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Page 51
It would seem , however , that he had some suspicion that our travellers were
horse - dealers only in appearance ; and indeed there is reason to suspect that
they frequently enough went somewhat beyond the limits of their assumed
character ...
It would seem , however , that he had some suspicion that our travellers were
horse - dealers only in appearance ; and indeed there is reason to suspect that
they frequently enough went somewhat beyond the limits of their assumed
character ...
Page 112
When it returns to peace , that portion of its annual produce which was laid out
upon the army and the navy , ceases to be so laid out ; but for that very reason it
is laid out upon something else . Exactly , therefore , in the degree in which , by ...
When it returns to peace , that portion of its annual produce which was laid out
upon the army and the navy , ceases to be so laid out ; but for that very reason it
is laid out upon something else . Exactly , therefore , in the degree in which , by ...
Page 167
And if we had not good reason , from other evidence , to regard the pious Author
as , in a considerable degree , a man of gentle spirit , we should receive a very
ungracious impression of the temper of his mind , from that appearance , almost ...
And if we had not good reason , from other evidence , to regard the pious Author
as , in a considerable degree , a man of gentle spirit , we should receive a very
ungracious impression of the temper of his mind , from that appearance , almost ...
Page 174
And what ground is there for supposing that the form thus adopted , should be the
best possible ? What sufficient reason for prohibiting the poet to attempt a new
one ? But , putting all reasoning out of the question , it is the design of poetry to ...
And what ground is there for supposing that the form thus adopted , should be the
best possible ? What sufficient reason for prohibiting the poet to attempt a new
one ? But , putting all reasoning out of the question , it is the design of poetry to ...
Page 183
... with Moses , the splendour of a court ; or , like Joseph , can resist the
solicitations of beauty , and the blandishments of criminal pleasure ; he may ,
nevertheless , in an unguarded noment , violate the dictates of reason and
discretion .
... with Moses , the splendour of a court ; or , like Joseph , can resist the
solicitations of beauty , and the blandishments of criminal pleasure ; he may ,
nevertheless , in an unguarded noment , violate the dictates of reason and
discretion .
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Page 90 - For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead...
Page 20 - They say it was a shocking sight after the field was won; for many thousand bodies here lay rotting in the sun; but things like that, you know, must be after a famous victory. Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, and our good Prince Eugene. "Why, 'twas a very wicked thing!" said little Wilhelmine. "Nay... nay... my little girl," quoth he, "it was a famous victory.
Page 293 - Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake," With the wild world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters for a purer spring. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; once I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a Sister's voice reproved, That I with stern delights should e'er have been so moved.
Page 290 - Is thy face like thy mother's, my fair child ! Ada ! sole daughter of my house and heart ? When last I saw thy young blue eyes they smiled, And then we parted, — not as now we part, * But with a hope.
Page 292 - Tis to create, and in creating live A being more intense, that we endow With form our fancy, gaining as we give The life we image, even as I do now.
Page 293 - He is an evening reveller, who makes His life an infancy, and sings his fill ; At intervals, some bird from out the brakes, Starts into voice a moment, then is still. There seems a floating whisper on the hill, But that is fancy, for the starlight dews All silently their tears of love instil, Weeping themselves away, till they infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues.
Page 230 - That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet,' saying, I will open my mouth in parables ; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Page 297 - I found him not. 7 only stirred in this black spot; / only lived — / only drew The accursed breath of dungeon-dew; The last, the sole, the dearest link Between me and the eternal brink, Which bound me to my failing race, Was broken in this fatal place.
Page 479 - And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
Page 604 - 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 ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.