Literary Hours: Or, Sketches Critical and Narrative, Volume 1J. Burkitt, 1800 - English literature |
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... present hour of difficulty and danger , when politics and finance appear so entirely to occupy the public mind , it is little to be ex- pected that subjects of fancy and mere elegant literature should greatly excite attention , or meet ...
... present hour of difficulty and danger , when politics and finance appear so entirely to occupy the public mind , it is little to be ex- pected that subjects of fancy and mere elegant literature should greatly excite attention , or meet ...
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... present period of scientific improvement , be consi- dered as either naturally imbecile in intellect , or , verging towards a state of insanity . Futile , however , as the data , on which the peculiar system of Lucretius is built , may ...
... present period of scientific improvement , be consi- dered as either naturally imbecile in intellect , or , verging towards a state of insanity . Futile , however , as the data , on which the peculiar system of Lucretius is built , may ...
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... present day have , with no little extravagance , inferred the per- fectibility of human nature ; they have even gone so far as to assert that the physical conse- ' quences of our existence , sleep and death , are no necessary result ...
... present day have , with no little extravagance , inferred the per- fectibility of human nature ; they have even gone so far as to assert that the physical conse- ' quences of our existence , sleep and death , are no necessary result ...
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... present a picture taken from the conclusion of the fifth book , where the poet is expatiating on the origin of man , and on the progress of the useful and elegant arts . It is a design which has all that amenity of conception , harmony ...
... present a picture taken from the conclusion of the fifth book , where the poet is expatiating on the origin of man , and on the progress of the useful and elegant arts . It is a design which has all that amenity of conception , harmony ...
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... present century when science and literature have spread so extensively , the heavy clouds of superstition have been dispersed , and have assumed a lighter and less formidable hue ; for though the tales of Walpole , Reeve and Radcliffe ...
... present century when science and literature have spread so extensively , the heavy clouds of superstition have been dispersed , and have assumed a lighter and less formidable hue ; for though the tales of Walpole , Reeve and Radcliffe ...
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Page 195 - Whose midnight revels, by a forest side, Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course ; they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear ; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds.
Page 375 - Daughters; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 409 - With lust and violence the house of God? In courts and palaces he also reigns, And in luxurious cities, where the noise Of riot ascends above their loftiest towers, And injury, and outrage: And when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
Page 411 - A pillar of state : deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat, and public care : And princely counsel in his face yet shone, Majestic though in ruin...
Page 66 - With fairest flowers Whilst summer lasts and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave: thou shalt not lack The flower that's like thy face, pale primrose, nor The azured harebell, like thy veins, no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath...
Page 331 - Now gliding remote, on the verge of the sky, The moon half extinguished her crescent displays ; But lately I marked, when majestic on high She shone, and the planets were lost in her blaze. Roll on, thou fair orb, and with gladness pursue The path that conducts thee to splendor again : But man's faded glory what change shall renew? Ah, fool...
Page 338 - As I left this place, and entered into the next field, a second pleasure entertained me : 'twas a handsome milkmaid, that had not yet attained so much age and wisdom as to load her mind with any fears of many things that will never be...
Page 412 - On the other side up-rose Belial, in act more graceful and humane : A fairer person lost not Heaven ; he seem'd For dignity compos'd, and high exploit : But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels : for his thoughts were low...
Page 331 - Tis night, and the landscape is lovely no more ; I mourn, but, ye woodlands, I mourn not for you; For morn is approaching, your charms to restore...
Page 30 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.