The London Quarterly Review, Volumen 11Theodore Foster, 1814 |
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... receiving from time to time into the regular forms of composition , all the slang of the illiterate vulgar . How- ever gratifying such dreams may prove to the vanity of a native , the third and last is the only hypothesis that can be ...
... receiving from time to time into the regular forms of composition , all the slang of the illiterate vulgar . How- ever gratifying such dreams may prove to the vanity of a native , the third and last is the only hypothesis that can be ...
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... received from her a different direction of genius . To ascend Parnas- sus , they took three roads so distinct from each other that they reached the summit without ever meeting ; and we enjoy their productions at this day , without those ...
... received from her a different direction of genius . To ascend Parnas- sus , they took three roads so distinct from each other that they reached the summit without ever meeting ; and we enjoy their productions at this day , without those ...
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... received it from the mere sports of imagination , the diversions of genius , in which he brought to purity and perfection a language yet in its infancy and till then abandoned to the people for the common concerns of life ; to which he ...
... received it from the mere sports of imagination , the diversions of genius , in which he brought to purity and perfection a language yet in its infancy and till then abandoned to the people for the common concerns of life ; to which he ...
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... received a sufficiently abundant nourishment ; the three great men of the 14th century , whom we have first presented to the reader's ebservation , had , by the single force of their genius , at- tained an erudition and elevation of ...
... received a sufficiently abundant nourishment ; the three great men of the 14th century , whom we have first presented to the reader's ebservation , had , by the single force of their genius , at- tained an erudition and elevation of ...
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... received them , or of the times and circumstances under which they were receiv- ed . This diversity has given rise to an infinite variety of conjec- tures ; but , the great point once settled , these are comparatively trivial , if not ...
... received them , or of the times and circumstances under which they were receiv- ed . This diversity has given rise to an infinite variety of conjec- tures ; but , the great point once settled , these are comparatively trivial , if 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.