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... pleasure . Far otherwise is it with that class of poets , the principal charm of whose writings depends upon the familiar knowledge which they convey of the personal feelings of their authors . This is eminently the case with the ...
... pleasure . Far otherwise is it with that class of poets , the principal charm of whose writings depends upon the familiar knowledge which they convey of the personal feelings of their authors . This is eminently the case with the ...
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... pleasure wherever it can be found , -in the walks of nature , and in the business of men . The poet , trusting to primary instincts , luxuriates among the felicities of love and wine , and is enraptured while he describes the fairer ...
... pleasure wherever it can be found , -in the walks of nature , and in the business of men . The poet , trusting to primary instincts , luxuriates among the felicities of love and wine , and is enraptured while he describes the fairer ...
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... pleasure which alliteration affords is to be ac- counted for , like that of rhyme , on the principles of music . * But in its nature it is very distinct from rhyme . All the syllables into which it enters are compound , and its beauty ...
... pleasure which alliteration affords is to be ac- counted for , like that of rhyme , on the principles of music . * But in its nature it is very distinct from rhyme . All the syllables into which it enters are compound , and its beauty ...
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... pleasure to him- self , we hear him with pleasure . We sympathize in the pleasure with which he speaks ; and this seems to give a degree of excel- lence to what he utters . Thus alliteration , by giving facility to the speaker , gives ...
... pleasure to him- self , we hear him with pleasure . We sympathize in the pleasure with which he speaks ; and this seems to give a degree of excel- lence to what he utters . Thus alliteration , by giving facility to the speaker , gives ...
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... pleasures , " instead of soon he lulled his mind to pleasure . In this choice of words , he may even avail himself of many which contain alliteration in themselves . Of these com- pound adjectives , as we may call them , some are ...
... pleasures , " instead of soon he lulled his mind to pleasure . In this choice of words , he may even avail himself of many which contain alliteration in themselves . Of these com- pound adjectives , as we may call them , some are ...
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Seite 436 - There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts.
Seite 492 - The sky is changed ! — and such a change ! Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman ! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder...
Seite 114 - For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.
Seite 436 - In happy climes, where from the genial sun • And virgin earth such scenes ensue, The force of Art by Nature seems outdone, And fancied beauties by the true : In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where Nature guides and Virtue rules, Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The...
Seite 222 - All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control; counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle and of fatal tendency.
Seite 222 - Union to your collective and individual happiness; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can, in any event, be abandoned...
Seite 257 - Require the borrow'd gloss of art ? Speak not of fate : ah ! change the theme, And talk of odours, talk of wine, Talk of the flowers that round us bloom : 'Tis all a cloud, 'tis all a dream ; To love and joy thy thoughts confine, Nor hope to pierce the sacred gloom.
Seite 491 - Could I embody and unbosom now That which is most within me, — could I wreak My thoughts upon expression, and thus throw Soul, heart, mind, passions, feelings, strong or weak, All that I would have sought, and all I seek, Bear, know, feel, and yet breathe— into one word, And that one word were Lightning, I would speak ; But as it is, I live and die unheard, With a most voiceless thought, sheathing it as a sword.
Seite 467 - WHEN the last sunshine of expiring day In summer's twilight weeps itself away, Who hath not felt the softness of the hour Sink on the heart, as dew along the flower? With a pure feeling which absorbs and awes While nature makes that melancholy pause, Her breathing moment on the bridge where Time Of light and darkness forms an arch sublime.
Seite 285 - ... to support power in reverence with the people, and to secure the people from the abuse of power, that they may be free by their just obedience, and the magistrates honourable for their just administration ; for liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience without liberty is slavery.