The American Bibliopolist, Volume 5J. Sabin & Sons., 1873 - American literature |
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... editions of Shakespeare , Milton , Bunyan , Raleigh , and some of the early English , French , and Italian ro- mances and poems . - Publisher's Circular . 1966 Mr. John M. Bellew , author of " Blount 1873 . 3 THE AMERICAN BIBLIOPOLIST .
... editions of Shakespeare , Milton , Bunyan , Raleigh , and some of the early English , French , and Italian ro- mances and poems . - Publisher's Circular . 1966 Mr. John M. Bellew , author of " Blount 1873 . 3 THE AMERICAN BIBLIOPOLIST .
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... Italy , " speaking of Milton's visit to Italy in his youth , says that- " It is said that several of Milton's poems , which he wrote at this period , are preserved in manuscript in the libraries in Florence ; but it is probable that ...
... Italy , " speaking of Milton's visit to Italy in his youth , says that- " It is said that several of Milton's poems , which he wrote at this period , are preserved in manuscript in the libraries in Florence ; but it is probable that ...
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... Italian lakes and in their neighborhood , and so fared to Rome , where he remained several years painting with steady industry . In 1848 Mr. Kensett sent to the National Academy of Design a landscape - compo- sition , " A View on the ...
... Italian lakes and in their neighborhood , and so fared to Rome , where he remained several years painting with steady industry . In 1848 Mr. Kensett sent to the National Academy of Design a landscape - compo- sition , " A View on the ...
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... Italian or English . Mr. Davies has tracked the stream in company with Mr. C. Hemans , and in his preface the author ... Italy will also pro- bably afford an insight into a quite fresh field of literature , as I do not know that any of ...
... Italian or English . Mr. Davies has tracked the stream in company with Mr. C. Hemans , and in his preface the author ... Italy will also pro- bably afford an insight into a quite fresh field of literature , as I do not know that any of ...
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... Italian song of love Come sweetly from his gondolet , " & c . Greenville , Tenn . J. K. P. SAYLER . The Dove as a Symbol of the Holy Ghost . -I am anxious to obtain information con- cerning the history of the dove as a symbol of the ...
... Italian song of love Come sweetly from his gondolet , " & c . Greenville , Tenn . J. K. P. SAYLER . The Dove as a Symbol of the Holy Ghost . -I am anxious to obtain information con- cerning the history of the dove as a symbol of the ...
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Page 136 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Page 137 - The successors of Charles the Fifth may disdain their brethren of England; but the romance of Tom Jones, that exquisite picture of human manners, will outlive the palace of the Escurial and the imperial eagle of the house of Austria.
Page 8 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Page 29 - Homer ruled as his demesne : Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold : Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken ; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific — and all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise— Silent, upon a peak in Darien.
Page 104 - Ridotta sips and dances, till she see The doubling lustres dance as fast as she; F— loves the senate, Hockley-hole his brother, Like in all else, as one egg to another.
Page 32 - The twilight hours, like birds, flew by, As lightly and as free ; Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea : , For every wave with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace And held it trembling there.
Page 124 - Where a new world leaps out at his command, And ready nature waits upon his hand ; When the ripe colours soften and unite, And sweetly melt into just shade and light ; When mellowing years their full perfection give, And each bold figure just begins to live, The treach'rous colours the fair art betray, And all the bright creation fades away ! Unhappy wit, like most mistaken things, Atones not for that envy which it brings.
Page 147 - Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother. Death, ere thou hast slain another Fair and learn'd and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
Page 135 - ... messenger knelt down in his jackboots. He on the bed started up, and with many oaths and a strong German accent asked who was there, and who dared to disturb him ? ' I am Sir Robert Walpole,
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