PublicationsReeves and Turner., 1888 - 92 páginas |
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... the narrative literally and set them down in commonplace terms , in order to emphasize and bring home to the mind the fundamental INTRODUCTION . xi conceptions which Shelley has embodied in so X ROSALIND AND HELEN , & c .
... the narrative literally and set them down in commonplace terms , in order to emphasize and bring home to the mind the fundamental INTRODUCTION . xi conceptions which Shelley has embodied in so X ROSALIND AND HELEN , & c .
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... mind is apt to dwell upon isolated passages rather than lay hold on the fable as a whole . No doubt the poet had good reasons for lead- ing the attention of Peacock to the ideal side of the subject ; but probably Peacock's wit was far ...
... mind is apt to dwell upon isolated passages rather than lay hold on the fable as a whole . No doubt the poet had good reasons for lead- ing the attention of Peacock to the ideal side of the subject ; but probably Peacock's wit was far ...
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... minds the stalwart - minded David Booth and the inconceivably despicable wretch whom Shelley has in- vented for a mate to Rosalind , -although , indeed , we may accept both Rosalind and her husband as ideal per- sonalities created for ...
... minds the stalwart - minded David Booth and the inconceivably despicable wretch whom Shelley has in- vented for a mate to Rosalind , -although , indeed , we may accept both Rosalind and her husband as ideal per- sonalities created for ...
Página xv
... mind . " I understand by your letter that you decline , in the name of your family , an intercourse which I believe had its sole foundation in the intimacy of Isabel and Mary . This intercourse entirely originated in an unsolicited ...
... mind . " I understand by your letter that you decline , in the name of your family , an intercourse which I believe had its sole foundation in the intimacy of Isabel and Mary . This intercourse entirely originated in an unsolicited ...
Página xvi
... mind , deficient in those elementary feelings which are the prin- ciples of all moral reasoning , is better fitted for the detection of error than the establishment of truth , and his pleadings , urged or withdrawn with sceptical ...
... mind , deficient in those elementary feelings which are the prin- ciples of all moral reasoning , is better fitted for the detection of error than the establishment of truth , and his pleadings , urged or withdrawn with sceptical ...
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Página 80 - Of life, at that sweet time when winds are wooing All vital things that wake to bring News of birds and blossoming, Sudden, thy shadow fell on me ; I shrieked, and clasped my hands in ecstasy ! I vowed that I would dedicate my powers To thee and thine : have I not kept the vow...
Página 73 - Apennine In the south dimly islanded ; And the Alps, whose snows are spread High between the clouds and sun ; And of living things each one ; And my spirit, which so long Darkened this swift stream of song, — Interpenetrated lie By the glory of the sky...
Página 82 - I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read...
Página 81 - That thou, O awful Loveliness, Wouldst give whate'er these words cannot express.
Página 48 - Heardst thou not sweet words among That heaven-resounding minstrelsy ! - Heardst thou not, that those who die Awake in a world of ecstasy ? That love, when limbs are interwoven, And sleep, when the night of life is cloven, And thought, to the world's dim boundaries clinging, And music, when one beloved is singing, Is death ? Let us drain right joyously The cup which the sweet bird fills for me.
Página 64 - On the level quivering line Of the waters crystalline ; And before that chasm of light, As within a furnace bright, Column, tower, and dome, and spire, Shine like obelisks of fire...
Página 71 - In thine halls the lamp of learning, Padua, now no more is burning; Like a meteor whose wild way Is lost over the grave of day, It gleams betrayed and to betray.
Página 69 - Men must reap the things they sow, Force from force must ever flow, Or worse ; but 'tis a bitter woe That love or reason cannot change The despot's rage, the slave's revenge.
Página 82 - Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed : And on the pedestal these words appear : 'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair !
Página 78 - Why fear and dream and death and birth Cast on the daylight of this earth Such gloom, — why man has such a scope For love and hate, despondency and hope?