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Page 12
... appear , it sets the copy at a great dis- tance from its original excellence ; the author of Bertram has indeed ma- naged the idea with considerable adroit- ness - and has transplanted a rose out of Shakspeare's garden into his own ...
... appear , it sets the copy at a great dis- tance from its original excellence ; the author of Bertram has indeed ma- naged the idea with considerable adroit- ness - and has transplanted a rose out of Shakspeare's garden into his own ...
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... appears that we are not indebted to worldly enjoyments for our present happiness , we cannot but allow that no one situation in life is more capable than another of pro- ducing it without the aid and assis- tance of virtuous ...
... appears that we are not indebted to worldly enjoyments for our present happiness , we cannot but allow that no one situation in life is more capable than another of pro- ducing it without the aid and assis- tance of virtuous ...
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... appear from the quo- tations from Homer and Virgil , in col . 2 , that the sword was not thus worn by the Greeks and Romans ; for surely the weapon was as likely to hang against the thigh when suspended from a belt passing round the ...
... appear from the quo- tations from Homer and Virgil , in col . 2 , that the sword was not thus worn by the Greeks and Romans ; for surely the weapon was as likely to hang against the thigh when suspended from a belt passing round the ...
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... appear to have • Although the practice of painting sta- tues and busts to imitate nature is repug- ast to good taste , and must be stigma- tized as vulgar , and hostile to every prin- ciple of art , yet when an effigy is thus coloured ...
... appear to have • Although the practice of painting sta- tues and busts to imitate nature is repug- ast to good taste , and must be stigma- tized as vulgar , and hostile to every prin- ciple of art , yet when an effigy is thus coloured ...
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... appears , in that instance , to have been more actuated by his interest as a manager , than by the generous feel- ings of a writer emulous of lasting fame . The speech of Rolla , exhorting the Pe- ruvians to defend their king and coun ...
... appears , in that instance , to have been more actuated by his interest as a manager , than by the generous feel- ings of a writer emulous of lasting fame . The speech of Rolla , exhorting the Pe- ruvians to defend their king and coun ...
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Page 236 - REMOTE, unfriended, melancholy, slow, Or by the lazy Scheld or wandering Po ; Or onward, where the rude Carinthian boor Against the houseless stranger shuts the door ; Or where Campania's plain forsaken lies, A weary waste expanding to the skies ; Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee ; Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
Page 308 - Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart ; And e'en those ills that round his mansion rise Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms...
Page 236 - Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail; Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale; Or press the bashful stranger...
Page 238 - In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain, The toiling pleasure sickens into pain ; And, e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy.
Page 311 - The life of Dr. Parnell is a task which I should very willingly decline, since it has been lately written by Goldsmith, a man of such variety of powers, and such felicity of performance, that he always seemed to do best that which he was doing; a man who had the art of being minute without tediousness, and general without confusion; whose language was copious without exuberance, exact without constraint, and easy without weakness.
Page 435 - A little child, a limber elf, Singing, dancing to itself, A fairy thing with red round cheeks, That always finds, and never seeks, Makes such a vision to the sight As fills a father's eyes with light...
Page 12 - A blank, my lord. She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i...