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... scene , With half that kindling majesty , dilate Thy strong conception , as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of Cæsar's fate , Amid the crowd of patriots ; and his arm Aloft extending , like eternal Jove , When guilt brings ...
... scene , With half that kindling majesty , dilate Thy strong conception , as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of Cæsar's fate , Amid the crowd of patriots ; and his arm Aloft extending , like eternal Jove , When guilt brings ...
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... scenes is often height- ened in a high degree by the introduction of the gods . In the twentieth book , where all the gods take part in the engagement , according as they severally favour either the Grecians , or the Trojans , the poet ...
... scenes is often height- ened in a high degree by the introduction of the gods . In the twentieth book , where all the gods take part in the engagement , according as they severally favour either the Grecians , or the Trojans , the poet ...
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... scenes and prospects ; white , with innocence ; blue , with the serenity of the sky . Independently of asso- ciations of this sort , all that we can farther observe respecting colours is , that those chosen for beauty , are commonly ...
... scenes and prospects ; white , with innocence ; blue , with the serenity of the sky . Independently of asso- ciations of this sort , all that we can farther observe respecting colours is , that those chosen for beauty , are commonly ...
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... scene - as a bridge with arches over a river , smoke rising from cottages in the midst of trees , and a distant view of a fine build- ing , seen by the rising sun - we then enjoy in the high- est perfection that gay , cheerful , and ...
... scene - as a bridge with arches over a river , smoke rising from cottages in the midst of trees , and a distant view of a fine build- ing , seen by the rising sun - we then enjoy in the high- est perfection that gay , cheerful , and ...
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... scenes and landscapes more beautiful than any that can be found in the whole compass of nature . " In one member of this sentence there is an inaccu- racy in syntax . It is proper to say , altering and com- pounding those images which ...
... scenes and landscapes more beautiful than any that can be found in the whole compass of nature . " In one member of this sentence there is an inaccu- racy in syntax . It is proper to say , altering and com- pounding those images which ...
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Page 111 - We cannot indeed have a single image in the fancy that did not make its first entrance through the sight; but we have the power of retaining, altering, and compounding those images which we have once received, into all the varieties of picture and vision...
Page 88 - Me miserable ! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep Still threatening to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
Page 74 - I shall detain you no longer in the demonstration of what we should not do, but straight conduct you to a hill-side, where I will point you out the right path of a virtuous and noble education; laborious indeed at the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospect and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming.
Page 25 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, And shall perform all my pleasure ; Even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built ; And to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Page 151 - Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark Illumine; what is low, raise and support...
Page 90 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature, from her seat Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 25 - He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Page 110 - Our sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments. The sense of feeling can indeed give us a notion of extension, shape, and all other ideas that enter at the eye, except colours ; but at the same time it is very much straitened and confined in its operations to the number, bulk,...
Page 186 - O SING unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.
Page 115 - A man should endeavour, therefore, to make the sphere of his innocent pleasures as wide as possible, that he may retire into them with safety, and find in them such a satisfaction as a wise man would not blush to take.