Poetry and Poets: A Collection of the Choicest Anecdotes Relative to the Poets of Every Age and Nation. With Specimens of Their Works and Sketches of Their Biography, Том 1Sherwood, Gilbert, & Piper, 1826 |
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... brother poet might envy . He was of a distinguished family , the same as that of Fairfax , the Par- liament General ; and having an estate of his own , and the greater estates of leisure and ge- nius , he passed the whole of his days at ...
... brother poet might envy . He was of a distinguished family , the same as that of Fairfax , the Par- liament General ; and having an estate of his own , and the greater estates of leisure and ge- nius , he passed the whole of his days at ...
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... brother - in - law , to keep the long vacation with him , at Charlton , in Wilts : his lady was invited to her uncle Mor- daunt's , to pass the remainder of the summer . When they came to divide the children , Lady Elizabeth would have ...
... brother - in - law , to keep the long vacation with him , at Charlton , in Wilts : his lady was invited to her uncle Mor- daunt's , to pass the remainder of the summer . When they came to divide the children , Lady Elizabeth would have ...
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... : this was more than she was able to do , which induced her to solicit aid from his two brothers , George and Nathaniel , at London , as Mr. Austin said , he did not think he would POETRY AND POETS . 173 Robert Bloomfield.
... : this was more than she was able to do , which induced her to solicit aid from his two brothers , George and Nathaniel , at London , as Mr. Austin said , he did not think he would POETRY AND POETS . 173 Robert Bloomfield.
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... brother and teach him to make shoes , and Nathaniel promised to clothe him . On this , the mother was so careful of him , that she took coach herself , and put him into the hands of his brothers . " She charged me , " said Mr. George ...
... brother and teach him to make shoes , and Nathaniel promised to clothe him . On this , the mother was so careful of him , that she took coach herself , and put him into the hands of his brothers . " She charged me , " said Mr. George ...
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... brother , " read the London Magazine , ' about two sheets of which was set apart for a review : this , and the Poet's Corner , ' always attracted Robert's attention . One day , he repeated a song which he had composed to an old tune . I ...
... brother , " read the London Magazine , ' about two sheets of which was set apart for a review : this , and the Poet's Corner , ' always attracted Robert's attention . One day , he repeated a song which he had composed to an old tune . I ...
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Poetry and Poets: Being a Collection of the Choicest Anecdotes ..., Том 1 Richard Ryan Полный просмотр - 1826 |
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Стр. 41 - EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust!
Стр. 132 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears; soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold. There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubins ; Such harmony is in immortal souls...
Стр. 134 - And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures...
Стр. 110 - THEY made her a grave, too cold and damp " For a soul so warm and true ; " And she's gone to the Lake of the Dismal Swamp *, " Where, all night long, by a fire-fly lamp,
Стр. 139 - Gibbon shall teach me how to dress 'em In terms select and terse ; Jones teach me modesty and Greek ; Smith, how to think; Burke, how to speak; And Beauclerk to converse.
Стр. 155 - English miles ; though the actual breadth is barely one. The rapidity of the current is such that no boat can row directly across ; and it may in some measure be estimated, from the circumstance of the whole distance being accomplished by one of the parties in an hour and five, and by the other in an hour and ten minutes. The water was extremely cold, from the melting of the mountain snows.
Стр. 134 - As we ascended the hill, the variety of beautiful objects, the agreeable stillness and natural simplicity of the whole scene, gave us the highest pleasure. We at length reached the spot whence Milton undoubtedly took most of his images; it is on the top of the hill, from which there is a most extensive prospect on all sides : the distant mountains that seemed to support the clouds, the villages and turrets, partly shaded...
Стр. 135 - ... description, but that it was a most exact and lively representation of nature. Thus will this fine passage, which has always been admired for its elegance, receive an additional beauty from its exactness. After we had walked, with a kind of poetical enthusiasm, over this enchanted ground, we returned to the village...
Стр. 43 - SHALL I like a hermit dwell On a rock or in a cell, Calling home the smallest part That is missing of my heart, To bestow it where I may Meet a rival every day ? If she undervalue me, What care I how fair she be...
Стр. 115 - Far in the bosom of the deep, O'er these wild shelves my watch I keep; A ruddy gem of changeful light, Bound on the dusky brow of night, The seaman bids my lustre hail, And scorns to strike his timorous. sail.