A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Account to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century: Containing Over Forty-six Thousand Articles (authors), with Forty Indexes of Subjects, Volumen 2J.B. Lippincott, 1882 |
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... Poets and Poetry of Eng . in the Nineteenth Cent . , 4th ed . , Phila . , 1854 , " He comprehends the manner of the ancient ballads as tho- roughly as he admires their spirit . Their garrulous minuteness , their homely pathos , their ...
... Poets and Poetry of Eng . in the Nineteenth Cent . , 4th ed . , Phila . , 1854 , " He comprehends the manner of the ancient ballads as tho- roughly as he admires their spirit . Their garrulous minuteness , their homely pathos , their ...
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... poetry have not appeared since Campbell produced his inimitable war - odes . They are highly original in conception , and have an easy strength and felicity of expression that are seldom seen in modern poetry . " - Chambers's Journal ...
... poetry have not appeared since Campbell produced his inimitable war - odes . They are highly original in conception , and have an easy strength and felicity of expression that are seldom seen in modern poetry . " - Chambers's Journal ...
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... poetry ; but those which we have inserted bear but a small pro portion to those which we have omitted . A writer who has received so cordial a reception from the public need have no hesitation in repeating the experiment , whenever the ...
... poetry ; but those which we have inserted bear but a small pro portion to those which we have omitted . A writer who has received so cordial a reception from the public need have no hesitation in repeating the experiment , whenever the ...
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... Poet . , ed . 1840 , iii . 351 . " His David and Bathsabe is the earliest fountain of pathos and harmony that can be traced in our Dramatic Poetry . His fancy is rich and his feeling tender , and his conceptions of dramatic cha- racter ...
... Poet . , ed . 1840 , iii . 351 . " His David and Bathsabe is the earliest fountain of pathos and harmony that can be traced in our Dramatic Poetry . His fancy is rich and his feeling tender , and his conceptions of dramatic cha- racter ...
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... poetry can compensate . " - Headley's Select Beau- ties of Ancient Eng . Poetry , 1810 , i . lvii . , n . See also Memoir of Mason in Johnson and Chalmers's English Poets , 1810. 21 vols . 8vo ; Chalmers's Biog . Diet .; Rees's Cyc ...
... poetry can compensate . " - Headley's Select Beau- ties of Ancient Eng . Poetry , 1810 , i . lvii . , n . See also Memoir of Mason in Johnson and Chalmers's English Poets , 1810. 21 vols . 8vo ; Chalmers's Biog . Diet .; Rees's Cyc ...
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Página 1399 - Memoirs of John Napier of Merchiston, his Lineage, Life and Times, with a History of the Invention of Logarithms, by Mark Napier (Edinburgh, 1834); Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men, by F.
Página 1306 - Paradise Lost ;" a poem, which, considered with respect to design, may claim the first place, and with respect to performance, the second, among the productions of the human mind.
Página 1297 - When I was preparing to pass over into Sicily and Greece, the melancholy intelligence which I received of the civil commotions in England made me alter my purpose; for I thought it base to be travelling for amusement abroad while my fellow-citizens were fighting for liberty at home.
Página 1319 - ... images in so clear a light, that it is impossible to be blind to them. The works of Milton cannot be comprehended or enjoyed, unless the mind of the reader co-operate with that of the writer. He does not paint a finished picture, or play for a mere passive listener. He sketches, and leaves others to fill up the outline. He strikes the key-note, and expects his hearer to make out the melody.
Página 1379 - Mr. Motley's work is an important one, the result of profound research, sincere convictions, sound principles, and manly sentiments ; and even those who are most familiar with the history of the period will find in it a fresh and vivid addition to their previous knowledge. It does honor to American literature, and would do honor to the literature of any country in the world.— Edinburgh Review.
Página 1323 - Daughters; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Página 1414 - This is the month, and this the happy morn Wherein the Son of Heaven's Eternal King Of wedded maid and virgin mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring...
Página 1273 - A Letter from Rome, showing an exact conformity between Popery and Paganism ; or the Religion of the present Romans derived from that of their Heathen ancestors.
Página 1317 - It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve the attention of every man who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language. They abound with passages compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of the Paradise Lost...
Página 1322 - Nor do we envy the man who can study either the life or the writings of the great poet and patriot, without aspiring to emulate, not indeed the sublime works with which his...