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... tion not poetical . On the conditions and regulations under which such books may be employed advantageously in the earlier periods of education . XII . March 6. - On tales of witches , ap- paritions , & c . as distinguished from the ...
... tion not poetical . On the conditions and regulations under which such books may be employed advantageously in the earlier periods of education . XII . March 6. - On tales of witches , ap- paritions , & c . as distinguished from the ...
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... tion of man in his antique form . He then dwelt on the pre - eminence of the Greeks in Art and Philosophy , and noticed the suitable- ness of polytheism to small insulated states , in which patriotism acted as a substitute for re ...
... tion of man in his antique form . He then dwelt on the pre - eminence of the Greeks in Art and Philosophy , and noticed the suitable- ness of polytheism to small insulated states , in which patriotism acted as a substitute for re ...
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... tion of the poems of his time , among which were several epic poems of great merit ; or rather in strictness there was a vast cycle of heroic poems , or minstrelsies , from and out of which separate poems were composed . The form of ...
... tion of the poems of his time , among which were several epic poems of great merit ; or rather in strictness there was a vast cycle of heroic poems , or minstrelsies , from and out of which separate poems were composed . The form of ...
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... tion it here once for all ) -which interposes a painful mixture in the humour of Chaucer , and which has once or twice seduced even our pure - minded Spenser into a grossness , as hete- rogeneous from the spirit of his great poem , as ...
... tion it here once for all ) -which interposes a painful mixture in the humour of Chaucer , and which has once or twice seduced even our pure - minded Spenser into a grossness , as hete- rogeneous from the spirit of his great poem , as ...
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... tion , and he has with great skill contrived varieties of construction ; but his style is rarely sweet or harmonious , in consequence of his labour at point and strength being so evident . In all his works , in verse or prose , there is ...
... tion , and he has with great skill contrived varieties of construction ; but his style is rarely sweet or harmonious , in consequence of his labour at point and strength being so evident . In all his works , in verse or prose , there is ...
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Page 286 - He tugged, he shook, till down they came, and drew The whole roof after them, with burst of thunder, Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains, counsellors...
Page 213 - And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and cast them to the earth...
Page 135 - Unto the general disposition ; As when some one peculiar quality Doth so possess a man, that it doth draw All his affects, his spirits, and his powers, In their confluctions, all to run one way, This may be truly said to be a humour.
Page 94 - Upon the top of all his loftie crest, A bounch of heares discolourd diversly, With sprincled pearle and gold full richly drest, Did shake. and seemd to daunce for jollity, Like to an almond tree ymounted hye On top of greene Selinis all alone, With blossoms brave bedecked daintily ; Whose tender locks do tremble every one At everie little breath that under heaven is blowne.
Page 194 - ... shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?
Page 96 - Her angels face, As the great eye of heaven, shyned bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place : Did never mortall eye behold such heavenly grace.
Page 112 - Full many a glorious morning have I seen Flatter the mountain tops with sovereign eye, Kissing with golden face the meadows green, Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy; Anon permit the basest clouds to ride With ugly rack on his celestial face, And from the forlorn world his visage hide, Stealing unseen to west with this disgrace : Even so my sun one early morn did shine With...
Page 246 - Another misery there is in affection ; that whom we truly love like our own selves, we forget their looks, nor can our memory retain the idea of their faces ; and it is no wonder, for they are ourselves, and our affection makes their looks our own.
Page 248 - If an honest, and, I may truly affirm, a laborious zeal for the public service, has given me any weight in your esteem, let me exhort and conjure you, never to suffer an invasion of your political constitution, however minute the instance may appear, to pass by, without a determined persevering resistance. One precedent creates another. They soon accumulate, and constitute law. What yesterday was fact, to-day is doctrine. Examples are supposed to justify the most dangerous measures; and where they...
Page 159 - Or se' tu quel Virgilio, e quella fonte, Che spande di parlar si largo fiume? Risposi lui con vergognosa fronte. O degli altri poeti onore e lume, Vagliami il lungo studio e il grande amore, Che m' ha fatto cercar lo tuo volume. Tu se...