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... poet's praise That if he pleased , he pleased by manly ways . " Paraphrase these four lines in prose , and explain ... poet the first day , he dips his quill ; And what the last ? a very poet still . Pity ! the charm works only in our ...
... poet's praise That if he pleased , he pleased by manly ways . " Paraphrase these four lines in prose , and explain ... poet the first day , he dips his quill ; And what the last ? a very poet still . Pity ! the charm works only in our ...
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... poetry is the work of Hesiod entitled " Works and Days " ? Is it the same as the Homeric - the dif- ference ? Do you recollect a warrior bard who fought at Marathon , Salamis and Platea ? You have mentioned the three periods of Grecian ...
... poetry is the work of Hesiod entitled " Works and Days " ? Is it the same as the Homeric - the dif- ference ? Do you recollect a warrior bard who fought at Marathon , Salamis and Platea ? You have mentioned the three periods of Grecian ...
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... poet's praise , that if he pleased it was only by manly ways , that he pleased being neither a worshipper of fortune ( or rich men , ) nor the fool of fashion , neither mad in the pursuit of lucre nor the tool of ambition , neither ...
... poet's praise , that if he pleased it was only by manly ways , that he pleased being neither a worshipper of fortune ( or rich men , ) nor the fool of fashion , neither mad in the pursuit of lucre nor the tool of ambition , neither ...
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... Poem , it appears that the country about the Ganges was divided into six independent states , viz . Bengal , Magada , Delhi , Ajmere , Canouge , and Guzerat . In the Poem also the Yavanas assist the Hindus . They appear to be Greeks . 3 ...
... Poem , it appears that the country about the Ganges was divided into six independent states , viz . Bengal , Magada , Delhi , Ajmere , Canouge , and Guzerat . In the Poem also the Yavanas assist the Hindus . They appear to be Greeks . 3 ...
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... poetry and to philosophy or to both ? What friends he had ? and what was the cha- racter of each ? The enquiry of man in this view is the province of biography . The other view of man falls under the department of history . It is the ...
... poetry and to philosophy or to both ? What friends he had ? and what was the cha- racter of each ? The enquiry of man in this view is the province of biography . The other view of man falls under the department of history . It is the ...
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Page 3 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires, Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise, Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer...
Page 54 - O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Page 5 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Page 6 - Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail.
Page 1 - O poor hapless nightingale, thought I, How sweet thou sing'st, how near the deadly snare ! Then down the lawns I ran with headlong...
Page 13 - In any right-angled triangle, the square which is described upon the side subtending the right angle, is equal to the squares described upon the sides which contain the right angle.
Page 37 - There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces; and that cure is freedom. When a prisoner first leaves his cell he cannot bear the light of day ; he is unable to discriminate colors or recognize faces.
Page 29 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.