The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals and His Life, Volume 15John Murray, 1847 |
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... mother's eye . Lord Byron knows the add.- tional vigour to be found in drawing from the life ; and his portraiture of the literary matron , who is , like Michael Cassio , a great arithmetician , some touches on the folly of female ...
... mother's eye . Lord Byron knows the add.- tional vigour to be found in drawing from the life ; and his portraiture of the literary matron , who is , like Michael Cassio , a great arithmetician , some touches on the folly of female ...
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... mother of his child . It is indeed a sad and an humiliating thing to know , that in the same year there proceeded from the same pen two productions , in all things so different , as the Fourth Canto of Childe Harold and this loathsome ...
... mother of his child . It is indeed a sad and an humiliating thing to know , that in the same year there proceeded from the same pen two productions , in all things so different , as the Fourth Canto of Childe Harold and this loathsome ...
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... mother . Now , the author — and we may believe him in this doth expressly state that the " British " is his " Grandmother's Review ; " and if , as I think I have distinctly proved , this was not a mere figurative allusion to your ...
... mother . Now , the author — and we may believe him in this doth expressly state that the " British " is his " Grandmother's Review ; " and if , as I think I have distinctly proved , this was not a mere figurative allusion to your ...
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... mother something of the " perfer- vidum ingenium Scotorum . " I have not sought , and shall not seek it , and perhaps it may never come in my path . I do not in this allude to the party , who might be right or wrong ; but to many who ...
... mother something of the " perfer- vidum ingenium Scotorum . " I have not sought , and shall not seek it , and perhaps it may never come in my path . I do not in this allude to the party , who might be right or wrong ; but to many who ...
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... mother , if you'd rather . quences the doctrine of a godless nature , as the sole ground and efficient cause not only of all things , events , and appearances , but likewise of all our thoughts , sensations , impulses , and actions ...
... mother , if you'd rather . quences the doctrine of a godless nature , as the sole ground and efficient cause not only of all things , events , and appearances , but likewise of all our thoughts , sensations , impulses , and actions ...
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Page 221 - And first one universal shriek there rush'd, Louder than the loud ocean, like a crash Of echoing thunder; and then all was hush'd, 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 88 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Page 91 - But ye were dead To things ye knew not of, — were closely wed To musty laws lined out with wretched rule And compass vile; so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tallied. Easy was the task: A thousand handicraftsmen wore the mask Of Poesy.
Page 88 - Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies ; His wit all see-saw between that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis.
Page 321 - 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 329 - Soft hour ! which wakes the wish and melts the heart Of those who sail the seas, on the first day When they from their sweet friends are torn apart ; Or fills with love the pilgrim on his way, As the far bell of vesper makes him start, Seeming to weep the dying day's decay.
Page 317 - Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations; — all were his! He counted them at break of day, And when the sun set, where were they?
Page 316 - The isles of Greece ! the isles of Greece ! "Where burning Sappho loved and sung, — Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.
Page 276 - They are right; for man, to man so oft unjust, Is always so to women; one sole bond Awaits them, treachery is all their trust; Taught to conceal, their bursting hearts despond Over their idol, till some wealthier lust Buys them in marriage — and what rests beyond? A thankless husband, next a faithless lover, Then dressing, nursing, praying, and all's over.
Page 327 - tis the hour of prayer ! Ave Maria ! 'tis the hour of love ! Ave Maria ! may our spirits dare Look up to thine and to thy Son's above ! Ave Maria ! oh that face so fair ! Those downcast eyes beneath the Almighty dove — What though 'tis but a pictured image strike, That painting is no idol, — 'tis too like.