Literary Hours: Or, Sketches Critical and Narrative, Հատոր 1J. Burkitt, 1800 |
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... equal distances with the view of breaking in upon that uniformity of diction and style which must necessarily be the result of long continued attention to literary subjects , and I should hope they may contribute something towards ...
... equal distances with the view of breaking in upon that uniformity of diction and style which must necessarily be the result of long continued attention to literary subjects , and I should hope they may contribute something towards ...
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... equal . However various and hostile may be the ideas with regard to the tenets of Lucretius , of his merit as a poet , I should imagine , there can be but one opinion . He who has acquired a just taste for sublime sentiment and luminous ...
... equal . However various and hostile may be the ideas with regard to the tenets of Lucretius , of his merit as a poet , I should imagine , there can be but one opinion . He who has acquired a just taste for sublime sentiment and luminous ...
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... equal propriety be addressed to the disciples of Berkley and of Hume , for he who denies the existence of matter , must in almost every instance disbelieve the evidence of sense . Denique , nil sciri siquis putat , id quoque nescit 38 ...
... equal propriety be addressed to the disciples of Berkley and of Hume , for he who denies the existence of matter , must in almost every instance disbelieve the evidence of sense . Denique , nil sciri siquis putat , id quoque nescit 38 ...
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... equal faith ; So what the senses notice must be true . It being my intention to quote from the sixth book some lines descriptive of a disease the most dreadful that afflicts humanity , I have chosen on an intervening page , and with a ...
... equal faith ; So what the senses notice must be true . It being my intention to quote from the sixth book some lines descriptive of a disease the most dreadful that afflicts humanity , I have chosen on an intervening page , and with a ...
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... equal harmony , fidelity and spirit . A small portion of this admirable description , for to insert the whole would occupy too much space . in a work of this kind , will convey no inade- quate idea of the general merits of the episode ...
... equal harmony , fidelity and spirit . A small portion of this admirable description , for to insert the whole would occupy too much space . in a work of this kind , will convey no inade- quate idea of the general merits of the episode ...
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Էջ 195 - Whose midnight revels, by a forest side, Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course ; they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear ; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds.
Էջ 375 - Daughters; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Էջ 409 - With lust and violence the house of God? In courts and palaces he also reigns, And in luxurious cities, where the noise Of riot ascends above their loftiest towers, And injury, and outrage: And when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
Էջ 411 - A pillar of state : deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat, and public care : And princely counsel in his face yet shone, Majestic though in ruin...
Էջ 66 - With fairest flowers Whilst summer lasts and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave: thou shalt not lack The flower that's like thy face, pale primrose, nor The azured harebell, like thy veins, no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath...
Էջ 331 - Now gliding remote, on the verge of the sky, The moon half extinguished her crescent displays ; But lately I marked, when majestic on high She shone, and the planets were lost in her blaze. Roll on, thou fair orb, and with gladness pursue The path that conducts thee to splendor again : But man's faded glory what change shall renew? Ah, fool...
Էջ 338 - As I left this place, and entered into the next field, a second pleasure entertained me : 'twas a handsome milkmaid, that had not yet attained so much age and wisdom as to load her mind with any fears of many things that will never be...
Էջ 412 - On the other side up-rose Belial, in act more graceful and humane : A fairer person lost not Heaven ; he seem'd For dignity compos'd, and high exploit : But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels : for his thoughts were low...
Էջ 331 - Tis night, and the landscape is lovely no more ; I mourn, but, ye woodlands, I mourn not for you; For morn is approaching, your charms to restore...
Էջ 30 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.