Letters of Anna Seward: Written Between the Years 1784 and 1807, Volume 1 |
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... observe with what terror he contemplates his ap- proaching fate . The religion of Johnson was always deeply tinctured with that gloomy and servile super- stition which marks his political opinions . He ex- presses these terrors , and ...
... observe with what terror he contemplates his ap- proaching fate . The religion of Johnson was always deeply tinctured with that gloomy and servile super- stition which marks his political opinions . He ex- presses these terrors , and ...
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... " More tunable than needs the metric powers To add more sweetness . " We observe , also , in those infant verses , the seeds of that superstition which grew with his growth , and operated so strongly through his fu- ture LETTER X. 43.
... " More tunable than needs the metric powers To add more sweetness . " We observe , also , in those infant verses , the seeds of that superstition which grew with his growth , and operated so strongly through his fu- ture LETTER X. 43.
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... observe , dreadful were the hor- rors which attended poor Johnson's dying state . His religion was certainly not of that nature which sheds comfort on the deathbed - pillow . I believe his faith was sincere , and therefore could not ...
... observe , dreadful were the hor- rors which attended poor Johnson's dying state . His religion was certainly not of that nature which sheds comfort on the deathbed - pillow . I believe his faith was sincere , and therefore could not ...
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... observing that " Milton's expres- sion , clad in complete steel , ' is supposed to have been borrowed from Hamlet ; " that " critics must shew their reading by quoting books ; but that it was merely an expression , in common use , tó ...
... observing that " Milton's expres- sion , clad in complete steel , ' is supposed to have been borrowed from Hamlet ; " that " critics must shew their reading by quoting books ; but that it was merely an expression , in common use , tó ...
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... that the poetry on which they comment inspires ; but by what mi- racle of misconception is it , that he pronounces Milton to have had a bad ear !! Nothing can be more just than Mr Warton's observation that LETTER XII . 53.
... that the poetry on which they comment inspires ; but by what mi- racle of misconception is it , that he pronounces Milton to have had a bad ear !! Nothing can be more just than Mr Warton's observation that LETTER XII . 53.
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Page 358 - Thyself how wondrous then! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these Thy lowest works : yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels ! for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing : ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Page 354 - Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Page 110 - This pow'r has praise that virtue scarce can warm, Till fame supplies the universal charm. Yet Reason frowns on War's unequal game, Where wasted nations raise a single name; And mortgag'd states their grandsires...
Page 216 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted...
Page 247 - ... sounds, That the fix'd sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch: Fire answers fire; and through their paly flames Each battle sees the other's umber'd face: Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear; and from the tents, The armourers, accomplishing the knights, With busy hammers closing rivets up, Give dreadful note of preparation.
Page 19 - In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun : which cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant to run his course.
Page 205 - Wing'd with red lightning and impetuous rage, Perhaps hath spent his shafts, and ceases now To bellow through the vast and boundless deep.
Page 358 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair : thyself how wondrous then, Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 216 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill...
Page 217 - Throw hither all your quaint enamelled eyes, That on the green turf suck the honied showers, And purple all the ground with vernal flowers.