Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, Volumen 15John Murray, 1833 |
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... supposed innocence is strong enough to resist but the quick alternation of pathos and profaneness , - - of serious and moving sentiment and indecent ribaldry , - of afflicting , soul - rending pictures of human distress , rendered keen ...
... supposed innocence is strong enough to resist but the quick alternation of pathos and profaneness , - - of serious and moving sentiment and indecent ribaldry , - of afflicting , soul - rending pictures of human distress , rendered keen ...
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... supposed to spring only from the reckless buoy- ancy of young blood and fiery passions ; - for impiety there might at least be pity , were it visible that the misery of the impious soul equalled its darkness ; - but for offences such as ...
... supposed to spring only from the reckless buoy- ancy of young blood and fiery passions ; - for impiety there might at least be pity , were it visible that the misery of the impious soul equalled its darkness ; - but for offences such as ...
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... supposed . " Don Juan is , no doubt , very licentious in parts , which renders ' it dangerous to praise it very much ; and makes it improper for those who have not a cool and correct judgment , and cannot 34 TESTIMONIES OF AUTHORS .
... supposed . " Don Juan is , no doubt , very licentious in parts , which renders ' it dangerous to praise it very much ; and makes it improper for those who have not a cool and correct judgment , and cannot 34 TESTIMONIES OF AUTHORS .
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... supposed , a clergy- man , but a barrister at law . In 1792 , he established a paper called " The Looker - on , " which has since been admitted into the collection of British Essayists ; and he is known , in his profession , for a ...
... supposed , a clergy- man , but a barrister at law . In 1792 , he established a paper called " The Looker - on , " which has since been admitted into the collection of British Essayists ; and he is known , in his profession , for a ...
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... supposed intellectual age and sex , my dear friend , it follows , whether you be she or no , that there is such an elderly lady still extant . And I can the more readily credit this , having a sexagenary aunt of my own , who perused you ...
... supposed intellectual age and sex , my dear friend , it follows , whether you be she or no , that there is such an elderly lady still extant . And I can the more readily credit this , having a sexagenary aunt of my own , who perused you ...
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Página 225 - And first one universal shriek there rush'd, Louder than the loud ocean, like a crash Of echoing thunder; and then all was hush'd, Save the wild wind and the remorseless dash Of billows; but at intervals there gush'd, Accompanied with a convulsive splash, A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in his agony.
Página 90 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Página 321 - Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations; - all were his! He counted them at break of day And when the sun set where were they?
Página 325 - But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think...
Página 320 - The isles of Greece ! the isles of Greece ! "Where burning Sappho loved and sung, — Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.
Página 90 - Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. His wit all seesaw, between that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis.
Página 324 - Trust not for freedom to the Franks They have a king who buys and sells; In native swords, and native ranks, The only hope of courage dwells: But Turkish force, and Latin fraud, Would break your shield, however broad.
Página 324 - Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep; There, swan-like, let me sing and die: A land of slaves shall ne'er be mine— Dash down yon cup of Samian wine!
Página 93 - And compass vile; so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tallied. Easy was the task: A thousand handicraftsmen wore the mask Of Poesy.
Página 12 - No more — no more — Oh ! never more on me The freshness of the heart can fall like dew, Which out of all the lovely things we see Extracts emotions beautiful and new, Hived in our bosoms like the bag o' the bee : Think'st thou the honey with those objects grew ? • Alas!