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 - Всего страниц: 292 |
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... Words 147 .. 149 .. .. 151 .. " . 152 .. 156 Tam O'Shanter The Tarard . - Chaucer's Inn Isabella Andreini 159 166 167 Lady Chudleigh .. 170 Ariosto Robert Bloomfield ib . · 173 Page . Self - devotion in a Bard 176 . CONTENTS TO VOL . I. ix.
... Words 147 .. 149 .. .. 151 .. " . 152 .. 156 Tam O'Shanter The Tarard . - Chaucer's Inn Isabella Andreini 159 166 167 Lady Chudleigh .. 170 Ariosto Robert Bloomfield ib . · 173 Page . Self - devotion in a Bard 176 . CONTENTS TO VOL . I. ix.
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... words : " Ot- way had an intimate friend who was murdered ( not robbed ) in the street . One may guess at his sorrow , who has so feelingly described true af- fection in his Venice Preserved . ' He pursued the 2 POETRY AND POETS .
... words : " Ot- way had an intimate friend who was murdered ( not robbed ) in the street . One may guess at his sorrow , who has so feelingly described true af- fection in his Venice Preserved . ' He pursued the 2 POETRY AND POETS .
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... words to set forth such lewdness , it is not hard for them to give a goodly and painted shew thereunto , borrowed even from the praises which are proper to vir- tue itself ; as of a most notorious thief and wick- ed outlaw , which had ...
... words to set forth such lewdness , it is not hard for them to give a goodly and painted shew thereunto , borrowed even from the praises which are proper to vir- tue itself ; as of a most notorious thief and wick- ed outlaw , which had ...
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... words together . The following evening , he over - heard the minstrel practising his chanson to himself . * This was when Mr. Pope was about seventeen , and , consequently , about the year 1705 , The next day he had the good fortune to ...
... words together . The following evening , he over - heard the minstrel practising his chanson to himself . * This was when Mr. Pope was about seventeen , and , consequently , about the year 1705 , The next day he had the good fortune to ...
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... words . At the day appointed , they both appeared be- fore the King . Arnaud desired to sing first , and the minstrel , in a fit of the greatest surprise and astonishment , suddenly cried out , " C'est ma chanson , " ( This is my song ) ...
... words . At the day appointed , they both appeared be- fore the King . Arnaud desired to sing first , and the minstrel , in a fit of the greatest surprise and astonishment , suddenly cried out , " C'est ma chanson , " ( This is my song ) ...
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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.