From Shakespeare to Pope: An Inquiry Into the Causes and Phenomena of the Rise of Classical Poetry in England, Volume 1 |
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... thought wise who could not understand His glories ; with a puling infant's force They sway'd about upon a rocking - horse , And thought it Pegasus . Ah , dismal - soul'd ! The winds of heaven blew , the ocean roll'd Its gathering waves ...
... thought wise who could not understand His glories ; with a puling infant's force They sway'd about upon a rocking - horse , And thought it Pegasus . Ah , dismal - soul'd ! The winds of heaven blew , the ocean roll'd Its gathering waves ...
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... thought that the old direct manner of speaking was crude and futile ; that a romantic poet who wished to allude to caterpillars could do so without any exercise of his ingenuity by simply introducing the word " caterpillars , " whereas ...
... thought that the old direct manner of speaking was crude and futile ; that a romantic poet who wished to allude to caterpillars could do so without any exercise of his ingenuity by simply introducing the word " caterpillars , " whereas ...
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... thoughts during these boyish days seem to have been politically ambitious . His great wealth drew him naturally to court , and in August , 1625 , he sat in the House of Commons for another of the local Buckinghamshire boroughs , for ...
... thoughts during these boyish days seem to have been politically ambitious . His great wealth drew him naturally to court , and in August , 1625 , he sat in the House of Commons for another of the local Buckinghamshire boroughs , for ...
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... thought for Dorothea , the name under which Waller originally celebrated the charms of Lady Dorothy Sidney , the eldest daughter of the Earl of Leicester . She was the grand - niece of that romantic Sir Philip Sidney who wrote the ...
... thought for Dorothea , the name under which Waller originally celebrated the charms of Lady Dorothy Sidney , the eldest daughter of the Earl of Leicester . She was the grand - niece of that romantic Sir Philip Sidney who wrote the ...
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... thought their opposition was hopeless , and would merely launch England upon massacre . In 1641 , he wavered so far on the popular side , that he was chosen by the Commons to impeach Judge Crawley , on whom the sin of ship - money had ...
... thought their opposition was hopeless , and would merely launch England upon massacre . In 1641 , he wavered so far on the popular side , that he was chosen by the Commons to impeach Judge Crawley , on whom the sin of ship - money had ...
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Page 239 - The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more. For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things, so certain to be lost. Clouds of affection from our younger eyes Conceal that emptiness which age descries. The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home.
Page 69 - Go, LOVELY rose ! Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts, where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died.
Page 215 - To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans, and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th...
Page 5 - Through all the realms of Nonsense, absolute. This aged prince, now flourishing in peace And blest with issue of a large increase, Worn out with business, did at length...
Page 104 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Page 173 - Elisha-like (but with a wish much less, More fit thy greatness, and my littleness) Lo here I beg (I whom thou once didst prove So humble to esteem, so good to love) Not that thy spirit might on me doubled be, I ask but half thy mighty spirit for me ; And when my muse soars with so strong a wing, 'Twill learn of things divine, and first of thee to sing.
Page 51 - Whereupon the King turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, "Well, my Lord, what say you?" "Sir," replied the bishop, "I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases." The King answered, "No put-offs, my Lord; answer me presently." "Then, Sir," said he, "I think it is lawful for you to take my brother Neale's money; for he offers it.
Page 299 - An Analysis of the Exposition of the Creed, written by the Right Rev. Father in God, JOHN PEARSON, DD, late Lord Bishop of Chester. Compiled for the use of the Students of Bishop's College, Calcutta, by WH MILL, DD late Regius Professor of Hebrew in the University of Cambridge.