Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volumen 9W. Blackwood & Sons, 1821 |
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... poetical characters , unless it be those of Homer and Pope , who may be considered as the very antipodes to each other . Still , when an occasion is offered for the display of his power , Dryden takes noble advan- tage of it . For ...
... poetical characters , unless it be those of Homer and Pope , who may be considered as the very antipodes to each other . Still , when an occasion is offered for the display of his power , Dryden takes noble advan- tage of it . For ...
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... poetical ex- cellence . The gifts he owed to her were sensibility and imagination ; but no one could be more sedulous than he was in studying the niceties of lan- guage , and ransacking the treasures of the older writers , to form ...
... poetical ex- cellence . The gifts he owed to her were sensibility and imagination ; but no one could be more sedulous than he was in studying the niceties of lan- guage , and ransacking the treasures of the older writers , to form ...
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... poetical part of the volume , - upon which last portion we can be- stow almost unqualified praise . Let the writer speak for himself . We will begin with one of the shortest fables by way of specimen . " The Lion and his Associates ...
... poetical part of the volume , - upon which last portion we can be- stow almost unqualified praise . Let the writer speak for himself . We will begin with one of the shortest fables by way of specimen . " The Lion and his Associates ...
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... poetical tribe in your nether sphere . I have as much reason for wager of battle with another set of dabblers in fiction - I mean those prose writers , who compound Novels and Ro- mances for the entertainment of sub- scribers to ...
... poetical tribe in your nether sphere . I have as much reason for wager of battle with another set of dabblers in fiction - I mean those prose writers , who compound Novels and Ro- mances for the entertainment of sub- scribers to ...
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... poetical of the whole play ) , is in the church - yard of St Maria del Carmino ; a grave is by chance newly opened , and a skeleton lies by its side . The moon palely gleams . The church is illuminated , and now and then are heard deep ...
... poetical of the whole play ) , is in the church - yard of St Maria del Carmino ; a grave is by chance newly opened , and a skeleton lies by its side . The moon palely gleams . The church is illuminated , and now and then are heard deep ...
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Página 190 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Página 4 - Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own : He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today. Be fair or foul, or rain or shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not Heaven itself upon the past has power ; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.
Página 177 - Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Página 564 - LIFE IN LONDON : or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his Elegant Friend, Corinthian Tom.
Página 427 - The Sun's rim dips; the stars rush out: At one stride comes the dark; With far-heard whisper, o'er the sea, Off shot the spectre-bark. We listened and looked sideways up! Fear at my heart, as at a cup, My life-blood seemed to sip! The stars were dim, and thick the night, The steersman's face by his lamp gleamed white; From the sails the dew did drip — Till clomb above the eastern bar The horned Moon, with one bright star Within the nether tip. One...
Página 176 - HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! How is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, And princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Página 158 - And from this constant light, so regular And so far seen, the House itself, by all Who dwelt within the limits of the vale, Both old and young, was named THE EVENING STAR.
Página 428 - Tis midnight : on the mountains brown The cold, round moon shines deeply down ; Blue roll the waters, blue the sky Spreads like an ocean hung on high, Bespangled with those isles of light, So wildly, spiritually bright ; Who ever gazed upon them shining And turned to earth without repining, Nor wished for wings to flee away, And mix with their eternal ray...
Página 403 - There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack!
Página 105 - Establishment, and the means of exciting among its members a spirit of devotion, to which the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and Church Union, in the diocese of St David's, adjudged a premium of £50 in December 1820 ; by Rev.