Lives of the Illustrious: (the Biographical Magazine)., Volumen3J. Passmore Edwards, 1852 |
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... earliest reputation , and which will con- tinue to preserve it . " + His descrip tions of marine scenery , of the moving , restless ocean , and of the ever varying changes of the sky , were at once seen to be unsurpassed in freshness ...
... earliest reputation , and which will con- tinue to preserve it . " + His descrip tions of marine scenery , of the moving , restless ocean , and of the ever varying changes of the sky , were at once seen to be unsurpassed in freshness ...
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... early a lover of the picturesque , ' and of everything grand or instinct with life or motion . At eight years old , wandering in the woodlands with a boy about his own age , he exclaimed , " Oh , Karl , how beautiful is it here ! All ...
... early a lover of the picturesque , ' and of everything grand or instinct with life or motion . At eight years old , wandering in the woodlands with a boy about his own age , he exclaimed , " Oh , Karl , how beautiful is it here ! All ...
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... earliest dawn of consciousness , and the warm and deep emotions which were now aroused in the boy's soul by the study of the Hebrew prophets , seem to have united together in deter- mining him to become a clergyman . | " A clergyman ...
... earliest dawn of consciousness , and the warm and deep emotions which were now aroused in the boy's soul by the study of the Hebrew prophets , seem to have united together in deter- mining him to become a clergyman . | " A clergyman ...
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... early life . Through these and who shall say to what extent by the help of these ? -he grew to be the man he was . And was not that ordeal worth undergoing which presented in the end so noble a result ? -this puri- fication worth the ...
... early life . Through these and who shall say to what extent by the help of these ? -he grew to be the man he was . And was not that ordeal worth undergoing which presented in the end so noble a result ? -this puri- fication worth the ...
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... early long- ings for the priesthood had never be- come extinct ; they were not now becoming so , but rather , they had re- ceived a new direction , a direction , if not the highest , yet that in which there was the greatest liberty and ...
... early long- ings for the priesthood had never be- come extinct ; they were not now becoming so , but rather , they had re- ceived a new direction , a direction , if not the highest , yet that in which there was the greatest liberty and ...
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Página 109 - LIFE IN LONDON : or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his Elegant Friend, Corinthian Tom.
Página 263 - KNOWING within myself the manner in which this Poem has been produced, it is not without a feeling of regret that I make it public. What manner I mean, will be quite clear to the reader, who must soon perceive great inexperience, immaturity, and every error denoting a feverish attempt, rather than a deed accomplished.
Página 167 - Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard and the sea ; And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free.
Página 273 - Nature, that hateth emptiness, Allows of penetration less, And therefore must make room Where greater spirits come. What field of all the civil war Where his were not the deepest scar ? And Hampton shows what part He had of wiser art, Where, twining subtle fears with hope, He wove a net of such a scope That Charles himself might chase To Carisbrook's narrow case...
Página 273 - He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed.
Página 268 - BRIGHT star ! would I were steadfast as thou art— Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night. And watching, with eternal lids apart. Like Nature's patient sleepless Eremite, The moving waters at their priestlike task Of pure ablution round earth's human shores...
Página 265 - Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works. My own domestic criticism has given me pain without comparison beyond what " Blackwood" or the "Quarterly" could possibly inflict : and also when I feel I am right, no external praise can give me such a glow as my own solitary reperception and ratification of what is fine.
Página 266 - This is a mere matter of the moment : I think I shall be among the English Poets after my death. Even as a matter of present interest, the attempt to crush me in The Quarterly has only brought me more into notice, and it is a common expression among bookmen, ' I wonder The Quarterly should cut its own throat...
Página 167 - midst shadowy elms ascending, Whence the sweet chimes proclaim the hallow'd day ! The halls from old heroic ages grey Pour their fair children forth ; and hamlets low, With whose thick orchard-blooms the soft winds play, Send out their inmates in a happy flow, Like a freed vernal stream. I may not tread...
Página 68 - Its remains still exist. I make to it an annual visit. I carry my children to it, to teach them the hardships endured by the generations which have gone before them.