Letters ... written between the years 1784 and 1807 [ed. by A. Constable].1811 |
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... Thank God , he continued to amend surprising- ly , considering the violence of the seizure ; but re- mained so weak and lethargic during some days , as to leave a sense of sad dismay upon my heart . The long and bitter frost perhaps ...
... Thank God , he continued to amend surprising- ly , considering the violence of the seizure ; but re- mained so weak and lethargic during some days , as to leave a sense of sad dismay upon my heart . The long and bitter frost perhaps ...
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... thanks for the so far overpaying bounty of your literary present * . In speaking of its contents , I shall demonstrate that my sincerity may be trusted , whatever cause I may give you to distrust my judgment . In saying that you dare ...
... thanks for the so far overpaying bounty of your literary present * . In speaking of its contents , I shall demonstrate that my sincerity may be trusted , whatever cause I may give you to distrust my judgment . In saying that you dare ...
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... thanks , and indiscriminate praise , was an unworthy acknowledgment of the honour conferred upon me by the gift of these highly cu- rious , and ingenious books . A bright luminary in this neighbourhood re- cently shot from its sphere ...
... thanks , and indiscriminate praise , was an unworthy acknowledgment of the honour conferred upon me by the gift of these highly cu- rious , and ingenious books . A bright luminary in this neighbourhood re- cently shot from its sphere ...
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... thank you for a charming letter as to talent , though of lamented intelligence respect- ing Mrs Park's health . So many fruitless medi- cal experiments reduce us to helpless sympathy , and the forlorn hope , that time may subdue , or at ...
... thank you for a charming letter as to talent , though of lamented intelligence respect- ing Mrs Park's health . So many fruitless medi- cal experiments reduce us to helpless sympathy , and the forlorn hope , that time may subdue , or at ...
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... paid . I have to thank dear Miss Ponsonby for a manuscript of many verses , which she had the VOL . VI . goodness to make for me in hours so engrossed , LETTER IX . 49 Right Hon Lady Eleanor Butler, and Miss Ponsonby,
... paid . I have to thank dear Miss Ponsonby for a manuscript of many verses , which she had the VOL . VI . goodness to make for me in hours so engrossed , LETTER IX . 49 Right Hon Lady Eleanor Butler, and Miss Ponsonby,
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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.