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... term , tragical . They are not only of breathless interest from the ex- ternal circumstances , nor of moral grandeur from the heroism of Fergus and his follower , but of poetic dignity from that power of ima- gination which renders for ...
... term , tragical . They are not only of breathless interest from the ex- ternal circumstances , nor of moral grandeur from the heroism of Fergus and his follower , but of poetic dignity from that power of ima- gination which renders for ...
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... terms strong enough to express the antipathy and scorn he bears her . The following are some of the daintiest : 66 There is nothing in the noble Desdemona , that is not below any country kitchen - maid with us . " - " No woman bred out ...
... terms strong enough to express the antipathy and scorn he bears her . The following are some of the daintiest : 66 There is nothing in the noble Desdemona , that is not below any country kitchen - maid with us . " - " No woman bred out ...
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... terms it ) tearing a passion into rags . I am the more bold to offer you this particular instance , because the late Mr. Addison , while I sat by him , to see this scene acted , made the same observation , asking me with some surprise ...
... terms it ) tearing a passion into rags . I am the more bold to offer you this particular instance , because the late Mr. Addison , while I sat by him , to see this scene acted , made the same observation , asking me with some surprise ...
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... terms , with Wilkes round shoulders , an unconceiving eye , and the and Dogget , and Booth - fall in love with Mrs. most bedizening , dowdy dress , that ever co- Bracegirdle , as half the town did in days of vered the untrained limbs of ...
... terms , with Wilkes round shoulders , an unconceiving eye , and the and Dogget , and Booth - fall in love with Mrs. most bedizening , dowdy dress , that ever co- Bracegirdle , as half the town did in days of vered the untrained limbs of ...
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... terms - some- times , indeed , with derision and personal slander - but always as a foe to subdue , not as a judge to pass sentence on them . Criti cism , in our own times , has first assumed the air of " sovereign sway and masterdom ...
... terms - some- times , indeed , with derision and personal slander - but always as a foe to subdue , not as a judge to pass sentence on them . Criti cism , in our own times , has first assumed the air of " sovereign sway and masterdom ...
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Page 56 - Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower; We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind...
Page 56 - The Clouds that gather round the setting sun Do take a sober colouring from an eye That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality ; Another race hath been, and other palms are won. Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears ; To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
Page 155 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost — the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome That glory never shall his wrath or might Extort from me.
Page 12 - The sounding cataract Haunted me like a passion : the tall rock, The mountain, and the deep and gloomy wood, Their colours and their forms, were then to me An appetite ; a feeling and a love, That had no need of a remoter charm, By thought supplied, or any interest Unborrowed from the eye.
Page 56 - She shall be sportive as the fawn That wild with glee across the lawn, Or up the mountain springs; And her's shall be the breathing balm, And her's the silence and the calm Of mute insensate things. "The floating clouds their state shall lend To her; for her the willow bend; Nor shall she fail to see Even in the motions of the Storm Grace that shall mould the Maiden's form By silent sympathy.
Page 56 - The stars of midnight shall be dear To her; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face.
Page 55 - But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing; Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence : truths that wake, To perish never...
Page 55 - The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benedictions, not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest — Delight and liberty, the simple creed Of childhood, whether busy or at rest, With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breast...
Page 156 - But Greece and her foundations are Built below the tide of war, Based on the crystalline sea Of thought and its eternity; Her citizens, imperial spirits, Rule the present from the past, On all this world of men inherits Their seal is set.
Page 50 - There sometimes doth a leaping fish Send through the tarn a lonely cheer; The crags repeat the raven's croak, In symphony austere ; Thither the rainbow comes — the cloud — • And mists that spread the flying shroud ; And sunbeams ; and the sounding blast, That, if it could, would hurry past; But that enormous barrier binds it fast.