The Etonian, Volume 1H.Colburn, and C.Knight, 1824 |
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... , which retains every thing that is submitted to it , by the application of the slightest attention , Frederick soon made up for his deficiency in the studies of the part of the school to which he B 2 THE KING OF CLUBS , 3.
... , which retains every thing that is submitted to it , by the application of the slightest attention , Frederick soon made up for his deficiency in the studies of the part of the school to which he B 2 THE KING OF CLUBS , 3.
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... attention . He was per- petually studying some new theatrical attitude , and he scarcely ever opened his mouth , except to give you a pithy sentence from some play . By the way , he had always been notorious for his quotations at all ...
... attention . He was per- petually studying some new theatrical attitude , and he scarcely ever opened his mouth , except to give you a pithy sentence from some play . By the way , he had always been notorious for his quotations at all ...
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... attention , and which he pursues through all the intricacies of metaphysical argument , till he has lost himself in the labyrinth of his own ideas . Naturally of a strong mind , and imbued with a taste for the abstruse , he turned with ...
... attention , and which he pursues through all the intricacies of metaphysical argument , till he has lost himself in the labyrinth of his own ideas . Naturally of a strong mind , and imbued with a taste for the abstruse , he turned with ...
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... attention than they deserve to the various importations of German absurdities which have inundated us of late years . In this sanctum sanctorum he pores over his favourite authors with ' spectacles on sapient nose , ' taking no notice ...
... attention than they deserve to the various importations of German absurdities which have inundated us of late years . In this sanctum sanctorum he pores over his favourite authors with ' spectacles on sapient nose , ' taking no notice ...
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... attention of men of wit and genius - the Bible . Not that I would for a moment insinuate that the slightest tinge of scepticism , as to the truth of revealed doc- trines , had infected the young élèves of Eton , many of whom are ...
... attention of men of wit and genius - the Bible . Not that I would for a moment insinuate that the slightest tinge of scepticism , as to the truth of revealed doc- trines , had infected the young élèves of Eton , many of whom are ...
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Page 124 - 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 287 - Nor less, I trust, To them I may have owed another gift, Of aspect more sublime; that blessed mood, In which the burthen of the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world, Is lightened...
Page 415 - For well she knew I could not choose But gaze upon her face. I told her of the knight that wore Upon his shield a burning brand ; And that, for ten long years, he wooed The lady of the land.
Page 288 - In body, and become a living soul: While with an eye made quiet by the power Of harmony, and the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things. If this Be but a vain belief, yet, oh! how oft...
Page 292 - If thou be one whose heart the holy forms Of young imagination have kept pure, Stranger ! henceforth be warned; and know, that pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness; that he, who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used; that thought with him 50 Is in its infancy.
Page 283 - Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears ; To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
Page 231 - Now forging scrolls, now foremost in the fight, Not quite a felon, yet but half a knight, The gibbet or the field prepared to grace ; A mighty mixture of the great and base.
Page 416 - The music and the doleful tale, The rich and balmy eve; And hopes, and fears that kindle hope, An undistinguishable throng, And gentle wishes long subdued, Subdued and cherished long! She wept with pity and delight, She blushed with love and virgin shame; And like the murmur of a dream, I heard her breathe my name. Her bosom heaved — she stepped aside, As conscious of my look she stept — Then suddenly, with timorous eye She fled to me and wept.
Page 413 - O happy living things! no tongue Their beauty might declare: A spring of love gushed from my heart, And I blessed them unaware: Sure my kind saint took pity on me, And I blessed them unaware.
Page 287 - But trailing clouds of glory do we come From God who is our home: Heaven lies about us in our infancy! Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy; But he beholds the light, and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy! The youth who daily further from the east Must travel, still is nature's priest, And by the vision splendid Is on his way attended; At length the man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of common day.