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... brought down heaven to earth . The latter attempt was a much easier one than the former ; it was more consonant to human frailty ; and , therefore , it has met with more success . The gods and goddesses in the Iliad are men and women ...
... brought down heaven to earth . The latter attempt was a much easier one than the former ; it was more consonant to human frailty ; and , therefore , it has met with more success . The gods and goddesses in the Iliad are men and women ...
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... brought the a sofa with a violence that made it Madeira and the whisky , and we drew round the table to condole with the love - stricken Kentuckian . minutes passed in the composition of A few the toddy , which was evidently des- tined ...
... brought the a sofa with a violence that made it Madeira and the whisky , and we drew round the table to condole with the love - stricken Kentuckian . minutes passed in the composition of A few the toddy , which was evidently des- tined ...
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... brought me a letter from Mister Lamb- ton . The old gentleman had the honour to inform me , in accordance with his daughter's wishes , that there did not exist sufficient harmony be- tween my character and that of Miss Emily to render a ...
... brought me a letter from Mister Lamb- ton . The old gentleman had the honour to inform me , in accordance with his daughter's wishes , that there did not exist sufficient harmony be- tween my character and that of Miss Emily to render a ...
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... brought his legs down again , started up , and gazed through the cabin window . " Hallo ! " cried he , " here are your Red River bottoms . Will have a look at them will go on deck ? You may take away , steward . Come , Monshur Tonson ...
... brought his legs down again , started up , and gazed through the cabin window . " Hallo ! " cried he , " here are your Red River bottoms . Will have a look at them will go on deck ? You may take away , steward . Come , Monshur Tonson ...
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... brought in the pipes and refreshments , I made some very sensible observa- tions , which Petrarca clothed in Ser- vian , and the replies seemed in every way equal ; notwithstanding , in about an hour the liveliness of the scene began ...
... brought in the pipes and refreshments , I made some very sensible observa- tions , which Petrarca clothed in Ser- vian , and the replies seemed in every way equal ; notwithstanding , in about an hour the liveliness of the scene began ...
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Page 126 - For not to think of what I needs must feel But to be still and patient, all I can; And haply by abstruse research to steal From my own nature all the natural man — This was my sole resource, my only plan; Till that which suits a part infects the whole, And now is almost grown the habit of my soul.
Page 386 - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same: Unerring Nature! still divinely bright, One clear, unchang'd, and universal light, Life, force, and beauty, must to all impart, At once the source, and end, and test of art. Art from that fund each just supply provides; Works without show, and without pomp presides : In some fair body thus th...
Page 528 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Page 124 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave. Await alike the' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 503 - The third way is that of imitation, where the translator (if now he has not lost that name) assumes the liberty, not only to vary from the words and sense, but to forsake them both as he sees occasion; and taking only some general hints from the original, to run division on the groundwork, as he pleases.
Page 388 - Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, Not mend their minds; as some to church repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music there. These equal syllables alone require, Tho...
Page 271 - Should God create another Eve, and I Another rib afford, yet loss of thee Would never from my heart : no, no ! I feel The link of Nature draw me : flesh of flesh, Bone of my bone thou art, and from thy state Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe.
Page 362 - You are my true and honourable wife; As dear to me, as are the ruddy drops That visit my sad heart.
Page 614 - He must have been a man of a most wonderful comprehensive nature, because, as it has been truly observed of him, he has taken into the compass of his " Canterbury Tales " the various manners and humours (as we now call them) of the whole English nation, in his age. Not a single character has escaped him.
Page 391 - Be Homer's works your study and delight, Read them by day, and meditate by night; Thence form your judgment, thence your maxims bring, And trace the Muses upward to their spring.