The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1Harper & brothers, 1851 - English literature |
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... produce . He can not , however , withhold an expression of the deep solicitude with which he offers so important a production to the public ; and in the language used by Burke under similar circumstances , he would ' desire one favor ...
... produce . He can not , however , withhold an expression of the deep solicitude with which he offers so important a production to the public ; and in the language used by Burke under similar circumstances , he would ' desire one favor ...
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... productions of his muse , the principal char- acteristics are sublimity and tenderness . They breathe nothing of the ... produce a solemn at- tention in the mind , and prepare it for great and extraordinary events . We find not in Ossian ...
... productions of his muse , the principal char- acteristics are sublimity and tenderness . They breathe nothing of the ... produce a solemn at- tention in the mind , and prepare it for great and extraordinary events . We find not in Ossian ...
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... productions of his pen , so much uncertainty prevails that no farther notice of him is deemed necessary . ST . COLUMBANUS , another writer of the same period , and also a man of much greater genius and wider celebrity than either of his ...
... productions of his pen , so much uncertainty prevails that no farther notice of him is deemed necessary . ST . COLUMBANUS , another writer of the same period , and also a man of much greater genius and wider celebrity than either of his ...
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... productions , many of which were works of much merit , but as they were all written in the Latin lan- guage , a more particular notice of them does not fall within our present province . BEDE , the next writer of this period , in the ...
... productions , many of which were works of much merit , but as they were all written in the Latin lan- guage , a more particular notice of them does not fall within our present province . BEDE , the next writer of this period , in the ...
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... productions of Bede were very numerous , comprising no less than forty - four distinct works , among what were a translation of the Gospel by John into the Saxon language , Scriptural Commentaries , Religious Treatises , Biographies ...
... productions of Bede were very numerous , comprising no less than forty - four distinct works , among what were a translation of the Gospel by John into the Saxon language , Scriptural Commentaries , Religious Treatises , Biographies ...
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Page 314 - Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine.
Page 310 - O, now you weep ; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity : these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what weep you, when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here ! Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Page 476 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful jollity, Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek : Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 496 - Lets in new light through chinks that time has made : Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Page 488 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide. They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
Page 476 - Ring out, ye crystal spheres ! Once bless our human ears, If ye have power to touch our senses so ; And let your silver chime Move in melodious time ; And let the bass of heaven's deep organ blow And with your ninefold harmony Make up full consort to the angelic symphony.
Page 308 - But yesterday, the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world : now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.
Page 486 - Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Page 475 - And, though the shady Gloom Had given Day her room, The Sun himself withheld his wonted speed, And hid his head for shame, As his inferior flame The new-enlightened world no more should need : He saw a greater Sun appear Than his bright throne or burning axletree could bear.
Page 308 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil, that men do, lives after them ; The good is oft interred with their bones ; So let it be with Caesar.