Critical and Miscellaneous Writings of T. Noon Talfourd: Author of "Ion."D. Appleton & Company, 1864 - 176 sider |
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... future dura- the development of an engrossing and madden- tion . I was born under Louis the Twelfth ; ing hatred - is not one which can excite the life of Francis the First now threatens a human sympathy . There is , however , a bright ...
... future dura- the development of an engrossing and madden- tion . I was born under Louis the Twelfth ; ing hatred - is not one which can excite the life of Francis the First now threatens a human sympathy . There is , however , a bright ...
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... future times - and , to this high end , leaving discord for harmony , the startling for the true , and the evil which , how- ever potent , is but for a season , for the pure and the holy which endure for ever ' In the narrow boundaries ...
... future times - and , to this high end , leaving discord for harmony , the startling for the true , and the evil which , how- ever potent , is but for a season , for the pure and the holy which endure for ever ' In the narrow boundaries ...
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... future on the instant , and kindle as they gaze on the massive reali- ties of human virtue , or on those fairy visions which are the gleaming foreshadows of golden years , which hereafter shall bless the world . Their horizon is ...
... future on the instant , and kindle as they gaze on the massive reali- ties of human virtue , or on those fairy visions which are the gleaming foreshadows of golden years , which hereafter shall bless the world . Their horizon is ...
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... future . The reality with which these things have been presented to our youthful eyes is a possession for ever- quickening our sympathy with the most august instances of human virtue , and enriching our souls with palpable images of the ...
... future . The reality with which these things have been presented to our youthful eyes is a possession for ever- quickening our sympathy with the most august instances of human virtue , and enriching our souls with palpable images of the ...
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... future quiet in the grave ? This was the light into which Betterton threw this scene ; which he opened with a pause of mute amazement ! then rising slowly , to solemn , trembling voice , he made the Ghost equally terrible to the spec ...
... future quiet in the grave ? This was the light into which Betterton threw this scene ; which he opened with a pause of mute amazement ! then rising slowly , to solemn , trembling voice , he made the Ghost equally terrible to the spec ...
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Side 155 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Side 55 - Hence in a season of calm weather Though inland far we be, Our Souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the Children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore.
Side 56 - The floating clouds their state shall lend To her; for her the willow bend; » Nor shall she fail to see Even in the motions of the storm Grace that shall mould the maiden's form By silent sympathy.
Side 55 - But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing; Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence: truths that wake, To perish never...
Side 155 - Where joy for ever dwells ; hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new possessor ; one who brings A mind not to be changed by place, or time.
Side 12 - The sounding cataract Haunted me like a passion : the tall rock, The mountain, and the deep and gloomy wood, Their colours and their forms, were then to me An appetite ; a feeling and a love, That had no need of a remoter charm, By thought supplied, or any interest Unborrowed from the eye.
Side 155 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost — the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield : And what is else not to be overcome.
Side 56 - THREE years she grew in sun and shower; Then Nature said, "A lovelier flower On earth was never sown ; This Child I to myself will take; She shall be mine, and I will make A Lady of my own. "Myself will to my darling be Both law and impulse : and with me The Girl, in rock and plain, In earth and heaven, in glade and bower, Shall feel an overseeing power To kindle or restrain.
Side 56 - Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears, To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
Side 154 - Of depth immeasurable; anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders; such as raised To height of noblest temper heroes old Arming to battle, and instead of rage, Deliberate valour breathed, firm and unmoved With dread of death to flight or foul retreat...