The Quarterly Review, Volume 7William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1812 - English literature |
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... taste : the plan of it is well conceived ; the descriptions are strong , glowing , and spirited ; the language now and then borders on the harsh and uncouth , and the rhythm is at times not quite har- monious . Few poems so good ever ...
... taste : the plan of it is well conceived ; the descriptions are strong , glowing , and spirited ; the language now and then borders on the harsh and uncouth , and the rhythm is at times not quite har- monious . Few poems so good ever ...
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... taste correct , and his memory retentive . The distinguishing and prominent feature of his mind was a rich and exuberant imagination , which gives a peculiar warmth and colouring to his style . He did not excel in analysis or nice ...
... taste correct , and his memory retentive . The distinguishing and prominent feature of his mind was a rich and exuberant imagination , which gives a peculiar warmth and colouring to his style . He did not excel in analysis or nice ...
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... taste , that this bait would have drawn all the fish out of the frying - pan , if his master had not arrived in time to remind him that he wished to have a slice or two saved for himself . Mr. Hooker's ill fortune led him , before he ...
... taste , that this bait would have drawn all the fish out of the frying - pan , if his master had not arrived in time to remind him that he wished to have a slice or two saved for himself . Mr. Hooker's ill fortune led him , before he ...
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... haunts , and Reynard , in spite of his cunning , fell into the snare ; he had a great taste for eider duck , but none for solitude , and , venturing venturing toward this companion , came within reach of the 66 MAR . Travels in Iceland .
... haunts , and Reynard , in spite of his cunning , fell into the snare ; he had a great taste for eider duck , but none for solitude , and , venturing venturing toward this companion , came within reach of the 66 MAR . Travels in Iceland .
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... taste in religion , some portion of their applause would be transferred to men whom they might justly commend - to the humble and devout Fenelon , to the intrepid and heroic Belsunce , and to the confessors and martyrs of the Gallican ...
... taste in religion , some portion of their applause would be transferred to men whom they might justly commend - to the humble and devout Fenelon , to the intrepid and heroic Belsunce , and to the confessors and martyrs of the Gallican ...
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Page 188 - Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow? By their right arms the conquest must be wrought? Will Gaul or Muscovite redress ye? no!
Page 195 - Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul: Yes, this was once Ambition's airy hall, The dome of Thought, the palace of the Soul...
Page 156 - And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
Page 293 - who should teach them all things, and bring all things to their remembrance whatsoever he had said unto them...
Page 378 - LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM. OH ! the days are gone, when Beauty bright My heart's chain wove ; When my dream of life from morn till night Was love, still love. New hope may bloom, And days may come Of milder, calmer beam, But there's nothing half so sweet in life As love's young dream : No, there's nothing half so sweet in life As love's young dream.
Page 378 - No ; — life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns ; And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers. Is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.
Page 377 - On Lough Neagh's bank as the fisherman strays, When the clear, cold eve's declining, He sees the round towers of other days, In the wave beneath him shining! Thus shall memory often, in dreams sublime, Catch a glimpse of the days that are over, Thus, sighing, look through the waves of time For the long-faded glories they cover!
Page 194 - Maidens, like moths, are ever caught by glare, And Mammon wins his way where Seraphs might despair.
Page 48 - A part how small of the terraqueous globe Is tenanted by man? the rest a waste; Rocks, deserts, frozen seas, and burning sands! Wild haunts of monsters, poisons, stings, and death Such is earth's melancholy map! but, far 'More sad! this earth is a true map of man: So bounded are its haughty lord's delights To woe's wide empire, where deep troubles toss.
Page 98 - But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned, Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh : but I spare you.