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... thought and powers of language . In fact , his forte is not the spontaneous , but the volun- tary , exercise of talent . He fixes his ambition on a high ! point of excellence , and spares no pains or time William Godwin . 39.
... thought and powers of language . In fact , his forte is not the spontaneous , but the volun- tary , exercise of talent . He fixes his ambition on a high ! point of excellence , and spares no pains or time William Godwin . 39.
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... pains or time in attaining it . He has less of the appearance of a man of genius , than anyone who has given such decided and ample proofs of it . He is ready only on reflection , dangerous only at the rebound . He gathers himself up ...
... pains or time in attaining it . He has less of the appearance of a man of genius , than anyone who has given such decided and ample proofs of it . He is ready only on reflection , dangerous only at the rebound . He gathers himself up ...
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... pain and solitude ! It is no wonder that the public repay with lengthened applause and gratitude the pleasure they receive . He writes as fast as they can read , and he does not write himself down . He is always in the public eye , and ...
... pain and solitude ! It is no wonder that the public repay with lengthened applause and gratitude the pleasure they receive . He writes as fast as they can read , and he does not write himself down . He is always in the public eye , and ...
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... it would be cruel to put the reader to the pain of perusing the remainder of the description . " -- Henry's Hist . , edit . * 1805 , vol . vii . p . 346 . This is what he " calls backing his friends " 112 The Spirit of the Age .
... it would be cruel to put the reader to the pain of perusing the remainder of the description . " -- Henry's Hist . , edit . * 1805 , vol . vii . p . 346 . This is what he " calls backing his friends " 112 The Spirit of the Age .
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... pain , but with nothing permanent , nothing healthy or natural . The gaudy decorations and the morbid sentiments remind one of flowers strewed over the face of death ! In his Childe Harold ( as has been just observed ) he assumes a ...
... pain , but with nothing permanent , nothing healthy or natural . The gaudy decorations and the morbid sentiments remind one of flowers strewed over the face of death ! In his Childe Harold ( as has been just observed ) he assumes a ...
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Page 307 - ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Page 226 - Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed, Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees, In fancy, fair St. Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled.
Page 114 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Page 247 - He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
Page 226 - But to her heart, her heart was voluble, Paining with eloquence her balmy side; As though a tongueless nightingale should swell Her throat in vain, and die, heart-stifled, in her dell.
Page 46 - That which is now a horse, even with a thought The rack dislimns, and makes it indistinct As water is in water.