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Էջ 8 - Thy shades, thy silence now be mine, Thy charms my only theme; My haunt the hollow cliff, whose pine Waves o'er the gloomy stream. Whence the scar'd owl on pinions gray Breaks from the rustling boughs, And down the lone vale sails away To more profound repose.
Էջ 92 - My other poems, I said, were incorrect, being but juvenile pieces, and of little consequence, even in my own opinion. We had much conversation on moral subjects; from which both their Majesties let it appear, that they were warm friends...
Էջ 28 - Glames ; you took me too literally, if you thought I meant in the least to discourage you in your pursuit of poetry : all I intended to say was, that if either vanity (that is, a general and undistinguishing desire of applause), or interest, or ambition has any place in the breast of a poet, he stands a great chance in these our days of being severely disappointed ; and yet, after all these passions are suppressed, there may remain in the mind of one, "ingenti perculsus amore...
Էջ 200 - Beattie, the most agreeable and amiable writer I ever met with ; the only author I have seen whose critical and philosophical researches are diversified and embellished by a poetical imagination that makes even the driest subject, and the leanest, a feast for an epicure in books. He is so much at his ease, too, that his own character appears in every page, and, which is very rare, we see not only the writer but the man ; and...
Էջ 119 - Yes, said he, with firmness, I think so. Look at yourself, I replied, and consider your hands and fingers, your legs and feet, and other limbs; are not they regular in their appearance, and useful to you ? He said, they were. Came you then hither, said I, by chance ? No, he answered, that cannot be ; something must have made me.
Էջ 228 - I am just returned from Windsor, where I passed three days. I went thither, partly to see some friends, but chiefly that I might pay my respects to the King and Queen. They both received me in the most gracious manner. I saw the King first on the Terrace, where he knew me at first sight, and did me the honour to converse with me a considerable time. Next morning I saw him again at prayers in his chapel, where he was pleased to introduce me to the Queen, who inquired very kindly after my health ;...
Էջ 143 - Of late, with cumbersome, though pompous show, Edwin would oft his flowery rhyme deface, Through ardour to adorn ; but Nature now To his experienced eye a modest grace Presents, where ornament the second place Holds, to intrinsic worth and just design Subservient still. Simplicity apace Tempers his rage ; he owns her charm divine, And clears th' ambiguous phrase, and lops th
Էջ 93 - King agreed, and named the Spectator as one of the best standards of the language. When I told him that the Scots clergy sometimes prayed a quarter, or even half an hour at a time, he asked, whether that did not lead them into repetitions? I said it often did.
Էջ 137 - Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders...
Էջ 304 - ... ladies eminent in literature, but she excelled them all ; and in conversation she had more wit than any other person, male or female, whom I have ever known. These, however, were her slighter accomplishments : what was infinitely more to her honour, she was a sincere Christian, both in faith and in practice, and took every proper opportunity to show it ; so that by her example and influence she did much good. I knew her husband, who died in extreme old age, in the year...