The Works of Walter Savage Landor, Volumen2Edward Moxon, 1846 - 676 páginas |
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... verse , the pity of Achilles . We say only what might be said , when great postulates are conceded . Timotheus . We will pretermit these absurd and silly men : but , cousin Lucian ! cousin Lucian ! the name of Plato will be durable as ...
... verse , the pity of Achilles . We say only what might be said , when great postulates are conceded . Timotheus . We will pretermit these absurd and silly men : but , cousin Lucian ! cousin Lucian ! the name of Plato will be durable as ...
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... verse would exhibit more plainly , and impress more memorably ? Both in epic and dramatic poetry it is action , and not moral , that is first Southey . But Hooker and Milton , you allow , are sometimes pedantic . In Hooker there is ...
... verse would exhibit more plainly , and impress more memorably ? Both in epic and dramatic poetry it is action , and not moral , that is first Southey . But Hooker and Milton , you allow , are sometimes pedantic . In Hooker there is ...
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... verse is the first hendecasyllabic in the poem . It is much to be regretted , I think , that he admits this metre into epic poetry . It is often very efficient in the dramatic , at least in Shakspeare , but hardly ever in Milton . He ...
... verse is the first hendecasyllabic in the poem . It is much to be regretted , I think , that he admits this metre into epic poetry . It is often very efficient in the dramatic , at least in Shakspeare , but hardly ever in Milton . He ...
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... verse 769 we come to a series of twenty lines , which , excepting the metamor- phosis of the Evil Angels , would be delightful in any other situation . The poem is much better without these . And in these verses I think there are two ...
... verse 769 we come to a series of twenty lines , which , excepting the metamor- phosis of the Evil Angels , would be delightful in any other situation . The poem is much better without these . And in these verses I think there are two ...
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... verse , In the wide womb of uncreated night , might not also have been omitted advantageously . Landor . The sentence is long enough and full enough without it , and the omission would cause no visible gap . Southey . V. 226. Thus ...
... verse , In the wide womb of uncreated night , might not also have been omitted advantageously . Landor . The sentence is long enough and full enough without it , and the omission would cause no visible gap . Southey . V. 226. Thus ...
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admirable Agnes Assunta beautiful believe better Biancheria blessed Blucher Boccaccio canonico Christian Corazza Correggio cousin creatures cried Critolaus Dante Domenichino doubt Duke earth Eldon Eminence Emperor Encombe English Esop Eugenius eyes faith father Filippo genius give glory gods hand happy hast hath head hear heard heart heaven holy honour hope Inglis Italy Jeanne king Kotzebue Landor Legate less look Lord Lord Ellenborough Lucian Machiavelli majesty Marvel Master Silas Michel-Angelo Milton mind never Ovid Parker perhaps Petrarca Pisistratus Plato poem poet poetry Polybius pray priests princes reason religion render Rhadamistus Rhodope Rochefoucault Rome Saint Sandt Scampa Shakspeare Signor Conte Signor Marchese Sir Robert Inglis Sir Silas Sir Thomas smile Southey surely Talleyrand tell thee things thou thought Timotheus tion truth Tsing-Ti turn unto verse wisdom wish wonder words worship Zenobia
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Página 59 - Awaiting what command their mighty chief Had to impose : he through the armed files Darts his experienced eye, and soon traverse The whole battalion views, their order due, * Their visages and stature as of gods ; Their number last he sums.
Página 268 - These may she never share!' Quieter is his breath, his breast more cold Than daisies in the mould, Where children spell, athwart the churchyard gate, His name, and life's brief date.
Página 458 - But when God commands to take the trumpet^ and blow a dolorous or a jarring blast, it lies not in man's will what he shall say or what he shall conceal.
Página 59 - As bees In spring-time, when the Sun with Taurus rides, Pour forth their populous youth about the hive In clusters; they among fresh dews and flowers Fly to and fro, or on the smoothed plank, The suburb of their straw-built citadel, New rubbed with balm, expatiate, and confer Their state affairs: so thick the aery crowd Swarmed and were straitened; till, the signal given, Behold a wonder!
Página 134 - For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in nowise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Página 484 - We are what suns and winds and waters make us; The mountains are our sponsors, and the rills Fashion and win their nursling with their smiles.
Página 158 - It suffices if the whole drama be found not produced beyond the fifth act, of the style and uniformity, and that commonly called the plot, whether intricate or explicit, which is nothing indeed but such economy or disposition of the fable as may stand best with verisimilitude and decorum...
Página 71 - To what thou hast, and for the air of youth Hopeful and cheerful in thy blood will reign A melancholy damp of cold and dry, To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume The balm of life.
Página 71 - Milton must be confessed to have equalled every other poet. He has involved in his account of the Fall of Man the events which preceded, and those that were to follow it : he has interwoven the whole system of theology with such propriety, that every part appears to be necessary ; and scarcely any recital is wished shorter for the sake of quickening the progress of the main action.
Página 59 - Heaven, they fabled, thrown by angry Jove Sheer o'er the crystal battlements : from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day ; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith like a falling star, On Lemnos the JSgean isle : thus they relate, Erring ; for he with this rebellious rout Fell long before ; nor aught avail'd him now To have built in Heaven high towers ; nor did he 'scape By all his engines, but was headlong sent With his industrious crew to build in Hell.