostle Paul, shadows to-night Have struck more terror to the soul of Richard, Than can the substance of ten thousand soldiers, Armed in proof, and led by shallow Richmond.
Page 475 - And think'st thou, Scott! by vain conceit perchance, On public taste to foist thy stale romance, Though Murray with his Miller may combine To yield thy muse just half-a-crown per line? No! when the sons of song descend to trade, Their bays are sear, their former laurels fade. Let such forego the poet's sacred name, Who rack their brains for lucre, not for fame: Still for stern mammon may they toil in vain!
Page 390 - Birnam wood Do come to Dunsinane;" and now a wood Comes toward Dunsinane. Arm, arm, and out! If this which he avouches does appear, There is nor flying hence nor tarrying here. I gin to be aweary of the sun, And wish the estate o
Page 21 - A material resurrection seems strange and even absurd, except for purposes of punishment ; and all punishment which is to revenge rather than correct must be morally wrong ; and when the world is at an end, what moral or warning purpose can eternal tortures answer? Human passions have probably disfigured the divine doctrines here : — but the whole thing is inscrutable.
Page 70 - Tried as thou wert — even from thy earliest years, When wandering, yet unspoilt, a Highland boy — Tried as thou wert, and with thy soul of flame ; Pleasure, while yet the down was on thy cheek, Uplifting, pressing, and to lips like thine, Her charmed cup — ah, who among us all Could say he had not erred as much, and more ?
Page 320 - But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think...
Page 386 - Just returned from seeing Kean in Richard. By Jove, he is a soul ! Life — nature — truth without exaggeration or diminution. Kemble's Hamlet is perfect ; — but Hamlet is not Nature. Richard is a man ; and Kean is Richard.