 ... so vast a command of the whole eloquence of scorn, misanthropy and despair. That Marah was never dry. No art could sweeten, no draughts could exhaust, its perennial waters of bitterness. Never was there such variety in monotony as that of Byron. From...  Chips from Englisgh [!] Literature ... - Page 11by Lewis Scharf - 1875 - 101 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1831 - 738 pages
...was there such variety in monotony as that of Byron. From maniac laughter to piercing lamentation, 'there was not a single note of human anguish of which...destiny of the eminent; that all the desires by which we arc cursed lead alike to misery ; — if they are not gratified, to the misery of disappointment —... | |
 | 1835 - 932 pages
...was there such variety in monotony as that of Byron. From maniac laughter to piercing lamentation, there was not a single note of human anguish of which...; — if they are not gratified, to the misery of disappointment — if they are gratified, to the misery of satiety. His principal heroes are men who... | |
 | Maurice Cross - 1835 - 440 pages
...variety in monotony as that of Byron. From maniac laughter to piercing lamentation, there was nota single note of human anguish of which he was not master....; — if they are not gratified, to the misery of disappointment — if they are gratified, to the misery of satiety. His principal heroes are men who... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1840 - 466 pages
...was there such variety in monotony as that of Byron. From maniac laughter to piercing lamentation, there was not a single note of human anguish of which...misery; — if they are not gratified, to the misery of disappointment; if they are gratified, to the misery of satiety. His principal heroes are men who have... | |
 | Heredity - 1844 - 220 pages
...was there such variety in monotony as that of Byron. From maniac laughter to piercing lamentation, there was not a single note of human anguish of which...misery — if they are not gratified, to the misery of disappointment ; if they are gratified, to the misery of satiety. His principal heroes are men who... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - English language - 1844 - 372 pages
...have been much admired. "eri'rfaij > ff\vles sets forth the grand peculiarities of Byran as follows : Year after year, and month after mo,nth, he continued...all the desires by which we are cursed lead alike u misery — if they are not gratified, to the misery Of disappoint ment ; if they are gratified, to... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...was there such variety of monotony as that of Byron. From maniac laughter to piercing lamentation, there was not a single note of human anguish of which...misery ; if they are not gratified, to the misery of disappointment; if they are gratified, to the misery of satiety. His principal heroes are men who have... | |
 | 1852 - 672 pages
...draughts exhaust, its perennial waters of bitterness. From maniac laughter to piercing lamentation, there was not a single note of human anguish of which he was not master. He always described himself as a man whose capacity for happiness was gone, and could not be restored."... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...was there such variety in monotony as that of Byron. From maniac laughter to piercing lamentation, there was not a single note of human anguish of which...; — if they are not gratified, to the misery of disappointment ; if they are gratified, to the misery of satiety. His principal heroes are men who... | |
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