Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews, with Additions and Corrections. 1st [-3rd] SerLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1859 - 894 Seiten |
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... Italy " : — " All , wherever in the scale , Have - be they high or low , or rich or poor , Inherit they a sheep - hook or a sceptre— Much to be grateful for ; but most has he , Born in that middle sphere , that temperate zone , Where ...
... Italy " : — " All , wherever in the scale , Have - be they high or low , or rich or poor , Inherit they a sheep - hook or a sceptre— Much to be grateful for ; but most has he , Born in that middle sphere , that temperate zone , Where ...
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... supposed to be passing , and realises it to the mind's eye . - * " Mit dem Gürtel , mit dem Schleier , Reisst der schöne Wahn entzwei . " ( Das Lied von der Gloche . ) The first part of " Italy " was published anony- G 4 SAMUEL ROGERS . 87.
... supposed to be passing , and realises it to the mind's eye . - * " Mit dem Gürtel , mit dem Schleier , Reisst der schöne Wahn entzwei . " ( Das Lied von der Gloche . ) The first part of " Italy " was published anony- G 4 SAMUEL ROGERS . 87.
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... Italy " was published anony- mously in 1822 ; and the secret must have been tolerably well kept for a period , since the " Literary Gazette " confidently attributed the authorship to Southey . The poem was subsequently completed at ...
... Italy " was published anony- mously in 1822 ; and the secret must have been tolerably well kept for a period , since the " Literary Gazette " confidently attributed the authorship to Southey . The poem was subsequently completed at ...
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... Italy , how beautiful thou art ! " recalls Filicaja's famous sonnet ; and " The very dust we tread , stirs as with life , " comes too near 66 " Pause , for thy tread is on a nation's dust . " His reflections on entering Rome are tame ...
... Italy , how beautiful thou art ! " recalls Filicaja's famous sonnet ; and " The very dust we tread , stirs as with life , " comes too near 66 " Pause , for thy tread is on a nation's dust . " His reflections on entering Rome are tame ...
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... Italy " ) , the choicest collection of anecdotes and quotations , and some of the most exquisite pieces of prose composition in the language . Where do we find more happily expressed than in the introductory paragraphs of " Marco ...
... Italy " ) , the choicest collection of anecdotes and quotations , and some of the most exquisite pieces of prose composition in the language . Where do we find more happily expressed than in the introductory paragraphs of " Marco ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
admiration afterwards amongst Andlau asked beauty Beyle called character Combe Florey conversation court dear dinner Duke Edinburgh Review English Erskine exclaimed eyes fancy father Faustine favour favourite feeling fortune genius gentleman George George Selwyn give grace habits Hahn-Hahn hand heart honour House House of Lords humour Lady late laugh letter live London look Lord Brougham Lord Byron Lord Carlisle Lord Chesterfield Lord Eldon Lord Mansfield Lord Melbourne Lord Thurlow Madame Madame de Staël manner ment mind mode moral never noble object observed occasion once Paris party passion period person pleasure poet political profession rank remarkable replied Rogers Rogers's Scott Selwyn Sheridan society speak story style Sydney Smith talents talk taste tell thing thought Thurlow tion told took Twiss Ulrich verses Walpole whilst wish woman writes young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 67 - And rise to faults true critics dare not mend. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part. And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art, Which, without passing through the judgment, gains The heart, and all its end at once attains.
Seite 87 - The soul of music slumbers in the shell, Till waked and kindled by the master's spell ; And feeling hearts — touch them but rightly — pour A thousand melodies unheard before...
Seite 317 - Oh, what was love made for, if 'tis not the same Through joy and through torment, through glory and shame, I know not, I ask not, if guilt's in that heart : I but know that I love thee, whatever thou art.
Seite 88 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the...
Seite 96 - Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light: But, oh ! she dances such a way— No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.
Seite 43 - ... soon; But deem it not, thou man of herbs, a fault, To add a double quantity of salt: Three times the spoon with oil of Lucca crown, And once with vinegar, procured from town; True flavour needs it, and your poet begs The pounded yellow of two well-boiled eggs; Let onion atoms lurk within the bowl, And scarce suspected, animate the whole...
Seite 98 - Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low, — an excellent thing in woman.
Seite 214 - I was an absolute pedant : when I talked my best, I quoted Horace ; when I aimed at being facetious, I quoted Martial ; and when I had a mind to be a fine gentleman, I talked Ovid.
Seite 29 - O'er-run and trampled on: then what they do in present, Though less than yours in past, must o'ertop yours...
Seite 393 - ... there's a divinity that shapes our ends, rough hew them how we will.