Letters ... written between the years 1784 and 1807 [ed. by A. Constable].1811 |
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... existence , or its comfortless debility , how glad shall I be to see you both to- gether , whom , in days long fled , I have so often seen with a third , that , in this world , I must see no more , except with the faithful eye of conse ...
... existence , or its comfortless debility , how glad shall I be to see you both to- gether , whom , in days long fled , I have so often seen with a third , that , in this world , I must see no more , except with the faithful eye of conse ...
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... existence of a deep precon- ceived distrust of the latter faculty in my mind . That distrust is not , I flatter myself , entirely founded , at least if I may so gather from the de- light with which I peruse all that is yours , whe- ther ...
... existence of a deep precon- ceived distrust of the latter faculty in my mind . That distrust is not , I flatter myself , entirely founded , at least if I may so gather from the de- light with which I peruse all that is yours , whe- ther ...
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... existence without having heard the nightingale : but this gratifica- tion has been so often averted , that I begin to think its notes are sounds which destiny interdicts to my ear . Next Monday is fixed for our setting out . I am afraid ...
... existence without having heard the nightingale : but this gratifica- tion has been so often averted , that I begin to think its notes are sounds which destiny interdicts to my ear . Next Monday is fixed for our setting out . I am afraid ...
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... existence better known to me , who lived in habitual intimacy with him from my thirteenth year , the period in which his con- stellation of talents first beamed upon our city , and which illumined it so long . I had rather this ...
... existence better known to me , who lived in habitual intimacy with him from my thirteenth year , the period in which his con- stellation of talents first beamed upon our city , and which illumined it so long . I had rather this ...
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... existence unconscious of the song of Philomel . Lichfield and its environs are too far north for her visitation , and it had never been my lot to find myself in her haunts , when she and her feathered sisters " beat the ear of night ...
... existence unconscious of the song of Philomel . Lichfield and its environs are too far north for her visitation , and it had never been my lot to find myself in her haunts , when she and her feathered sisters " beat the ear of night ...
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Adieu admirable amongst anguish ANNA SEWARD attention avowed ballad bard beauty beneath blank-verse border ballads Cadzow Castle Captain Hastings character charming circumstance compositions consciousness countenance Cowper dark dear delight Dr Darwin Dr Johnson dreadful elegance eloquence epic esteem excellence fancy feel France genius glowing grace gratified H. F. CARY happy heart Homer honour hope hour human imagination ingenious interest Johnson justly Lady landscape late LEE PHILIPS less LETTER Lichfield live lost Madoc Milton mind Minstrel Miss muse nature never observe Paradise Lost passed peace perusal pleasure poem poet poetic poetry Powys praise present prose Prussia render rhyme Saville scene Scotland Shakespeare soul Southey spirit stanza strange style sublime surely sweet talents taste thank thought tion translation verse volume WALTER SCOTT WILLIAM HAYLEY writing youth
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Page 330 - Oh! while along the stream of Time thy name Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame, Say, shall my little bark attendant sail, Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale?
Page 273 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Page 165 - I do not like thee, Doctor Fell; The reason why I cannot tell; But this I know and know full well. I do not like thee. Doctor Fell!
Page 222 - Resolved, their uses done. Not to the grave, not to the grave, my soul, Follow thy friend beloved ; The spirit is not there...
Page 91 - More dreadful and deform : on th' other side Incenst with indignation Satan stood Unterrifi'd, and like a Comet burn'd, That fires the length of Ophiucus huge In th' Artick Sky, and from his horrid hair Shakes Pestilence and Warr.
Page 305 - True wit is nature to advantage drest; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well exprest.
Page 168 - THE lapse of time and rivers is the same, Both speed their journey with a restless stream ; The silent pace with which they steal away, No wealth can bribe, no prayers persuade to stay; Alike irrevocable both when past, And a wide ocean swallows both at last.
Page 168 - Christ, and he is fighting for his own notions. He thinks that he is skilfully searching the hearts of others, when he is only gratifying the malignity of his own, and charitably supposes his hearers destitute of all grace, that he may shine the more in his own eyes by comparison.
Page 113 - ONCE in the heart, cold in yon narrow cell, Did each mild grace, each ardent virtue dwell ; Kind aid, kind tears for others
Page 104 - Art thou, my Gregory, for ever fled ! And am I left to unavailing woe ! When fortune's storms assail this weary. head, Where cares long since have shed untim'ely snow ! Ah, now for comfort whither shall I go ! No more thy soothing voice my anguish cheers : Thy placid eyes with smiles no longer glow, My hopes to cherish, and allay my fears. Tis meet that I should mourn : flow forth afresh, my tears.