The Book of Elegant ExtractsW.P. Nimmo, 1868 - 159 էջ |
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... things might go amiss , and the world frown upon me , it would be a taste for reading . Give a man this taste , and ... thing he dreams of . It civilises the conduct of men , and suffers them not to remain barbarous . Herschel . HAT is ...
... things might go amiss , and the world frown upon me , it would be a taste for reading . Give a man this taste , and ... thing he dreams of . It civilises the conduct of men , and suffers them not to remain barbarous . Herschel . HAT is ...
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... things ; between this and the biographer and historian there are a thousand . Nor let this necessity of producing immediate pleasure be considered as a degradation of the poet's art . It is far otherwise . It is an acknowledg- ment of ...
... things ; between this and the biographer and historian there are a thousand . Nor let this necessity of producing immediate pleasure be considered as a degradation of the poet's art . It is far otherwise . It is an acknowledg- ment of ...
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... thing , the pressure of a finger would have crushed- was stirring nimbly in its cage , and the strong heart of its child - mistress was mute and motionless for ever ! Where were the traces of her early cares , her sufferings and ...
... thing , the pressure of a finger would have crushed- was stirring nimbly in its cage , and the strong heart of its child - mistress was mute and motionless for ever ! Where were the traces of her early cares , her sufferings and ...
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... things and inward thoughts teem with assurances of immortality , and worldly hopes and fears are humbled in the dust before them , then with tranquil and submissive hearts they turned away , and left the child with God . Dickens ...
... things and inward thoughts teem with assurances of immortality , and worldly hopes and fears are humbled in the dust before them , then with tranquil and submissive hearts they turned away , and left the child with God . Dickens ...
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... things he most did crave . And ever , as he rode , his heart did yearn To prove his puissance in battle brave ; Upon his foe , and his new force to learn ; Upon his foe , a dragon horrible and stern . Spenser . THE POLITICAL UPHOLSTERER ...
... things he most did crave . And ever , as he rode , his heart did yearn To prove his puissance in battle brave ; Upon his foe , and his new force to learn ; Upon his foe , a dragon horrible and stern . Spenser . THE POLITICAL UPHOLSTERER ...
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Էջ 135 - He was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul, All the images of Nature were still present to him, and he drew them, not laboriously, but luckily: when he describes any thing, you more than see it, you feel it too.
Էջ 28 - Are those her ribs through which the Sun Did peer, as through a grate? And is that Woman all her crew? Is that a DEATH? and are there two? Is DEATH that woman's mate?
Էջ 108 - Hear the loud alarum bells, Brazen bells! What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells! In the startled ear of night How they scream out their affright! Too much horrified to speak, They can only shriek, shriek, Out of tune, In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire...
Էջ 64 - And shook it forth with a royal will. " Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came ; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word : " Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog ! March on !
Էջ 53 - So many hours must I tend my flock; So many hours must I take my rest; So many hours must I contemplate; So many hours must I sport myself...
Էջ 100 - Not as a child shall we again behold her ; For when with raptures wild In our embraces we again enfold her, She will not be a child ; But a fair maiden, in her Father's mansion, Clothed with celestial grace ; And beautiful with all the soul's expansion Shall we behold her face.
Էջ 100 - Let us be patient! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapors; Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps.
Էջ 53 - To kings, that fear their subjects' treachery ? O, yes it doth ; a thousand-fold it doth. And to conclude, — the shepherd's homely curds, His cold thin drink out of his leather bottle, His wonted sleep under a fresh tree's shade, All which secure and sweetly he enjoys, Is far beyond a prince's delicates, His viands sparkling in a golden cup, • His body couched in a curious bed, When care, mistrust, and treason wait on him.
Էջ 29 - The Sun's rim dips; the stars rush out: At one stride comes the dark; With far-heard whisper, o'er the sea, Off shot the spectre-bark. We listened and looked sideways up! Fear at my heart, as at a cup, My life-blood seemed to sip! The stars were dim, and thick the night, The steersman's face by his lamp gleamed white; From the sails the dew did drip) — Till clomb above the eastern bar The horned Moon, with one bright star Within the nether tip.
Էջ 53 - God ! methinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain : To sit upon a hill, as I do now ; To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run, — How many make the hour full complete, How many hours bring about the day, How many days will finish up the year, How many years a mortal man may live.