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... sufficiently attested by the fact that Caleb Wil- three editions were sold in as many years 32 22 SHELLEY MEMORIALS . ACQUAINTANCE WITH GODWIN.
... sufficiently attested by the fact that Caleb Wil- three editions were sold in as many years 32 22 SHELLEY MEMORIALS . ACQUAINTANCE WITH GODWIN.
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Caleb Wil- three editions were sold in as many years . liams and the Enquirer followed , and gave Godwin a reputation which he preserved unsullied through the whole of his long life . From the commencement of his career in London ...
Caleb Wil- three editions were sold in as many years . liams and the Enquirer followed , and gave Godwin a reputation which he preserved unsullied through the whole of his long life . From the commencement of his career in London ...
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... for no sanction can be found under that dispensation which will warrant a * The omitted portions are the passages which Shelley introduced into the notes to Queen Mab , and which are printed in the collected edition of his works .
... for no sanction can be found under that dispensation which will warrant a * The omitted portions are the passages which Shelley introduced into the notes to Queen Mab , and which are printed in the collected edition of his works .
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One thing will you take care of for me ? that those standard and respectable works on history , & c . , be of the cheapest possible editions . With respect to metaphysical works , I am less scrupulous . " Spinoza you may or may not be ...
One thing will you take care of for me ? that those standard and respectable works on history , & c . , be of the cheapest possible editions . With respect to metaphysical works , I am less scrupulous . " Spinoza you may or may not be ...
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... the reward of their own consciences , refused to accept any subscription , public or private , and paid the fine entirely out of their own pock- ets . - ED . According to Mrs. Shelley , in the collected edition of 62 SHELLEY MEMORIALS .
... the reward of their own consciences , refused to accept any subscription , public or private , and paid the fine entirely out of their own pock- ets . - ED . According to Mrs. Shelley , in the collected edition of 62 SHELLEY MEMORIALS .
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Page 106 - Yet now despair itself is mild, Even as the winds and waters are ; I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have borne and yet must bear...
Page 157 - self-concentration' — selfishness, perhaps. You, I am sure, will forgive me for sincerely remarking that you might curb your magnanimity, and be more of an artist, and load every rift of your subject with ore.
Page 165 - It might make one in love with death, to think that one should be buried in so sweet a place.
Page 104 - A lovelier toy sweet Nature never made ; A serious, subtle, wild, yet gentle being ; Graceful without design, and unforeseeing ; With eyes — Oh ! speak not of her eyes ! which seem Twin mirrors of Italian Heaven, yet gleam With such deep meaning as we never see But in the human countenance.
Page 175 - Do not forget my other questions. I am especially curious to hear the fate of " Adonais." I confess I should be surprised if that poem were born to an immortality of oblivion.
Page 15 - 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.
Page 193 - ... our language the most subtle and imaginative passages of the Spanish poet, were marvellous, as was his command of the two languages. After this touch of his quality I no longer doubted his identity ; a dead silence ensued ; looking up, I asked, " Where is he ? " Mrs. Williams said, " Who ? Shelley? Oh, he comes and goes like a spirit, no one knows when or where.
Page 174 - The Adonais, in spite of its mysticism, is the least imperfect of my compositions, and, as the image of my regret and honour for poor Keats, I wish it to be so. I shall write to you, probably, by next post on the subject of that poem, and should have sent the promised criticism for the second edition, had I not mislaid, and in vain sought for, the volume that contains Hyperion...
Page 305 - And all that believed were together, and had all things common, and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need ; and they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, praising God, and having favour with all the people.
Page 96 - Yet, after all, I cannot but be conscious, in much of what I write, of an absence of that tranquillity which is the attribute and accompaniment of power.
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| Title | Shelley memorials: from authentic sources, ed. by lady Shelley. To which is added An essay on Christianity, by P.B. Shelley |
| Editor | lady Jane Shelley |
| Published | 1859 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 18 Jun 2007 |
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