An Historical and Critical Memoir of the Life and Writings of the Right Honorable Lord Byron: With Anecdotes of Some of His ContemporariesT. McLean, 1822 - 427 էջ |
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... becomes a duty as well as a pleasure to examine into the character of the prevailing poetry of the age and country in which we live , as thereby a correct idea may be formed of the advance that has been made both in literary taste and ...
... becomes a duty as well as a pleasure to examine into the character of the prevailing poetry of the age and country in which we live , as thereby a correct idea may be formed of the advance that has been made both in literary taste and ...
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... circumstances , arm him with more than ordinary power to enable him to carry his object into effect , it becomes a duty to lay open his personal history , that it may be seen whe- INTRODUCTION . 7 ther he , who seeks to create.
... circumstances , arm him with more than ordinary power to enable him to carry his object into effect , it becomes a duty to lay open his personal history , that it may be seen whe- INTRODUCTION . 7 ther he , who seeks to create.
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... are there any , as it should seem , to restrain or correct the liberty which every person takes to become the censor and judge of such cha- racters . " - Baillet . CHAPTER I. Genealogical History . - Grant of Newstead Abbey.
... are there any , as it should seem , to restrain or correct the liberty which every person takes to become the censor and judge of such cha- racters . " - Baillet . CHAPTER I. Genealogical History . - Grant of Newstead Abbey.
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... become by the fami- liarity of distress . Mr. Byron was the only one who , having a few dried shell - fish in his pocket , from time to time dropped one into the poor fellow's mouth - an act of kindness which only prolonged his torture ...
... become by the fami- liarity of distress . Mr. Byron was the only one who , having a few dried shell - fish in his pocket , from time to time dropped one into the poor fellow's mouth - an act of kindness which only prolonged his torture ...
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... become gall and wormwood . The mind of the new husband was vitiated , and his manners were brutal ; he had no relish for rational amusement , or for the comforts of domestic life ; and , therefore , it can excite no wonder , that within ...
... become gall and wormwood . The mind of the new husband was vitiated , and his manners were brutal ; he had no relish for rational amusement , or for the comforts of domestic life ; and , therefore , it can excite no wonder , that within ...
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Էջ 288 - Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below.
Էջ 312 - The moon is up, and yet it is not night; Sunset divides the sky with her; a sea Of glory streams along the Alpine height Of blue Friuli's mountains; Heaven is free From clouds, but of all colours seems to be, — Melted to one vast Iris of the West, — Where the Day joins the past Eternity, While, on the other hand, meek Dian's crest Floats through the azure air — an island of the blest!
Էջ 289 - I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me; and to me, High mountains are a feeling, but the hum Of human cities torture...
Էջ 289 - Jura, whose capt heights appear Precipitously steep; and drawing near, There breathes a living fragrance from the shore, Of flowers yet fresh with childhood ; on the ear Drops the light drip of the suspended oar, Or chirps the grasshopper one good-night carol more...
Էջ 388 - Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears: "Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.
Էջ 185 - The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, And cried through the lattice, 'Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
Էջ 289 - It is the hush of night, and all between Thy margin and the mountains, dusk, yet clear, Mellow'd and mingling, yet distinctly seen, Save darken'd Jura, whose capt heights appear Precipitously steep ; and drawing near, There breathes a living fragrance from the shore, Of flowers yet fresh with childhood ; on the ear Drops the light drip of the suspended oar, Or chirps the grasshopper one...
Էջ 305 - Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome ; The trees which grew along the broken arches Waved dark in the blue midnight, and the stars Shone through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watchdog bay'd beyond the Tiber ; and More near from out the Caesars...
Էջ 186 - Why is his chariot so long in coming ? why tarry the wheels of his chariots ? Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself, have they not sped ? have they not divided the prey ; to every man a damsel or two ; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil...
Էջ 164 - Ah, me ! in sooth he was a shameless wight, Sore given to revel and ungodly glee ; Few earthly things found favour in his sight Save concubines and carnal companie, And flaunting wassailers of high and low degree.