Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c: Delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831 ; Complete in One VolumeHarper Brothers, 1840 - 324 páginas |
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... tongues , In history , as a matter of fact , whether creditable to the eccentricity of human taste or not , it will hardly be disputed that Xenophon and Thucydides have failed to command the attention which ( not without a cause lying ...
... tongues , In history , as a matter of fact , whether creditable to the eccentricity of human taste or not , it will hardly be disputed that Xenophon and Thucydides have failed to command the attention which ( not without a cause lying ...
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... tongue . This work was carried on for many months , and day by day they were accustomed to collate , with the minister , such portions of the common task as one , the other , or all three had com- pleted ; in the course of which , they ...
... tongue . This work was carried on for many months , and day by day they were accustomed to collate , with the minister , such portions of the common task as one , the other , or all three had com- pleted ; in the course of which , they ...
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... tongue could have made tolerable in French verse , any more than the most consummate mastery of our own could make tolerable to a good ear in English prose . I cannot stay to justify this remark , but I am sure that it is correct . 66 ...
... tongue could have made tolerable in French verse , any more than the most consummate mastery of our own could make tolerable to a good ear in English prose . I cannot stay to justify this remark , but I am sure that it is correct . 66 ...
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... tongues contain treasures of literature , esteemed by the learned above all that time has spared of the works of past generations ; principally , no doubt , for their intrinsic value , but partly , also , on account of their rarity and ...
... tongues contain treasures of literature , esteemed by the learned above all that time has spared of the works of past generations ; principally , no doubt , for their intrinsic value , but partly , also , on account of their rarity and ...
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... tongue ) , it is almost as difficult to imagine how this could have been , as how such light might be let in to the mind's eye of a man born blind , as would supply the lack of sight to his bodily eye , and enable him , with- out the ...
... tongue ) , it is almost as difficult to imagine how this could have been , as how such light might be let in to the mind's eye of a man born blind , as would supply the lack of sight to his bodily eye , and enable him , with- out the ...
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Página 28 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won.
Página 29 - And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him— he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not— his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away...
Página 225 - Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up : he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion ; who shall rouse him up ? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come ; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Página 259 - Binding his foal unto the vine, And his ass's colt unto the choice vine; He washed his garments in wine, And his clothes in the blood of grapes : His eyes shall be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk.
Página 167 - How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
Página 78 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
Página 234 - Yet now if thou wilt forgive their sin : and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast Written.
Página 173 - And unburied remain Inglorious on the plain : Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew ! Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes And glittering temples of their hostile gods. — The princes applaud with a furious joy : And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy ; Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And like another Helen, fired another Troy...
Página 212 - And, oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-loved Isle.
Página 135 - Could I embody and unbosom now, That which is most within me, — could I wreak My thoughts upon expression, and thus throw Soul, heart, mind, passions, feelings, strong or weak, All that I would have sought, and all I seek, Bear, know, feel, and yet breathe — into one word, And that one word were lightning, I would speak ; But as it is, I live and die unheard, [sword.