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... speak disrespectfully of old districts . Who would suppose that the Borough was the most classical ground in the metropolis ! And yet it is undoubtedly so . The Globe theatre was there , of which Shakspeare himself was the proprietor ...
... speak disrespectfully of old districts . Who would suppose that the Borough was the most classical ground in the metropolis ! And yet it is undoubtedly so . The Globe theatre was there , of which Shakspeare himself was the proprietor ...
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... Speaking of the Prioress , who makes such a deli- cate figure among his Canterbury Pilgrims , he tells us , in the list of her accomplishments , that- French she spake full faire and featously ; adding with great gravity-- After the ...
... Speaking of the Prioress , who makes such a deli- cate figure among his Canterbury Pilgrims , he tells us , in the list of her accomplishments , that- French she spake full faire and featously ; adding with great gravity-- After the ...
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... speak of his well - known Dæmon , Genius , or Familiar Spirit , who , as he was a good man , always advised him to a good end . The Genius was thought to paint ideas upon the mind in as lively a manner as if in a looking - glass ; upon ...
... speak of his well - known Dæmon , Genius , or Familiar Spirit , who , as he was a good man , always advised him to a good end . The Genius was thought to paint ideas upon the mind in as lively a manner as if in a looking - glass ; upon ...
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... speak also of the genius or idiomatic peculiarity of a language . One of the most curious and edifying uses of the word Genius took place in the English translation of the French Arabian Nights , which speaks of our old friends the ...
... speak also of the genius or idiomatic peculiarity of a language . One of the most curious and edifying uses of the word Genius took place in the English translation of the French Arabian Nights , which speaks of our old friends the ...
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... speaking they also presided over cities , public roads , and at last over all places with which men were conversant . Their chief government however was supposed to be over the most inner and secret part of the house , and the ...
... speaking they also presided over cities , public roads , and at last over all places with which men were conversant . Their chief government however was supposed to be over the most inner and secret part of the house , and the ...
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Page 86 - Singing of Mount Abora. Could I revive within me Her symphony and song, To such a deep delight 'twould win me, That with music loud and long, I would build that dome in air, That sunny dome ! those caves of ice ! And all who heard should see them there, And all should cry, Beware ! Beware ! His flashing eyes, his floating hair ! Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread, For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise.
Page 4 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines...
Page 64 - Alas ! (thought I, and my heart beat loud) How fast she nears and nears! Are those her sails that glance in the Sun, Like restless gossameres?
Page 37 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war; Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Page 105 - On this afflicted prince; fall like a cloud In gentle showers; give nothing that is loud Or painful to his slumbers; — easy, sweet, And as a purling stream, thou son of Night, Pass by his troubled senses; sing his pain Like hollow murmuring wind or silver rain; Into this prince gently, oh, gently slide, And kiss him into slumbers like a bride...
Page 196 - I met a lady in the meads, Full beautiful - a faery's child, Her hair was long, her foot was light, And her eyes were wild.
Page 175 - That heavy Saturn laugh'd and leap'd with him. Yet nor the lays of birds, nor the sweet smell Of different flowers in odour and in hue, Could make me any summer's story tell, Or from their proud lap pluck them where they grew: Nor did...
Page 175 - Such seems your beauty still. Three winters cold Have from the forests shook three summers...
Page 37 - Many were the wit-combats betwixt him and Ben Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakespeare...
Page 84 - To be beloved is all I need, And whom I love, I love indeed.