The Poetical Works of Campbell, Goldsmith, and Gray: With Memoirs of the AuthorsT. Nelson and sons, 1870 - 445 էջ |
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... him for a time to look for- ward to the same as the final destiny of his life . Circumstances not now very distinctly recorded , appear to have altered his purpose . He had no family connections on whom he Life of Campbell . 15.
... him for a time to look for- ward to the same as the final destiny of his life . Circumstances not now very distinctly recorded , appear to have altered his purpose . He had no family connections on whom he Life of Campbell . 15.
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... look forward to the Scottish bar , but the loss of his pecuniary resources presented an insuperable impedi- ment to the attempt . Medicine was next thought of , and some of the requisite studies engaged in ; but the sensitive mind of ...
... look forward to the Scottish bar , but the loss of his pecuniary resources presented an insuperable impedi- ment to the attempt . Medicine was next thought of , and some of the requisite studies engaged in ; but the sensitive mind of ...
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... look on the kirk - steeples and whinstone causeways of Glas- gow than on all the eagles and wild - deer of the Highlands . " Such , it will be readily owned , was no bad schooling for the young Poet ; and to it we probably owe , in some ...
... look on the kirk - steeples and whinstone causeways of Glas- gow than on all the eagles and wild - deer of the Highlands . " Such , it will be readily owned , was no bad schooling for the young Poet ; and to it we probably owe , in some ...
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... looks down towards the beach , where considerable masses of rock bar all access to the coast ; while the vast expanse of the Sound of Jura , with all its varying aspects of tempest and of calm , stretches directly in front of the ...
... looks down towards the beach , where considerable masses of rock bar all access to the coast ; while the vast expanse of the Sound of Jura , with all its varying aspects of tempest and of calm , stretches directly in front of the ...
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... Looks , from his throne of clouds , o'er half the world . Now far he sweeps , where scarce a summer smiles , On Behring's rocks , or Greenland's naked isles ; Cold on his midnight watch the breezes blow , From wastes that slumber in ...
... Looks , from his throne of clouds , o'er half the world . Now far he sweeps , where scarce a summer smiles , On Behring's rocks , or Greenland's naked isles ; Cold on his midnight watch the breezes blow , From wastes that slumber in ...
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Էջ 288 - I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose : I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my...
Էջ 286 - Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn: Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green: One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain.
Էջ 383 - Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind, The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame.
Էջ 399 - He pass'd the flaming bounds of place and time : The living throne, the sapphire blaze, Where angels tremble while they gaze, He saw ; but, blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night.
Էջ 382 - But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage. And froze the genial current of the soul.
Էջ 284 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree ; While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed ; And many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went round...
Էջ 293 - There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school ; A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew ; Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he...
Էջ 238 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it ; I have killed many.; I have fully glutted my vengeance.
Էջ 290 - The sober herd that lowed to meet their young; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school...
Էջ 331 - And curs of low degree. This dog and man at first were friends ; But when a pique- began, The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad and bit the man. Around, from all the...