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... spirit . No poet in the English lan- guage , who has written so little , is so much read and so well known . The fame of almost all , even of the authors of imperishable creations , rests upon a small portion of their works , while the ...
... spirit . No poet in the English lan- guage , who has written so little , is so much read and so well known . The fame of almost all , even of the authors of imperishable creations , rests upon a small portion of their works , while the ...
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... spirit with which he viewed but they sufficiently indicate the mental every object . But this charm is insepara- state of both the friends . Their letters treat ble from his own writings , and can no more chiefly of their poetry and ...
... spirit with which he viewed but they sufficiently indicate the mental every object . But this charm is insepara- state of both the friends . Their letters treat ble from his own writings , and can no more chiefly of their poetry and ...
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... spirits . West , on leaving Oxford , had taken chambers in the Temple , and pursued for some time the study of the law ... spirit , and the obstinate careless- ness of mine , the breach must have grown wider till we became incompatible ...
... spirits . West , on leaving Oxford , had taken chambers in the Temple , and pursued for some time the study of the law ... spirit , and the obstinate careless- ness of mine , the breach must have grown wider till we became incompatible ...
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... spirit or understanding could ever permit him to take office under a pernicious court - minion , ( but had he a control over the existing ministry ? ) whom he himself had affected to despise or detest . " We will not condemn him for the ...
... spirit or understanding could ever permit him to take office under a pernicious court - minion , ( but had he a control over the existing ministry ? ) whom he himself had affected to despise or detest . " We will not condemn him for the ...
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... spirit with which things are naturally accounted for by the her ladyship wrote , rendered her letters very residence of Mrs. Anne Pitt in the heart of delightful to her friends , and enabled her the royal household . Apropos of David to ...
... spirit with which things are naturally accounted for by the her ladyship wrote , rendered her letters very residence of Mrs. Anne Pitt in the heart of delightful to her friends , and enabled her the royal household . Apropos of David to ...
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Page 71 - For I have learned To look on nature, not as in the hour Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity, Nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue.
Page 459 - Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right ; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints, — I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life! — and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.
Page 422 - Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken — The ice was all between. The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around: It cracked and growled, and roared and howled, Like noises in a swound!
Page 171 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness...
Page 285 - The world can never give The bliss for which we sigh ; 'Tis not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die.
Page 71 - For nature then (The coarser pleasures of my boyish days, And their glad animal movements all gone by) To me was all in all. — I cannot paint What then I was. The sounding cataract Haunted me like a passion : the tall rock, The mountain, and the deep and gloomy wood, Their colours and their forms, were then to me An appetite ; a feeling and a love, That had no need of a remoter charm, By thought supplied, nor any interest Unborrowed from the eye.
Page 76 - The stars of midnight shall be dear To her; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face.
Page 510 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell : Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.
Page 31 - In the same pious confidence, beside her friend and sister, here sleep the remains of Dorothy Gray, widow, the careful, tender mother of many children, one of whom alone had the misfortune to survive her.
Page 220 - But to her heart, her heart was voluble, Paining with eloquence her balmy side; As though a tongueless nightingale should swell Her throat in vain, and die, heart-stifled, in her dell.