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... character , though doubtless without the least reference to this story . The machinery of the epick poetry of the ancients is taken wholly from their tradition- ary mythology . This confers a grandeur on their sentiments , which could ...
... character , though doubtless without the least reference to this story . The machinery of the epick poetry of the ancients is taken wholly from their tradition- ary mythology . This confers a grandeur on their sentiments , which could ...
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... characters . This notion , however fashionable , is entirely contrary to truth . Nothing can be derived from the ... character and maxims of the ages in which they lived , the state of knowledge in their times , and the difficulty of ...
... characters . This notion , however fashionable , is entirely contrary to truth . Nothing can be derived from the ... character and maxims of the ages in which they lived , the state of knowledge in their times , and the difficulty of ...
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... character . ' I have heard of " execrable " accom- modations at our inns , of fair ladies fainting on the stony approach to the Blueridge , and of " master spirits , " appaled by the barbarous freedom of a republick ; in truth , my dear ...
... character . ' I have heard of " execrable " accom- modations at our inns , of fair ladies fainting on the stony approach to the Blueridge , and of " master spirits , " appaled by the barbarous freedom of a republick ; in truth , my dear ...
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... character of a mere noisy de- claimer , and unblushing sceptick , had he died at the same age of his son , though he lived to show every requi- site talent of the statesman , and to write , from a sincere conviction , a pious defence of ...
... character of a mere noisy de- claimer , and unblushing sceptick , had he died at the same age of his son , though he lived to show every requi- site talent of the statesman , and to write , from a sincere conviction , a pious defence of ...
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... character of a Jewish nobleman , the manly and independent Mordecai , and of a capricious tyrant , the discontented pointed to all the officers of his house , that. hope that the predictions of my friend would be one day verified , threw ...
... character of a Jewish nobleman , the manly and independent Mordecai , and of a capricious tyrant , the discontented pointed to all the officers of his house , that. hope that the predictions of my friend would be one day verified , threw ...
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Page 71 - Churchyard" abounds with images which find a mirror in every mind, and with sentiments to which every bosom returns an echo. The four stanzas, beginning "Yet even these bones," are to me original; I have never seen the notions in any other place, yet he that reads them here persuades himself that he has always felt them. Had Gray written often thus, it had been vain to blame and useless to praise him.
Page 29 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Page 237 - 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 100 - ... glistering with dew, fragrant the fertile earth after soft showers, and sweet the coming on of grateful evening mild, then silent night with this her solemn bird, and this fair moon and these the gems of heaven, her starry train.
Page 41 - The forward violet thus did I chide : Sweet thief, whence didst thou steal thy sweet that smells, If not from my love's breath ? The purple pride Which on thy soft cheek for complexion dwells In my love's veins thou hast too grossly dyed.
Page 100 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Page 237 - Old Kaspar took it from the boy, Who stood expectant by; And then the old man shook his head, And with a natural sigh, ' 'Tis some poor fellow's skull,' said he, 'Who fell in the great victory.
Page 93 - Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him : every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an ear-ring of gold.
Page 219 - Celestial odours breathe through purpled air; And wings, whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display. The form ethereal bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light...
Page 35 - Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. I have showed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.