The Irish Quarterly Review, Volume 1, Part 2W. B. Kelly, 1851 - Ireland |
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Page 362
... master himself , instead of satiating the public , took to another field , that of prose , and left poetry to younger men , arose the Oriental dynasty , under the prime viziership of Lord Byron ; and down went William of Deloraine , and ...
... master himself , instead of satiating the public , took to another field , that of prose , and left poetry to younger men , arose the Oriental dynasty , under the prime viziership of Lord Byron ; and down went William of Deloraine , and ...
Page 367
... master in the art . The finest poetry is that ( whatever critical coteries may assert to the contrary , and it is exactly the same with painting and sculpture ) which is most patent to the general understanding , and hence to the ...
... master in the art . The finest poetry is that ( whatever critical coteries may assert to the contrary , and it is exactly the same with painting and sculpture ) which is most patent to the general understanding , and hence to the ...
Page 369
... us of those caricatures we some- times see in Punch , " after " some works of the great masters , which they profess to parody . Of the Princess ( viewed as a whole ) we POETICAL LITERATURE OF THE PAST HALF - CENTURY . 369.
... us of those caricatures we some- times see in Punch , " after " some works of the great masters , which they profess to parody . Of the Princess ( viewed as a whole ) we POETICAL LITERATURE OF THE PAST HALF - CENTURY . 369.
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... master . Above all , his poetry possesses , in an eminent degree , one of the highest attributes suggestiveness ; and there he will even stand the severe test of old Longinus , who enunciates in his tenth section , that we may pro ...
... master . Above all , his poetry possesses , in an eminent degree , one of the highest attributes suggestiveness ; and there he will even stand the severe test of old Longinus , who enunciates in his tenth section , that we may pro ...
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... masters . Sheil continued some years at Stonyhurst , and of his life there , of his teachers , and of the Jesuits , so far as he himself knew them , he ever spoke and wrote in terms of deep and sincere regard . We like a man who can ...
... masters . Sheil continued some years at Stonyhurst , and of his life there , of his teachers , and of the Jesuits , so far as he himself knew them , he ever spoke and wrote in terms of deep and sincere regard . We like a man who can ...
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Page 369 - The old order changeth, yielding place to new, And God fulfils Himself in many ways, Lest one good custom should corrupt the world.
Page 355 - This body dropt not down. Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide wide sea! And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.
Page 557 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view; I knew him well, and every truant knew...
Page 360 - On Lough Neagh's bank as the fisherman strays, When the clear, cold eve's declining, He sees the round towers of other days, In the wave beneath him shining! Thus shall memory often, in dreams sublime, Catch a glimpse of the days that are over, Thus, sighing, look through the waves of time For the long-faded glories they cover!
Page 376 - Thus death reigns in all the portions of our time; the autumn with its fruits provides disorders for us, and the winter's cold turns them into sharp diseases, and the spring brings flowers to strew our hearse, and the summer gives green turf and brambles to bind upon our graves.
Page 534 - No one shall run on the Sabbath day, or walk in his garden or elsewhere, except reverently to and from meeting. "No one shall travel, cook victuals, make beds, sweep house, cut hair, or shave, on the Sabbath day.
Page 364 - Where rose the mountains, there to him were friends ; Where roll'd the ocean, thereon was his home ; Where a blue sky, and glowing clime, extends, He had the passion and the power to roam ; The desert, forest, cavern, breaker's foam, Were unto him companionship ; they spake A mutual language, clearer than the tome Of his land's tongue, which he would oft forsake For Nature's pages glass'd by sunbeams on the lake.
Page 370 - For woman is not undevelopt man, . But diverse : could we make her as the man, Sweet Love were slain: his dearest bond is this, Not like to like, but like in difference. Yet in the long years liker must they grow; The man be more of woman, she of man; He gain in sweetness and in moral height, Nor lose the wrestling thews that throw the world; She mental breadth, nor fail in childward care...
Page 355 - At length did cross an Albatross, Thorough the fog it came; As if it had been a Christian soul, We hailed it in God's name. It ate the food it ne'er had eat, And round and round it flew. The ice did split with a thunder-fit; The helmsman steered us through! And a good south wind sprung up behind; The Albatross did follow, And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariners hollo!
Page 458 - Jeremy Collier, Sir?' JOHNSON. 'Jeremy Collier fought without a rival, and therefore could not claim the victory.' Mr. Henderson mentioned Kenn and Kettlewell; but some objections were made: at last he said, 'But, Sir, what do you think of Leslie?' JOHNSON. 'Charles Leslie I had forgotten. Leslie was a reasoner, and a reasoner who was not to be reasoned against.