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Side 106
... a compiler ; introducing in comparatively few instances any original
observations , though he is certainly not devoid of capacity for making them ; and
nothing can be more evident than the spirit of benevolence that actuates him
throughout .
... a compiler ; introducing in comparatively few instances any original
observations , though he is certainly not devoid of capacity for making them ; and
nothing can be more evident than the spirit of benevolence that actuates him
throughout .
Side 176
... influence of a dissipated and an indolent spirit , or from mistaken notions of the
true end and design of literature : amongst such notions , this of gaining what is
commonly but falsely termed general knowlege is one of the most dangerous , for
...
... influence of a dissipated and an indolent spirit , or from mistaken notions of the
true end and design of literature : amongst such notions , this of gaining what is
commonly but falsely termed general knowlege is one of the most dangerous , for
...
Side 285
Regarded as an historical work , however , it may perhaps be judged to betray
too much of the spirit of controversy to rank highly in that department of letters ;
and the author is too frea quently found wandering from his path as an historian ,
in ...
Regarded as an historical work , however , it may perhaps be judged to betray
too much of the spirit of controversy to rank highly in that department of letters ;
and the author is too frea quently found wandering from his path as an historian ,
in ...
Side 300
It is to the spirit and character of his works , then , that we object ; and much do
we regret that he seems to be so little influenced by the remark of Cicero , which
we recommended to his attention on the appearance of his 6 Juvenile Poems , "
on ...
It is to the spirit and character of his works , then , that we object ; and much do
we regret that he seems to be so little influenced by the remark of Cicero , which
we recommended to his attention on the appearance of his 6 Juvenile Poems , "
on ...
Side 302
Before thee at thy quest their spirits are What wouldst thou with us , son of mortals
— say ? ' The songs of six of these Spirits have not much spirit in them : but the
Mountain - Spirit sings with better effect : Mont Blanc is the monarch of ...
Before thee at thy quest their spirits are What wouldst thou with us , son of mortals
— say ? ' The songs of six of these Spirits have not much spirit in them : but the
Mountain - Spirit sings with better effect : Mont Blanc is the monarch of ...
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Side 128 - The turtle to her mate hath told her tale. Summer is come, for every spray now springs: The hart hath hung his old head on the pale; The buck in brake his winter coat he flings ; The fishes flete with new repaired scale.
Side 304 - The stars are forth, the moon above the tops Of the snow-shining mountains. — Beautiful ! I linger yet with nature, for the night Hath been to me a more familiar face Than that of man ; and in her starry shade Of dim and solitary loveliness, I learned the language of another world.
Side 302 - When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good; myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, All righteous things...
Side 301 - Half dust, half deity, alike unfit To sink or soar, with our mixed essence, make A conflict of its elements, and breathe The breath of degradation and of pride, Contending with low wants and lofty will, Till our mortality predominates, And men are — what they name not to themselves, And trust not to each other.
Side 300 - Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains ; «° They crowned him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow.
Side 20 - To get over this, my way is, to divide half a sheet of paper by a line into two columns; writing over the one pro, and over the other con; then during three or four days' consideration, I put down under the different heads short hints of the different motives, that at different times occur to me, for or against the measure. When I have thus got them all together in one view, I...
Side 284 - Nymph of a fair, but erring line ! " Gently he said — "One hope is thine. Tis written in the Book of Fate, The Peri yet may be forgiven Who brings to this Eternal Gate The Gift that is most dear to Heaven ! Go, seek it, and redeem thy sin — Tis sweet to let the Pardon'd in ! " Rapidly as comets run To th...
Side 286 - Cheer'd by this hope, she bends her thither ; — Still laughs the radiant eye of heaven, Nor have the golden bowers of even In the rich west begun to wither ; — When, o'er the vale of Balbec winging Slowly, she sees a child at play, Among the rosy wild-flowers singing, As rosy and as wild as they ; Chasing, with eager hands and eyes, The beautiful blue damsel-flies, That flutter'd round the jasmine stems, Like winged flowers or flying gems...
Side 287 - And how felt he, the wretched Man reclining there — while memory ran o'er many a year of guilt and strife, flew o'er the dark flood of his life, nor found one sunny resting-place, nor brought him back one branch of grace !
Side 304 - Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome ; The trees which grew along the broken arches Waved dark in the blue midnight, and the stars Shone through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watchdog bay'd beyond the Tiber ; and More near from out the Caesars...