The Boston Lyceum, Volúmenes1-2True and Greene, 1827 |
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... reviewer ; nor with the harsh- ness and severity of the malignant critic ; nor with the flippancy and pertness of the half - fledged witling , who strives to soar into a region beyond his comprehension and falls to the earth hum- bled ...
... reviewer ; nor with the harsh- ness and severity of the malignant critic ; nor with the flippancy and pertness of the half - fledged witling , who strives to soar into a region beyond his comprehension and falls to the earth hum- bled ...
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... Reviewer , is " the head and front of his offending , " for he candidly allows , ( wherein we heartily concur with him , ) that Byron's frightful delineations of sin and its ef- fects are not calculated to charm the heart , or stir up ...
... Reviewer , is " the head and front of his offending , " for he candidly allows , ( wherein we heartily concur with him , ) that Byron's frightful delineations of sin and its ef- fects are not calculated to charm the heart , or stir up ...
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... Reviewer might call the sentiment , if he would allow that they have any , false or affected , but few , we think , will agree with him . He had sufficient occasion for the feeling which is truly and tenderly expressed . Thou too art ...
... Reviewer might call the sentiment , if he would allow that they have any , false or affected , but few , we think , will agree with him . He had sufficient occasion for the feeling which is truly and tenderly expressed . Thou too art ...
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... Reviewer is scarcely honest in pretend- ing to accept so freely Byron's confessions , when in reality he only takes such as operate unfavourably to his victim . If the confession that he did not love Miss Milbank is so greedily to be ...
... Reviewer is scarcely honest in pretend- ing to accept so freely Byron's confessions , when in reality he only takes such as operate unfavourably to his victim . If the confession that he did not love Miss Milbank is so greedily to be ...
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... Reviewer's attack . Believing that his character has been aspersed , it seems to us that no good end can be gained by unjust statements and false conclusions , and that it is a duty to give to the truth its full influ- ence . The Reviewer ...
... Reviewer's attack . Believing that his character has been aspersed , it seems to us that no good end can be gained by unjust statements and false conclusions , and that it is a duty to give to the truth its full influ- ence . The Reviewer ...
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Página 276 - But the gladiators' bloody Circus stands, A noble wreck in ruinous perfection, While Caesar's chambers, and the Augustan halls, Grovel on earth in indistinct decay. And thou didst shine, thou rolling moon, upon All this, and cast a wide and tender light, Which...
Página 275 - Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome ; The trees which grew along the broken arches Waved dark in the blue midnight, and the stars Shone through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watch-dog bay'd beyond the Tiber ; and More near from out the Caesars...
Página 7 - A superior and commanding human intellect, a truly great man, when Heaven vouchsafes so rare a gift, is not a temporary flame, burning bright for a while, and then expiring, giving place to returning darkness. It is rather a spark of fervent heat, as well as radiant light, with power to enkindle the common mass of human mind; so that when it glimmers, in its own decay, and finally goes out in death, no night follows, but it leaves the world all light, all on fire, from the potent contact of its own...
Página 274 - He ceased, and drew forth an MS.; and no Persuasion on the part of devils, or saints, Or angels, now could stop the torrent; so He read the first three lines of the contents; But at the fourth, the whole spiritual show Had vanish'd, with variety of scents, Ambrosial and sulphureous, as they sprang, Like lightning, off from his 'melodious twang'.
Página 276 - twere anew, the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful which still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old, — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns.
Página 47 - On Christmas eve the mass was sung: * That only night in all the year Saw the stoled priest the chalice rear. The damsel donned her kirtle sheen ; The hall was dressed with holly green ; Forth to the wood did merrymen go, To gather in the mistletoe.
Página 47 - Ceremony doff'd his pride, The heir, with roses in his shoes, That night might village partner choose; The Lord, underogating, share The vulgar game of 'post and pair...
Página 47 - Twas Christmas told the merriest tale ; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year.
Página 9 - ... objects of science and taste, so classed and arranged as to produce their finest effect. On one side, specimens of sculpture set out, in such order, as to exhibit at a coup...
Página 178 - To aid thy mind's development, to watch Thy dawn of little joys, to sit and see Almost thy very growth, to view thee catch Knowledge of objects, — wonders yet to thee ! To hold thee lightly on a gentle knee, And print on thy soft cheek a parent's kiss, — This, it should seem, was not reserved for me ; Yet this was in my nature : as it is, I know not what is there, yet something like to this.