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... common to them all is conception . " It Were one alone in the world , this classification of objects ( which is certainly a power possessed by the animals in common with us ) would be sufficient . But we wish to transmit these ...
... common to them all is conception . " It Were one alone in the world , this classification of objects ( which is certainly a power possessed by the animals in common with us ) would be sufficient . But we wish to transmit these ...
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... is Nature's priest , And by the vision splendid Is on his way attended ; At length the man perceives it die away , And fade into the light of common day . . . Hence , in a season of calm weather , Though 20 INTRODUCTION TO STUDY OF POETRY .
... is Nature's priest , And by the vision splendid Is on his way attended ; At length the man perceives it die away , And fade into the light of common day . . . Hence , in a season of calm weather , Though 20 INTRODUCTION TO STUDY OF POETRY .
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... common roof . What memories of sweet hopes , what joys and perhaps what sorrows may be associated with the shape of that roof in after years ! " The shape of the prisoner's place in the court - room , and of him or her seated in the ...
... common roof . What memories of sweet hopes , what joys and perhaps what sorrows may be associated with the shape of that roof in after years ! " The shape of the prisoner's place in the court - room , and of him or her seated in the ...
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... common life . If we read through a play of Shakespeare's , such as " Hamlet , " we shall be astonished at the extraordinary number that it contains of what we call " common expressions ; " expressions that have been adopted by us into ...
... common life . If we read through a play of Shakespeare's , such as " Hamlet , " we shall be astonished at the extraordinary number that it contains of what we call " common expressions ; " expressions that have been adopted by us into ...
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... common speech ( it has been finely said ) is inlaid with these rich fragments , as in Italy we see the fragments of old mosaics and sculptures let into the common modern masonry of walls and houses . And now , lastly , what is the ...
... common speech ( it has been finely said ) is inlaid with these rich fragments , as in Italy we see the fragments of old mosaics and sculptures let into the common modern masonry of walls and houses . And now , lastly , what is the ...
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Page 83 - I see before me the Gladiator lie; He leans upon his hand, — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony. And his drooped head sinks gradually low, And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow, From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him, — he is gone Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Page 198 - Lyrical Ballads, in which it was agreed that my endeavours should be directed to persons and characters supernatural, or at least romantic — yet so as to transfer from our inward nature a human interest and a semblance of truth sufficient to procure for these shadows of imagination that willing suspension of disbelief, for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.
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Page 279 - I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me; and to me High mountains are a feeling, but the hum Of human cities torture...
Page 268 - He is made one with Nature. There is heard His voice in all her music, from the moan Of thunder to the song of night's sweet bird. He is a presence to be felt and known In darkness and in light, from herb and stone ; Spreading itself where'er that Power may move Which has withdrawn his being to its own, Which wields the world with never-wearied love, Sustains it from beneath, and kindles it above.
Page 102 - The other Shape — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either — black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart: what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Page 260 - Forlorn ! the very word is like a bell To toll me back from thee to my sole self ! Adieu ! the fancy cannot cheat so well As she is famed to do, deceiving elf. Adieu ! adieu ! thy plaintive anthem fades Past the near meadows, over the still stream, Up the hill-side; and now 'tis buried deep In the next valley-glades : Was it a vision, or a waking dream? Fled is that music: — do I wake or sleep?
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