Lives of the Illustrious: (the Biographical Magazine)., Volumen3J. Passmore Edwards, 1852 |
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... spirit is hid in solemn silence , its real and grander self unuttered and untrace- able and it may appear " a consummation devoutly to be wished , " that these said ethereal feelings and conceptions should find easy vent from the ...
... spirit is hid in solemn silence , its real and grander self unuttered and untrace- able and it may appear " a consummation devoutly to be wished , " that these said ethereal feelings and conceptions should find easy vent from the ...
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... in imagination we hold converse with the dead or absent , mark the tenor of their way and breathe the spirit of the time , now stimulated to exertion , and now , it may be , restrained from wanton injury iv PREFACE .
... in imagination we hold converse with the dead or absent , mark the tenor of their way and breathe the spirit of the time , now stimulated to exertion , and now , it may be , restrained from wanton injury iv PREFACE .
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... spirit which rides upon it - the gallant ship . " The " Pilot " was , for the time , the first favourite of Cooper's novels . That his countrymen should love a novel where- in their own bravery was prominently placed before them , and ...
... spirit which rides upon it - the gallant ship . " The " Pilot " was , for the time , the first favourite of Cooper's novels . That his countrymen should love a novel where- in their own bravery was prominently placed before them , and ...
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... spirit of the wilderness ; they breathe the sombre poetry of solitude and danger . " The Scotch bard , Burns , effected so great a triumph over imagination , that the very window through which Tam O'Shanter saw ( ? ) the witches dance ...
... spirit of the wilderness ; they breathe the sombre poetry of solitude and danger . " The Scotch bard , Burns , effected so great a triumph over imagination , that the very window through which Tam O'Shanter saw ( ? ) the witches dance ...
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... spirit of the age . He had a high estimation of the rights , duties , and privileges of the individual man . His notion of society was that of an ideal democracy . He loved freedom in his inmost heart , and his patriotism was as staunch ...
... spirit of the age . He had a high estimation of the rights , duties , and privileges of the individual man . His notion of society was that of an ideal democracy . He loved freedom in his inmost heart , and his patriotism was as staunch ...
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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.