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... commenced the composition of the poem called Colin Clout's Come Home Again , from which the above extract is taken . In this poem the poet describes his meeting with Raleigh , his voyage to England , the reception he met with at Court ...
... commenced the composition of the poem called Colin Clout's Come Home Again , from which the above extract is taken . In this poem the poet describes his meeting with Raleigh , his voyage to England , the reception he met with at Court ...
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... commenced his duties as forenoon lecturer . It so happened that the afternoon lecturer was a Mr. Travers , a man of great eloquence and learning , but whose theo- logical opinions were very different from those of Hooker . The ...
... commenced his duties as forenoon lecturer . It so happened that the afternoon lecturer was a Mr. Travers , a man of great eloquence and learning , but whose theo- logical opinions were very different from those of Hooker . The ...
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... his property to his favourite daughter Susanna . The will commences by declaring that the testator is in perfect health and memory , and concludes with com- mending his soul into the hands of the Almighty , 33 EMINENT ENGLISH WRITERS .
... his property to his favourite daughter Susanna . The will commences by declaring that the testator is in perfect health and memory , and concludes with com- mending his soul into the hands of the Almighty , 33 EMINENT ENGLISH WRITERS .
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... commenced business as a scrivener , or law stationer . He was something of a poet , and as a musical composer ranked among the most eminent men of his day . Milton was educated with great care ; at first he 52 EMINENT ENGLISH WRITERS .
... commenced business as a scrivener , or law stationer . He was something of a poet , and as a musical composer ranked among the most eminent men of his day . Milton was educated with great care ; at first he 52 EMINENT ENGLISH WRITERS .
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... commenced it in 1658 , and it appears from some sketches of poetical subjects left in manuscript , that his first idea was to write a kind of sacred drama , similar to those mysteries which were so common in the middle ages . Happily ...
... commenced it in 1658 , and it appears from some sketches of poetical subjects left in manuscript , that his first idea was to write a kind of sacred drama , similar to those mysteries which were so common in the middle ages . Happily ...
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Էջ 36 - And, father cardinal, I have heard you say That we shall see and know our friends in heaven: If that be true, I shall see my boy again; For since the birth of Cain, the first male child, To him that did but yesterday suspire, There was not such a gracious creature born.
Էջ 37 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me ; Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form ; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief.
Էջ 129 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Էջ 205 - Wordsworth on the other hand, |was to propose to himself as his object, to give the charm of novelty to things of every day, and to excite a feeling analogous to the supernatural by awakening the mind's attention from the lethargy of custom and directing it to the loveliness and the wonders of the world before us; an inexhaustible treasure, but for which, in consequence of the film of familiarity and selfish solicitude, we have eyes, yet see not, ears that hear not, and hearts that neither feel nor...
Էջ 113 - I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and, as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was...
Էջ 209 - Several years ago, when the Author retired to his native Mountains, with the hope of being enabled to construct a literary Work that might live, it was a reasonable thing that he should take a review of his own Mind, and examine how far Nature and Education had qualified him for such employment. As subsidiary to this preparation, he undertook to record, in Verse, the origin and progress of his own powers, as far as he was acquainted with them.
Էջ 127 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,* that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Էջ 35 - I am as sorry as if the original fault had been my fault, because myself have seen his demeanour no less civil than he excellent in the quality he professes: besides, divers of worship have reported his uprightness of dealing which argues his honesty, and his facetious grace in writing, that approves his art.
Էջ 205 - ... modifying colours of the imagination. The sudden charm which accidents of light and shade, which moonlight or sunset diffused over a known and familiar landscape, appeared to represent the practicability of combining both.
Էջ 154 - I will be wise, And just, and free, and mild, if in me lies Such power, for I grow weary to behold The selfish and the strong still tyrannize Without reproach or check.