The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 1J. Ballantyne and Company, 1810 - Europe |
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... genius , he was sent to Eton by Mr Norris ; and by the exertions of his friends was enabled to enter a student at Trinity College , in 1777. In 1781 , he took his de- gree of master of a ts , and in 1791 was elected Greek professor of ...
... genius , he was sent to Eton by Mr Norris ; and by the exertions of his friends was enabled to enter a student at Trinity College , in 1777. In 1781 , he took his de- gree of master of a ts , and in 1791 was elected Greek professor of ...
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... genius , the course of his studies , and the tenor of his principles , but also those gay- er pursuits , that unfettered ease of his intercourse , and those fleeting varieties of involuntary inclination , which mark so lightly , and yet ...
... genius , the course of his studies , and the tenor of his principles , but also those gay- er pursuits , that unfettered ease of his intercourse , and those fleeting varieties of involuntary inclination , which mark so lightly , and yet ...
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... genius and of their fame , the actor is doomed to flourish but in his life - time ; or , at best , like the bards of uncivilized ages , is celebra- ted by tradition alone . The waters of time , which perpetually raise fresh verdure for ...
... genius and of their fame , the actor is doomed to flourish but in his life - time ; or , at best , like the bards of uncivilized ages , is celebra- ted by tradition alone . The waters of time , which perpetually raise fresh verdure for ...
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... genius of his art : that is , he has the faculty of producing an electrical sensation in the breasts of his audience . His voice is strong : his countenance is marked and dark ; his person , though muscular , is thin and tall : but in ...
... genius of his art : that is , he has the faculty of producing an electrical sensation in the breasts of his audience . His voice is strong : his countenance is marked and dark ; his person , though muscular , is thin and tall : but in ...
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... genius ; for he plays with great interest a long list of characters , which produce something of tragic effect , though , belonging to comedies , they forbid us from ranking Mr Dowton , upon their authority alone , among the performers ...
... genius ; for he plays with great interest a long list of characters , which produce something of tragic effect , though , belonging to comedies , they forbid us from ranking Mr Dowton , upon their authority alone , among the performers ...
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Page 303 - The current, that with gentle murmur glides, Thou know'st, being stopp'd, impatiently doth rage ; But, when his fair course is not hindered, He makes sweet music with the enamel'd stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage ; And so by many winding nooks he strays With willing sport to the wild ocean.
Page 333 - Lo, the poor Indian, whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, and hears Him in the wind...
Page 340 - THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry. For, well-a-day! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead ; •And he, neglected and oppressed, Wished to be with them, and at rest.
Page iv - An Inquiry into the Causes and Consequences of the Orders in Council, and an Examination of the Conduct of Great Britain towards the Neutral Commerce of America.
Page 429 - The outward shows of sky and earth, Of hill and valley, he has viewed; And impulses of deeper birth Have come to him in solitude. In common things that round us lie, Some random truths he can impart : The harvest of a quiet eye That broods and sleeps on his own heart.
Page 436 - O early ripe! to thy abundant store What could advancing age have added more? It might (what nature never gives the young) Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue.
Page 427 - Humble and rustic life was generally chosen because in that condition the essential passions of the heart find a better soil in which they can attain their maturity, are less under restraint, and speak a plainer and more emphatic language...
Page 430 - ... them on, nor ever lost; And to the bridge they came. They followed from the snowy bank Those footmarks, one by one, Into the middle of the plank; And further there were none ! — Yet some maintain that to this day She is a living child ; That you may see sweet Lucy Gray Upon the lonesome wild. O'er rough and smooth she trips along, And never looks behind; And sings a solitary song That whistles in the wind.
Page xxviii - You shall see him brought to bay, " Waken, lords and ladies gay." Louder, louder chant the lay, Waken, lords and ladies gay ; Tell them, youth, and mirth, and glee, Run a course as well as we, Time, stern huntsman ! who can baulk, Stanch as hound, and fleet as hawk? Think of this, and rise with day, Gentle lords and ladies gay.
Page xxiii - The violet in her greenwood bower, Where birchen boughs with hazels mingle, May boast itself the fairest flower In glen or copse or forest dingle. " Though fair her gems of azure hue Beneath the dewdrop's weight reclining, I've seen an eye of lovelier blue More sweet through watery lustre shining. " The summer sun that dew shall dry, Ere yet the sun be past its morrow, Nor longer in my false love's eye Remained the tear of parting sorrow ! " In turning over a volume of MS.