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... paper . In the mean while , I cannot but won- der , that these two finished pieces have never been attempted before by any of our countrymen . But the truth of it is , the compositions of the 4 NO . 223 . SPECTATOR .
... paper . In the mean while , I cannot but won- der , that these two finished pieces have never been attempted before by any of our countrymen . But the truth of it is , the compositions of the 4 NO . 223 . SPECTATOR .
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... paper ) the greatest wisdom , but at the same time in the power of every one to attain . Its advantages are in- finite , but its acquisition easy ; or , to speak of her in the words of the apocryphal writer whom I quoted in my last ...
... paper ) the greatest wisdom , but at the same time in the power of every one to attain . Its advantages are in- finite , but its acquisition easy ; or , to speak of her in the words of the apocryphal writer whom I quoted in my last ...
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... paper I made mention of a place called the Lover's Leap , which I find has raised a great curiosity among several of my cor- respondents . I there told them that this leap was used to be taken from a promontory of Leucate . This Leucate ...
... paper I made mention of a place called the Lover's Leap , which I find has raised a great curiosity among several of my cor- respondents . I there told them that this leap was used to be taken from a promontory of Leucate . This Leucate ...
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... paper , is in as great reputation among the poets and critics , as the mutilated figure above - mentioned is among the statuaries and pain- ters . Several of our countrymen , and Mr. Dryden in particular , seem very often to have copied ...
... paper , is in as great reputation among the poets and critics , as the mutilated figure above - mentioned is among the statuaries and pain- ters . Several of our countrymen , and Mr. Dryden in particular , seem very often to have copied ...
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... paper , discharge myself of the promise I have made to the public , by obliging them with a translation of the little Greek manu- script , which is said to have been a piece of those records that is preserved in the temple of Apollo ...
... paper , discharge myself of the promise I have made to the public , by obliging them with a translation of the little Greek manu- script , which is said to have been a piece of those records that is preserved in the temple of Apollo ...
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Page 60 - Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast- weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 181 - Loses discountenanced, and like folly shows : Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not after made Occasionally ; and, to consummate all, Greatness of mind and nobleness their seat Build in her loveliest, and create an awe About her, as a guard angelic placed.
Page 145 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crowned, Look'st from thy sole dominion like the god Of this new World — at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished heads — to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 Sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere, Till pride and worse ambition threw me down, Warring in Heaven against Heaven's matchless King ! Ah, wherefore?
Page 471 - I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 'Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Page 461 - What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball; What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
Page 138 - Almighty ceased, but all The multitude of angels, with a shout Loud as from numbers without number, sweet As from blest voices, uttering joy, heaven rung With jubilee, and loud hosannas filled The eternal regions...
Page 502 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Page 330 - Try me, good king, but let me have a lawful trial ; and let not my sworn enemies sit as my accusers and judges ; yea, let me receive an open trial, (for my truth shall fear no open shame...
Page 192 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Page 188 - But fondly overcome with female charm. Earth trembled from her entrails, as again In pangs ; and Nature gave a second groan ; Sky lour'd ; and, muttering thunder, some sad drops Wept at completing of the mortal sin Original...