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... possessed the ability to influence the determination of the reader . It has been my object to present to him as complete a view of the subject , of which I have under- taken to treat , as was admitted by my materials or my powers ; and ...
... possessed the ability to influence the determination of the reader . It has been my object to present to him as complete a view of the subject , of which I have under- taken to treat , as was admitted by my materials or my powers ; and ...
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... possessing at the most only doubtful autho- rity . Though Homer ( if he may be allowed to have written his Ilias or to have known the orthography of one of the rivers of the Troad ) has frequently transgressed this rule , it was very ...
... possessing at the most only doubtful autho- rity . Though Homer ( if he may be allowed to have written his Ilias or to have known the orthography of one of the rivers of the Troad ) has frequently transgressed this rule , it was very ...
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... possessing any weight ? On the value of that confirmation of this tale which Mr. Warton , with dry positiveness , and Dr. Johnson , with the insult of affected concern , have pretended to dis- cover in that expression of the last cited ...
... possessing any weight ? On the value of that confirmation of this tale which Mr. Warton , with dry positiveness , and Dr. Johnson , with the insult of affected concern , have pretended to dis- cover in that expression of the last cited ...
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... nerve than the diffuse and languid Ovid . On the whole , however , these productions must be regarded as possessing rare and preeminent merit . To Eng- land , indeed , they are peculiarly interesting , as LIFE OF MILTON . 45.
... nerve than the diffuse and languid Ovid . On the whole , however , these productions must be regarded as possessing rare and preeminent merit . To Eng- land , indeed , they are peculiarly interesting , as LIFE OF MILTON . 45.
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... possessing any meaning different from what would be assigned to it by a modern poet ) , he tells us that in this sense ( of canopy ) , is " state , " to be understood in the description of the swan in the 7th book of Paradise Lost : The ...
... possessing any meaning different from what would be assigned to it by a modern poet ) , he tells us that in this sense ( of canopy ) , is " state , " to be understood in the description of the swan in the 7th book of Paradise Lost : The ...
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Page 386 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Page 296 - Old Law did save, And such as yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in Heaven without restraint, Came vested all in white, pure as her mind. Her face was...
Page 102 - Neither do I think it shame to covenant with any knowing reader, that for some few years yet I may go on trust with him toward the payment of what I am now indebted...
Page 221 - Then to advise how war may, best upheld, Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In all her equipage...
Page 39 - No war, or battle's sound Was heard the world around : The idle spear and shield were high uphung ; The hooked chariot stood Unstain'd with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng ; And kings sat still with awful eye, As if they surely knew their sovran Lord was by.
Page 184 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...
Page 154 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth ; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. All they shall speak, and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we ? art thou become like unto us...
Page 60 - Sleep; At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air...
Page 292 - The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In Liberty's defence, my noble task, Of which all Europe rings from side to side. This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask Content, though blind, had I no better guide.
Page 101 - ... that epic form whereof the two poems of Homer, and those other two of Virgil and Tasso are a diffuse, and the Book of Job a brief model...