...he always thoroughly discriminated the character of that country and its people. But small the Miss that sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss is all...appear, Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. It is a hard struggle to return to England; but his steps are now bent that way. ' My skill in music,'...

...discriminated the character of that country and its people. But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, Anil sensual bliss is all the nation knows. In florid beauty...appear, Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. It is a hard struggle to return to England; but his steps are now bent that way. ' My skill in music,'...

...XII. Antithesis is a placing of things in opposition, to heighten their effect by contrast ; as, " Contrasted faults through all his manners reign ;...Though grave, yet trifling ; zealous, yet untrue; And e'en in penance, planning sins anew." — Goldsmith. XIII. Climax is a figure in which the sense is...

...character of that country and its people. But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And sonsual bliss is all the nation knows. In florid beauty groves...appear, Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. It is a hard struggle to return to England; but his steps are now bent that way. ' My skill in music,'...

...the Caesars ? in the endless civil conflicts of the Peninsula ? or in the states of Italy ? where " In florid beauty groves and fields appear, Man seems...only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted faults thro' all his manners reign ; Though poor, luxurious ; tho* submissive, vain ; Though grave, yet trifling...

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...better powers are dwindled as it were into brushwood. We apply to you what a poet says of Italy ; " But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows." Here, then, is a complete inversion of the proper order : for man is an intellectual being, and an...

...to show thee here * " Could nature'* bounty satisfy the breast, The sons of Italy were surely blest. But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows." Claldimilk. Tmalltr. \ Omai. With what superior skill we can abuse The gifts of Providence, and squander...

...planter's toil ; While seaborn gales their gelid wings expand, To winnow fragrance round the smiling land. But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And...Though grave, yet trifling ; zealous, yet untrue ; And e'en in penance planning sins anew. All evils here contaminate the mind, That opulence departed leaves...

...planter's toil ; While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land. But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. 20 In florid beauty groves and fields appear ; Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted...