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... tion which would give the effect of mountainous scenery to one who had never seen a mountain . The utmost the describer can do , in all such cases , is to liken the scene to something already familiar to the reader's imagination ...
... tion which would give the effect of mountainous scenery to one who had never seen a mountain . The utmost the describer can do , in all such cases , is to liken the scene to something already familiar to the reader's imagination ...
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... tion can be raised . The want of occupation for female life in the higher classes has long been a It is true that England boasts of many distin- subject of complaint , and any honest change which guished female writers ; that the works ...
... tion can be raised . The want of occupation for female life in the higher classes has long been a It is true that England boasts of many distin- subject of complaint , and any honest change which guished female writers ; that the works ...
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... tion of the earth could luxury ever go down to the multitude . But the true evil of states is , the decay of the national activity , the chill of the national ardor , the adoption of a trifling , indolent , vegeta- tive style of being ...
... tion of the earth could luxury ever go down to the multitude . But the true evil of states is , the decay of the national activity , the chill of the national ardor , the adoption of a trifling , indolent , vegeta- tive style of being ...
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... tion of shame . " Oh ! don't mind that , " said Mrs. Dalton , with an arch look at Edith , " Godfrey will not care in the least about his reception . ' 99 " Complimentary , is it not ? " exclaimed Mr. Dal- ton , his face flushing as he ...
... tion of shame . " Oh ! don't mind that , " said Mrs. Dalton , with an arch look at Edith , " Godfrey will not care in the least about his reception . ' 99 " Complimentary , is it not ? " exclaimed Mr. Dal- ton , his face flushing as he ...
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... tion of his other senses . " other . For no quiet habitual exercise was provided for such beginnings of religious perception as he was capable of experiencing - no actual daily obe- dience demanded ; he was still cut off from all union ...
... tion of his other senses . " other . For no quiet habitual exercise was provided for such beginnings of religious perception as he was capable of experiencing - no actual daily obe- dience demanded ; he was still cut off from all union ...
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Page 67 - A pardlike Spirit beautiful and swift — A Love in desolation masked; — a Power Girt round with weakness; — it can scarce uplift The weight of the superincumbent hour...
Page 276 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Page 281 - Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se quam quod ridiculos homines facit. "Exeat...
Page 4 - Piper, sit thee down and write In a book that all may read." So he vanished from my sight; And I plucked a hollow reed, And I made a rural pen, And I stained the water clear, And I wrote my happy songs Every child may joy to hear.
Page 66 - This poem was chiefly written upon the mountainous ruins of the Baths of Caracalla, among the flowery glades, and thickets of odoriferous blossoming trees, which are extended in ever winding labyrinths upon its immense platforms and dizzy arches suspended in the air. The bright blue sky of Rome, and the effect of the vigorous awakening of spring in that divinest climate, and the new life with which it drenches the spirits even to intoxication, were the inspiration of this drama.
Page 4 - Pipe a song about a Lamb!' So I piped with merry cheer. 'Piper, pipe that song again;' So I piped: he wept to hear. 'Drop thy pipe, thy happy pipe; Sing thy songs of happy cheer!
Page 100 - The foregoing generations beheld God and nature face to face; we, through their eyes. Why should not we also enjoy an original relation to the universe? Why should not we have a poetry and philosophy of insight and not of tradition, and a religion by revelation to us, and not the history of theirs?
Page 66 - Prometheus is, as it were, the type of the highest perfection of moral and intellectual nature, impelled by the purest and the truest motives to the best and noblest ends.
Page 100 - It undergoes continual changes; it is barbarous, it is civilized, it is christianized, it is rich, it is scientific; but this change is not amelioration. For every thing that is given something is taken.
Page 63 - It had been long abandoned, for its sides Gaped wide with many a rift, and its frail joints Swayed with the undulations of the tide. A restless impulse urged him to embark, And meet lone Death on the drear ocean's waste ; For well he knew that mighty Shadow loves The slimy caverns of the populous deep.