The SpectatorT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811 |
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... Italy , I consider time as an immense ocean in which many noble authors are entirely swallowed up , many very much shattered and damaged , some quite disjointed and broken into pieces , while some have wholly escaped the common wreck ...
... Italy , I consider time as an immense ocean in which many noble authors are entirely swallowed up , many very much shattered and damaged , some quite disjointed and broken into pieces , while some have wholly escaped the common wreck ...
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... Italian phrase ; for which reason this maimed statue is still called Michael Angelo's school . A fragment of Sappho , which I design for the subject of this paper , is in as great reputation among the poets and critics , as the ...
... Italian phrase ; for which reason this maimed statue is still called Michael Angelo's school . A fragment of Sappho , which I design for the subject of this paper , is in as great reputation among the poets and critics , as the ...
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... Italy , because the action proposed to be celebrated was that of his settling himself in Latium . But because it was necessary for the reader to know what had hap- pened to him in the taking of Troy , and in the pre- ceding parts of his ...
... Italy , because the action proposed to be celebrated was that of his settling himself in Latium . But because it was necessary for the reader to know what had hap- pened to him in the taking of Troy , and in the pre- ceding parts of his ...
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... Italy , carried on through all the oppositions in his way to it both by sea and land . The action in Milton excels ( I think ) both the former in this particular ; we see it contrived in hell , executed upon earth , and punished by ...
... Italy , carried on through all the oppositions in his way to it both by sea and land . The action in Milton excels ( I think ) both the former in this particular ; we see it contrived in hell , executed upon earth , and punished by ...
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... because elliptical , and as if he had said- " Whether they lived be- fore or after him . " b Elisions , ] He learned this secret from the Italian poets . poets , as may be particularly observed in his cutting 106 No. 285 . SPECTATOR .
... because elliptical , and as if he had said- " Whether they lived be- fore or after him . " b Elisions , ] He learned this secret from the Italian poets . poets , as may be particularly observed in his cutting 106 No. 285 . SPECTATOR .
Términos y frases comunes
Acarnania action Adam Adam and Eve admirable Æneas Æneid agreeable ancient angels appear Aristotle beautiful called character chearfulness circumstances colours consider critics dæmon death delight described discourse divine earth endeavoured English entertainment Enville epic poetry fable fallen angels fame fancy filled give hand happiness head heart heaven Homer honour ideas Iliad imagination Jupiter kind lady letter likewise live look Lover's Leap lovers mankind manner Menippus ment Milton mind morality nature never noble observed occasion Ovid Pandæmonium paper Paradise Lost particular passage passion perfection persons pleased pleasure Plutarch poem poet poetry proper reader reason received Rechteren remark ridicule Sappho Satan says secret sentiments shew shewn sight Sir Roger soul Spectator speech spirit sublime take notice tells thee thing thou thought tion told verse VIRG Virgil virtue whole words writing
Pasajes populares
Página 54 - Haste thee nymph and bring with thee Jest and youthful jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled care derides, And laughter holding both his sides.
Página 194 - And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Página 396 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks He shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Página 149 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Página 149 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up. my love, my fair one, and come away ! for, lo 1 the winter is past, the rain is over and gone, the flowers appear on the earth, the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.
Página 121 - To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth : at last Words interwove with sighs found out their way.
Página 197 - So many grateful altars I would rear Of grassy turf, and pile up every stone ' Of lustre from the brook, in memory, Or monument to ages ; and thereon Offer sweet-smelling gums, and fruits, and flowers. In yonder nether world where shall I seek His bright appearances, or footstep trace?
Página 332 - OUR sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments.
Página 61 - 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...
Página 166 - God's eternal store, to circumscribe This universe, and all created things: One foot he centred, and the other turn'd Round through the vast profundity obscure; And said, Thus far extend, thus far thy bounds, This be thy just circumference, O World!