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... holy , and beautiful , and true , but there will be listening hearts , and attentive
minds ,
... holy , and beautiful , and true , but there will be listening hearts , and attentive
minds ,
Page x
Scarcely , however , need the true Poet be told this ; he knows full well that the
glorious talent with which he is entrusted , is for the enjoyment of others , no less
than of himself — it cannot be made to minister to his special delight only , and if
it ...
Scarcely , however , need the true Poet be told this ; he knows full well that the
glorious talent with which he is entrusted , is for the enjoyment of others , no less
than of himself — it cannot be made to minister to his special delight only , and if
it ...
Page 15
I care not to be like the Horeb calf , One day adored , the next pasht all in pieces ,
Nor do I envy Polyphemian puffs , Switzer's sloped greatness . I adore the sun ,
Yet love to live within a temperate zone . Old Play , 1601 . True adoration ...
I care not to be like the Horeb calf , One day adored , the next pasht all in pieces ,
Nor do I envy Polyphemian puffs , Switzer's sloped greatness . I adore the sun ,
Yet love to live within a temperate zone . Old Play , 1601 . True adoration ...
Page 22
Perfumes , the more they're chafed , the more they render Their pleasant scents ;
and so affliction Expresseth virtue fully , whether true , Or else adulterate . John
Webster . Like a ball that bounds According to the force with which ' t was thrown
...
Perfumes , the more they're chafed , the more they render Their pleasant scents ;
and so affliction Expresseth virtue fully , whether true , Or else adulterate . John
Webster . Like a ball that bounds According to the force with which ' t was thrown
...
Page 34
But let eternal infamy pursue The wretch to nought but his ambition true , Who ,
for the sake of filling with one blast The post - horns of all Europe , lays her waste
. Think yourself stationed on a towering rock , To see a people scatter'd like a ...
But let eternal infamy pursue The wretch to nought but his ambition true , Who ,
for the sake of filling with one blast The post - horns of all Europe , lays her waste
. Think yourself stationed on a towering rock , To see a people scatter'd like a ...
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| Title | Cyclopędia of poetical quotations ... Edited by H. G. Adams |
| Author | Henry Gardiner ADAMS |
| Editor | Henry Gardiner ADAMS |
| Publisher | Robert Forrester, 1865 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 24 Feb 2015 |
| Length | 16 pages |
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