The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Հատոր 9Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson Munroe and Francis, 1910 Vols. 3-4 include appendix: "The Political cabinet." |
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... poem ; but in a modern one they would be ridiculous , even in that capacity ; a proof , that in spite of the enchanting strains wherein their achievements are celebrated , they have lost all credit and consideration in the world , and ...
... poem ; but in a modern one they would be ridiculous , even in that capacity ; a proof , that in spite of the enchanting strains wherein their achievements are celebrated , they have lost all credit and consideration in the world , and ...
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... poets , of Aristophanes , Catullus , Ovid , Martial , Petronius , and even of Persius , Juvenal and Horace ? Truly , not a word . I abandon every thing of that sort , whether mo- dern or ancient , to the utmost vengeance of satire and ...
... poets , of Aristophanes , Catullus , Ovid , Martial , Petronius , and even of Persius , Juvenal and Horace ? Truly , not a word . I abandon every thing of that sort , whether mo- dern or ancient , to the utmost vengeance of satire and ...
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... poets than one ) ; and for his reputation in latter times , as a classick author , he must have been indebted , not to the poignancy of his wit , or the delicacy of his humour , nor to his powers of invention and arrangement , nor to ...
... poets than one ) ; and for his reputation in latter times , as a classick author , he must have been indebted , not to the poignancy of his wit , or the delicacy of his humour , nor to his powers of invention and arrangement , nor to ...
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... poems , must Virgil , and Livy , and Cicero , and Plutarch , and Homer , be consigned to oblivion ? I do not here speak of the beauties of the Greek and Latin authors , nor of the vast disproportion there is between what is good in them ...
... poems , must Virgil , and Livy , and Cicero , and Plutarch , and Homer , be consigned to oblivion ? I do not here speak of the beauties of the Greek and Latin authors , nor of the vast disproportion there is between what is good in them ...
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... poems ( says a very learned writer ) were made to be recited , or sung to a company ; and not read in private , or perused in a book , which few were then capable of doing and I will venture to affirm , that whoever reads not Homer in ...
... poems ( says a very learned writer ) were made to be recited , or sung to a company ; and not read in private , or perused in a book , which few were then capable of doing and I will venture to affirm , that whoever reads not Homer in ...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Հատոր 5 Samuel Cooper Thacher,David Phineas Adams,William Emerson Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1808 |
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Էջ 84 - While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his dames before...
Էջ 111 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the falling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Էջ 80 - HENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn, 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy ! Find out some uncouth cell Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings And the night-raven sings ; There under ebon shades, and low-browed rocks As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
Էջ 19 - O'er Heaven's high towers to force resistless way, Turning our tortures into horrid arms Against the Torturer; when to meet the noise Of his almighty engine he shall hear Infernal thunder; and, for lightning...
Էջ 85 - When, in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ;Then lies him down the lubber fiend. And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Էջ 277 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years. For learning has brought disobedience and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both"!
Էջ 90 - He spoke, and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god : High Heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook.
Էջ 275 - We suppose, and I am very sure we do not much miscount, that there is in Virginia above forty thousand persons, men, women and children, and of which there are two thousand black slaves, six thousand Christian servants, for a short time...
Էջ 82 - And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides: — Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe...
Էջ 84 - And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the...