Critical and Miscellaneous Writings of T. Noon Talfourd: Author of "Ion."D. Appleton & Company, 1864 - 176 sider |
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... hand , Fielding has not any thing of the kind equal to Strap . Partridge is dry , and hard , compared with this poor barber - boy , with his generous overflowings of affection . Roderick Random , indeed , with its varied de- lineation ...
... hand , Fielding has not any thing of the kind equal to Strap . Partridge is dry , and hard , compared with this poor barber - boy , with his generous overflowings of affection . Roderick Random , indeed , with its varied de- lineation ...
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... hands , replies to the question of " then - to - night , my Lord ! " " Ade- laide dies " -or the allusions to the dark veil in the Mysteries of Udolpho - or the stupendous scenes in Spalatro's cottage ? Of all romance writers Mrs ...
... hands , replies to the question of " then - to - night , my Lord ! " " Ade- laide dies " -or the allusions to the dark veil in the Mysteries of Udolpho - or the stupendous scenes in Spalatro's cottage ? Of all romance writers Mrs ...
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... hand to the count ! they were cast down , and you might see her eyelashes , like strokes of a pencil , over the white of her skin - the modest gentleness , with a sort of sadness too , as it were , and a gentle heave of her bosom at the ...
... hand to the count ! they were cast down , and you might see her eyelashes , like strokes of a pencil , over the white of her skin - the modest gentleness , with a sort of sadness too , as it were , and a gentle heave of her bosom at the ...
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... hand , and in spite of broad - cloth grows almost romantic ? In whom does a perception of the ludicrous for a moment injure the veneration which the brave , stout - hearted and chivalrous Baron of Brad- wardine inspires ? Who shares not ...
... hand , and in spite of broad - cloth grows almost romantic ? In whom does a perception of the ludicrous for a moment injure the veneration which the brave , stout - hearted and chivalrous Baron of Brad- wardine inspires ? Who shares not ...
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... hands as a victim - where he is placed before the clock to gaze on the advances of the hand to the hour when he is to be slain , That we think there is much of true poeti- cal genius - much of that which softens , re- fines , and ...
... hands as a victim - where he is placed before the clock to gaze on the advances of the hand to the hour when he is to be slain , That we think there is much of true poeti- cal genius - much of that which softens , re- fines , and ...
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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...