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Page 204
The author's first piece , the Rime of the ancyent marinere , in imitation of the style
as well as of the spirit of the elder poets , is the strangest story of a cock and a
bull that we ever saw on paper : yet , though it seems a rhapsody of unintelligible
...
The author's first piece , the Rime of the ancyent marinere , in imitation of the style
as well as of the spirit of the elder poets , is the strangest story of a cock and a
bull that we ever saw on paper : yet , though it seems a rhapsody of unintelligible
...
Page 292
... three figures are to be seen , carved in relief on a large cornice , of which the
middle one seems to represent a king , that on the left , a queen , and the third an
oslicer or person of high rank . Near these is an equestrian statue of gigantic size
...
... three figures are to be seen , carved in relief on a large cornice , of which the
middle one seems to represent a king , that on the left , a queen , and the third an
oslicer or person of high rank . Near these is an equestrian statue of gigantic size
...
Page 422
63. a small typographical error seems to have escaped the author's care and
correction : Diapasan for Diapason and in another place , the word recanted , for
rechanted , seems an unusual acceptation . Though to recant comes from
recanto ...
63. a small typographical error seems to have escaped the author's care and
correction : Diapasan for Diapason and in another place , the word recanted , for
rechanted , seems an unusual acceptation . Though to recant comes from
recanto ...
Page 425
This subject , though almost exhausted , seems to have presented itself to the
poet's mind in new and glowing colours . The concluding lines on this topic
introduce a simile which , we think , is entirely original , and beautiful : The widow'
d ...
This subject , though almost exhausted , seems to have presented itself to the
poet's mind in new and glowing colours . The concluding lines on this topic
introduce a simile which , we think , is entirely original , and beautiful : The widow'
d ...
Page 553
Na . ture , which places in the meadows of Kiathana the mournful fcliage of the
cypress , amid the tender verdure of the turfi , seems to have imparted to the
Turks , somewhat of the majesty and gravity of her smile . ' The military spirit ( it
can ...
Na . ture , which places in the meadows of Kiathana the mournful fcliage of the
cypress , amid the tender verdure of the turfi , seems to have imparted to the
Turks , somewhat of the majesty and gravity of her smile . ' The military spirit ( it
can ...
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