The London Quarterly Review, Volumen 11Theodore Foster, 1814 |
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... less amicable relations produced by the neighbourhood of the Moorish kingdom of Valencia to inspire the polished court of Barcelona with the spi- rit of freedom and chivalry , and a relish for the refinements of luxury , the elegance ...
... less amicable relations produced by the neighbourhood of the Moorish kingdom of Valencia to inspire the polished court of Barcelona with the spi- rit of freedom and chivalry , and a relish for the refinements of luxury , the elegance ...
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... less than a century after , we have the names , and some remains of the works , of a very numerous body of his poetical successors , among whom are four kings , and a proportionable number of so- vereign counts and barons . The gay and ...
... less than a century after , we have the names , and some remains of the works , of a very numerous body of his poetical successors , among whom are four kings , and a proportionable number of so- vereign counts and barons . The gay and ...
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... less capable of being duly appreciated through the medium of translation than in the art which he so eminently possessed , of painting in words ; of re- presenting objects which are the pure creations of fancy , beings or actions out of ...
... less capable of being duly appreciated through the medium of translation than in the art which he so eminently possessed , of painting in words ; of re- presenting objects which are the pure creations of fancy , beings or actions out of ...
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... less the extraordinary powers of his mind , there are none that can awaken an interest in any class of modern read- ers , with the exception of his correspondence and his curious dialogues De Contemptu Mundi , which will ever be ...
... less the extraordinary powers of his mind , there are none that can awaken an interest in any class of modern read- ers , with the exception of his correspondence and his curious dialogues De Contemptu Mundi , which will ever be ...
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... less familiar to the English reader , and yet , in the opinion of competent judges , they tend to raise the cha- racter of the poet much higher than those smaller compositions 6 of which the confined and embarrassing structure has not ...
... less familiar to the English reader , and yet , in the opinion of competent judges , they tend to raise the cha- racter of the poet much higher than those smaller compositions 6 of which the confined and embarrassing structure has not ...
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Página 429 - How gloriously her gallant course she goes ! Her white wings flying — never from her foes — She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife.
Página 314 - For wheresoe'er I turn my ravish'd eyes, gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise, poetic fields encompass me around, and still I seem to tread on classic ground...
Página 192 - he did not beg a long life of God for any other reason, " but to live to finish his three remaining books of Polity ; " and then, Lord, let thy servant depart in peace;" which was his usual expression.
Página 493 - A man — the monarch of his mind. Now taste and try this temper, Sirs, Mood it, and brood it in your breast ; Or if ye ween, for worldly stirs That man does right to mar his rest, Let me be *deft and debonair, I am content, I do not care.
Página 136 - He called forth the latent virtues of the human heart, and taught men to discover in themselves a mine of charity, of which the proprietors had been unconscious. In feeding the lamp of charity, he has almost exhausted the lamp of life.
Página 497 - Tell them, I AM, JEHOVAH said To MOSES; while earth heard in dread, And, smitten to the heart, At once above, beneath, around, All Nature, without voice or sound, Replied, "O LORD, THOU ART.
Página 222 - The Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the state of the...
Página 371 - Awake on your hills, on your islands awake, Brave sons of the mountain, the frith, and the lake ! 'Tis the bugle — but not for the chase is the call ; 'Tis the pibroch's shrill summons — but not to the hall. 'Tis the summons of heroes for conquest or death. When the banners are blazing on mountain and heath ; They call to the dirk, the claymore, and the targe, To the march and the muster, the line and the charge.
Página 314 - Now my weary lips I close: Leave me, leave me to repose.
Página 513 - THE BORDER ANTIQUITIES OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND, comprising Specimens of Architecture and Sculpture, and other Vestiges of Former Ages, accompanied by Descriptions. Together with Illustrations of remarkable Incidents in Border History and Tradition, and Original Poetry.