The Eton miscellany, by Bartholomew Bouverie1827 |
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... imaginations - of all sorts , and of all sizes -prose and verse- ( much more prose indeed than poetry ) —most formidable in appearance , and by no means less so to the luckless wight who attempts a closer examination — surely , I say ...
... imaginations - of all sorts , and of all sizes -prose and verse- ( much more prose indeed than poetry ) —most formidable in appearance , and by no means less so to the luckless wight who attempts a closer examination — surely , I say ...
Page 51
... imagination : nor would he disdain to exercise his Stentorian lungs in sounding the war - cry of the cause . I do not suspect him of timidity , in one sense at least ; but I believe he would rather keep company with a hyena than with a ...
... imagination : nor would he disdain to exercise his Stentorian lungs in sounding the war - cry of the cause . I do not suspect him of timidity , in one sense at least ; but I believe he would rather keep company with a hyena than with a ...
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... imagination and invention as the Chian bard . I should guess there were few nations so free from the annoyance of ennui as the Italians : whether from the purity of the atmosphere which they breathe , or from other physical causes , I ...
... imagination and invention as the Chian bard . I should guess there were few nations so free from the annoyance of ennui as the Italians : whether from the purity of the atmosphere which they breathe , or from other physical causes , I ...
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... imaginative poetry " he has little , or nothing ; he cannot conjure up a suc- " cession of images , whether grave or gay , to flit across " the fancy , or play in the eye ; yet it is hardly possible " to peruse his passionate scenes ...
... imaginative poetry " he has little , or nothing ; he cannot conjure up a suc- " cession of images , whether grave or gay , to flit across " the fancy , or play in the eye ; yet it is hardly possible " to peruse his passionate scenes ...
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... imagination to revel in ; surely here is a method of alleviating , if not of entirely removing , Ennui , even supposing it to be ten times as powerful as it usually is .醬 Here , my dear Bouverie , is a stock of literature exactly ...
... imagination to revel in ; surely here is a method of alleviating , if not of entirely removing , Ennui , even supposing it to be ten times as powerful as it usually is .醬 Here , my dear Bouverie , is a stock of literature exactly ...
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