GrayMacmillan and Company, 1882 - 224 էջ |
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... literature , and rapidly laying the foundation of his unequalled acquaint- ance with the classics . He is now reading Statius , he tells West , and he encloses a translation of about one hundred and ten lines from the sixth book of the ...
... literature , and rapidly laying the foundation of his unequalled acquaint- ance with the classics . He is now reading Statius , he tells West , and he encloses a translation of about one hundred and ten lines from the sixth book of the ...
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... literature . At Burnham , in 1737 , he made the acquaintance of a very interesting waif of the preceding century . Thomas L- Southerne , the once famous author of Oroonoko and The Fatal Marriage , the last survivor of the age of Dryden ...
... literature . At Burnham , in 1737 , he made the acquaintance of a very interesting waif of the preceding century . Thomas L- Southerne , the once famous author of Oroonoko and The Fatal Marriage , the last survivor of the age of Dryden ...
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... literature of the French regency , the boudoir poems and novels of the alcove , gave him more pleasure than any other form of contemporary literature . He uses language , in speaking of Gresset , the author of Vert - Vert , which ...
... literature of the French regency , the boudoir poems and novels of the alcove , gave him more pleasure than any other form of contemporary literature . He uses language , in speaking of Gresset , the author of Vert - Vert , which ...
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... literature , and forced to feed , in his own country , if he must read romances at all , on the coarse rubbish of Mrs. Behn , or Mrs. Manley . Curiously enough at that very moment , Samuel Richardson was preparing for the press that ...
... literature , and forced to feed , in his own country , if he must read romances at all , on the coarse rubbish of Mrs. Behn , or Mrs. Manley . Curiously enough at that very moment , Samuel Richardson was preparing for the press that ...
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... literature this rococo manner . Gray became quite a little fop in Paris . He complains that the French tailor has covered him with silk and fringe , and has widened his figure with buckram , a yard on either side . His waistcoat and ...
... literature this rococo manner . Gray became quite a little fop in Paris . He complains that the French tailor has covered him with silk and fringe , and has widened his figure with buckram , a yard on either side . His waistcoat and ...
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Էջ 59 - In vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And reddening Phoebus lifts his golden fire : The birds in vain their amorous descant join, Or cheerful fields resume their green attire. These ears, alas ! for other notes repine ; A different object do these eyes require ; My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine ; And in my breast the imperfect joys expire...
Էջ 121 - Closed his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace.
Էջ 62 - Gainst graver hours that bring constraint To sweeten liberty: Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign And unknown regions dare descry: Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy.
Էջ 190 - ... up the mountain's side, and discover above them a broken line of crags that crown the scene. Not a single red tile, no flaring gentleman's house, or garden-walls, break in upon the repose of this little unsuspected paradise ; but all is peace, rusticity, and happy poverty in its neatest, most becoming attire.
Էջ 153 - Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, He had not the method of making a fortune : Could love and could hate, so was thought somewhat odd ; No very great wit ;— he believed in a God. A post or a pension he did not desire, But left Church and State to Charles Townshend and Squire.
Էջ 80 - The fair round face, the snowy beard, The velvet of her paws, Her coat, that with the tortoise vies, Her ears of jet, and emerald eyes, She saw; and purr'd applause.
Էջ 57 - To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began.
Էջ 132 - Girt with many a baron bold, Sublime their starry fronts they rear; And gorgeous dames, and statesmen old In bearded majesty appear.
Էջ 149 - Did you never observe (while rocking winds are piping loud) that pause, as the gust is recollecting itself, and rising upon the ear in a shrill and plaintive note, like the swell of an ^Eolian harp ? I do assure you there is nothing in the world so like the voice of a spirit.
Էջ 5 - Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Disporting on thy margent green The paths of pleasure trace; Who foremost now delight to cleave With pliant arm, thy glassy wave?