The Task, Table Talk, and Other Poems: With Critical Observations of Various Authors on His Genius and Character, and Notes, Critical and Illustrative[A.S.] Barnes, 1856 - 435 páginas |
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... being wholly or nearly covered up by the overwhelm- ing abundance of a more fresh and exciting , but less profitable literature . GENEVA , N. Y. JR . B. THE PERSON AND CHARACTER OF COWPER . [ SKETCHED BY 6 PREFATORY REMARKS .
... being wholly or nearly covered up by the overwhelm- ing abundance of a more fresh and exciting , but less profitable literature . GENEVA , N. Y. JR . B. THE PERSON AND CHARACTER OF COWPER . [ SKETCHED BY 6 PREFATORY REMARKS .
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... less warrant than that taste suffers by its alliance with religion . The proper objects of taste are beauty and sublimity ; and if ( as a modern critic seems to us to have incontrovertibly established ) beauty and sublimity do not ...
... less warrant than that taste suffers by its alliance with religion . The proper objects of taste are beauty and sublimity ; and if ( as a modern critic seems to us to have incontrovertibly established ) beauty and sublimity do not ...
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... less by recurring to obsolete ones ( which has been too prodigally done since ) , than by hazardous , and generally happy innovations of more recent origin , which have become graceful and dignified by usage , though Pope and his ...
... less by recurring to obsolete ones ( which has been too prodigally done since ) , than by hazardous , and generally happy innovations of more recent origin , which have become graceful and dignified by usage , though Pope and his ...
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... less offensive in poetry than in the sister art . And it is one of the main sources of delight in Cowper that all is in its due pro- portion , and wears its right colors ; that the " ' eyes and ears " are in " their proper places ...
... less offensive in poetry than in the sister art . And it is one of the main sources of delight in Cowper that all is in its due pro- portion , and wears its right colors ; that the " ' eyes and ears " are in " their proper places ...
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... less addicted to it . 89. His gentle reign : As this poem was written in 1781 , the reign of George III . of Great Britain is here indicated . Concerning the character of his reign , the Declaration of American Independence holds forth ...
... less addicted to it . 89. His gentle reign : As this poem was written in 1781 , the reign of George III . of Great Britain is here indicated . Concerning the character of his reign , the Declaration of American Independence holds forth ...
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Términos y frases comunes
admirable Æneid ancient ancient Rome beauty beneath book of Judges breath cause character charms Cowper delight divine dream e'en earth England English fair fame fancy feel flowers folly genius give glory grace hand happy heart Heaven honor Hugh Miller human Iliad John Newton king Lady liberty live London Lord lyre manners Milton mind moral muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never Night Thoughts North American Review o'er Olney once Paradise Lost peace perhaps pleasure poem poet poet's poetical poetry Pope praise proud reader rural sacred satire says scene seems sense smile song soul Southey stream sublime sweet Task taste thee theme thine things Thomas Campbell thou thought toil trees truth Unwin verse Vincent Bourne virtue walk Westminster Abbey winter wisdom wonder worth write
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Página 96 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Página 75 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.
Página 225 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Página 346 - But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Página 138 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Página 11 - My panting side was charged, when I withdrew, To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.
Página 215 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Página 387 - Could time, his flight reversed, restore the hours, When playing with thy vesture's tissued flowers, The violet, the pink, and jessamine, I pricked them into paper with a pin, (And thou wast happier than myself the while, Wouldst softly speak, and stroke my head, and smile...
Página 327 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Página 217 - Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.