The Album, Volume 3J. Andrews., 1823 - Great Britain |
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Page 75
... Italy , and , perhaps , in Ire- land ( I allude to the singular excavations called St. Patrick's Caves ) . An immense excavation , it appears , existed at Eleusis , as an appendage to the temple of Ceres . Of the same description were ...
... Italy , and , perhaps , in Ire- land ( I allude to the singular excavations called St. Patrick's Caves ) . An immense excavation , it appears , existed at Eleusis , as an appendage to the temple of Ceres . Of the same description were ...
Page 128
... pleasure from our book - shelves , and they will own the truth of the Italian proverb , that , even without a mate , Ad ogni uccello - suo nido è bello . Possessed of one of these easy - chairs , and 128 INSIDES AND OUTSIDES .
... pleasure from our book - shelves , and they will own the truth of the Italian proverb , that , even without a mate , Ad ogni uccello - suo nido è bello . Possessed of one of these easy - chairs , and 128 INSIDES AND OUTSIDES .
Page 225
... Italy and the Ger- manic states ; whilst those individuals , upon whom fortune smiled , zealously applied their wealth in alleviating the mis- fortunes , and enlightening the minds , of their less fortunate countrymen . In the mean time ...
... Italy and the Ger- manic states ; whilst those individuals , upon whom fortune smiled , zealously applied their wealth in alleviating the mis- fortunes , and enlightening the minds , of their less fortunate countrymen . In the mean time ...
Page 227
... Italy from the treachery of the Albanian tyrant , Ali Pacha . The association rapidly increased , and reckoned some of the most illustrious names in Europe amongst its members , when it suddenly altered its complexion with the nature of ...
... Italy from the treachery of the Albanian tyrant , Ali Pacha . The association rapidly increased , and reckoned some of the most illustrious names in Europe amongst its members , when it suddenly altered its complexion with the nature of ...
Page 236
... Italian architecture , and in many cases furnished with the finest articles of European manufacture . Both the apparel and the food of the inhabitants are much better than falls to the lot of their continental brethren : an efficient ...
... Italian architecture , and in many cases furnished with the finest articles of European manufacture . Both the apparel and the food of the inhabitants are much better than falls to the lot of their continental brethren : an efficient ...
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Page 21 - I'll not shed her blood, Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow, And smooth as monumental alabaster. Yet she must die, else she'll betray more men. Put out the light, and then put out the light.
Page 298 - 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.
Page 410 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Page 429 - Why, this is hell, nor am I out of it. Think'st thou that I, who saw the face of God And tasted the eternal joys of heaven, Am not tormented with ten thousand hells, In being depriv'd of everlasting bliss?
Page 388 - In a dramatic composition the imagery and the passion should interpenetrate one another, the former being reserved simply for the full developement and illustration of the latter. Imagination is as the immortal God which should assume flesh for the redemption of mortal passion.
Page 410 - She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay.
Page 153 - And falling and brawling and sprawling, And driving and riving and striving, And sprinkling and twinkling and wrinkling, And sounding...
Page 97 - Tis but as ivy-leaves around the ruin'd turret wreath, All green and wildly fresh without, but worn and grey beneath. Oh, could I feel as I have felt, — or be what I have been, Or weep as I could once have wept, o'er many a vanish'd scene ; As springs in deserts found seem sweet, all brackish though they be, So, midst the wither'd waste of life, those tears would flow to me.
Page 94 - My joy was in the Wilderness, to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build, nor insect's wing Flit o'er the herbless granite...
Page 153 - Sounds and motions forever and ever are blending, All at once and all o'er, with a mighty uproar, — And this way the water comes down at Lodore.