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... appear that Coleridge has robbed him , be assured that he has done the scamp too much honour . " 66 ' P. Well what says the German ? ” 6 66 Why , you know the use made in Greece of beans in voting and balloting ? Well the German says ...
... appear that Coleridge has robbed him , be assured that he has done the scamp too much honour . " 66 ' P. Well what says the German ? ” 6 66 Why , you know the use made in Greece of beans in voting and balloting ? Well the German says ...
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... appears terrible , malignant , and persecuting : Sophocles is the mildest of the three tra- gedians , but the persecuting aspect is still maintained : See p . 55. Mr. Coleridge meant in both these passages , that Xeno- phon had ...
... appears terrible , malignant , and persecuting : Sophocles is the mildest of the three tra- gedians , but the persecuting aspect is still maintained : See p . 55. Mr. Coleridge meant in both these passages , that Xeno- phon had ...
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... appears - by which I mean some man or woman dressed up to frighten another - if the supernatural character of the apparition has been for a moment believed , the effects on the spectator have always been most terrible - convul- sion ...
... appears - by which I mean some man or woman dressed up to frighten another - if the supernatural character of the apparition has been for a moment believed , the effects on the spectator have always been most terrible - convul- sion ...
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... appearing as a ghost before him . He accordingly dressed himself up in the usual way , having previously extracted the ball from the pistol which always lay near the head of his friend's bed . Upon first awaking , and seeing the ...
... appearing as a ghost before him . He accordingly dressed himself up in the usual way , having previously extracted the ball from the pistol which always lay near the head of his friend's bed . Upon first awaking , and seeing the ...
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... appear- ance enter , seat himself alone in a corner , and commence a solitary meal . His countenance bespoke the extreme of mental distress , and every now and then he turned his head quickly round , as if he heard something , then ...
... appear- ance enter , seat himself alone in a corner , and commence a solitary meal . His countenance bespoke the extreme of mental distress , and every now and then he turned his head quickly round , as if he heard something , then ...
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Page 310 - Etrurian shades High overarched embower; or scattered sedge Afloat, when with fierce winds Orion armed Hath vexed the Red Sea coast, whose waves o'erthrew Busiris and his Memphian chivalry. While with perfidious hatred they pursued The sojourners of Goshen, who beheld From the safe shore their floating carcasses And broken chariot-wheels. So thick bestrown. Abject and lost, lay these, covering the flood, Under amazement of their hideous change. He called so loud that all the hollow deep Of hell resounded...
Page 309 - By four Cherubic shapes. Four faces each Had wondrous; as with stars, their bodies all And wings were set with eyes ; with eyes the wheels Of beryl, and careering fires between...
Page 468 - Licence they mean when they cry Liberty; For who loves that must first be wise and good ; But from that mark how far they rove we see, For all this waste of wealth and loss of blood.
Page 449 - Fie, fie upon her! There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks ; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body.
Page 262 - Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
Page 189 - IV. Forgive me, Freedom ! O forgive those dreams ! I hear thy voice, I hear thy loud lament, From bleak Helvetia's icy cavern sent — I hear thy groans upon her blood-stained streams ! Heroes, that for your peaceful country perished, And ye that, fleeing, spot your mountain-snows With bleeding wounds ; forgive me, that I cherished...
Page 331 - He tugg'd, he shook, till down they came and drew The whole roof after them, with burst of thunder Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains, counsellors...
Page 195 - Tarsus, bound for th' isles Of Javan or Gadire, With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails fill'd, and streamers waving, Courted by all the winds that hold them play...
Page 293 - The effect and it! Come to my woman's breasts, And take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers. Wherever in your sightless substances You wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry " Hold, hold !
Page 220 - This beauty, in the blossom of my youth, When my first fire knew no adulterate incense, Nor I no way to flatter, but my fondness, In all the bravery my friends could...