Historical and Literary Tour of a Foreigner in England and Scotland, Volume 2Saunders & Otley, 1825 - England |
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... ; another Family of the Precieuses Redicules ; Mr. Gifford ; the Baviad and Meviad ; Peter Pindar ; the Epic Poem of the Lusiad ; Canning in the Character of a Poet ; Frere and Smith 66 PAGE LETTER LXIII . TO M. TAGES . - Three.
... ; another Family of the Precieuses Redicules ; Mr. Gifford ; the Baviad and Meviad ; Peter Pindar ; the Epic Poem of the Lusiad ; Canning in the Character of a Poet ; Frere and Smith 66 PAGE LETTER LXIII . TO M. TAGES . - Three.
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... character . If there be a portion of literature , which is the expression of the opinions of society , it is unquestionably the jour- nals . * One would , therefore , be tempted to infer that urbanity is not a virtue of English society ...
... character . If there be a portion of literature , which is the expression of the opinions of society , it is unquestionably the jour- nals . * One would , therefore , be tempted to infer that urbanity is not a virtue of English society ...
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... character of a secluded literatus . He was one of those indi- viduals who are easily duped by their own imagi- ́nation , and prefer their caprices to their interests . The first trait of his youth was an earnest of his whole life . He ...
... character of a secluded literatus . He was one of those indi- viduals who are easily duped by their own imagi- ́nation , and prefer their caprices to their interests . The first trait of his youth was an earnest of his whole life . He ...
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... character . To the Spectators , the Tatlers , the Guardians , succeeded the Freethinkers , the Politicians , the Freemen , the Memoirs of the Society of Grub- street , and the Champion , till the sceptre of AND SCOTLAND . 13.
... character . To the Spectators , the Tatlers , the Guardians , succeeded the Freethinkers , the Politicians , the Freemen , the Memoirs of the Society of Grub- street , and the Champion , till the sceptre of AND SCOTLAND . 13.
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... character was softened by intellectual pursuits , while the genius of chivalry itself still lingered , as if unwilling to depart , and paid his last homage to a warlike and female reign . A degree of romantic fancy remained in the man ...
... character was softened by intellectual pursuits , while the genius of chivalry itself still lingered , as if unwilling to depart , and paid his last homage to a warlike and female reign . A degree of romantic fancy remained in the man ...
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Page 110 - She hold the gorgeous east in fee; And was the safeguard of the west: the worth Of Venice did not fall below her birth, Venice, the eldest Child of Liberty. She was a maiden City, bright and free; No guile seduced, no force could violate; And, when she took unto herself a Mate, She must espouse the everlasting Sea. And what if she had seen those glories fade, Those titles vanish, and that strength decay; Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reached its final day: Men are...
Page 62 - Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.
Page 450 - ... clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom sunward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; . But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies ! Such is the fate of artless Maid, Sweet flow'ret of the rural shade, By love's simplicity betray'd And guileless trust, Till she, like thee, all soil'd, is laid Low i
Page 64 - THAT those lips had language! Life has passed With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips are thine, — thy own sweet smile I see, The same that oft in childhood solaced me; Voice only fails, else how distinct they say, "Grieve not, my child; chase all thy fears away!
Page 107 - Accordingly, such a language, arising out of repeated experience and regular feelings, is a more permanent and a far more philosophical language than that which is frequently substituted for it by poets...
Page 450 - O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom sun-ward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies ! Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet flow'ret of the rural shade ! By love's simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, Till she, like thee, all soil'd, is laid Low i
Page 83 - Where the thin harvest waves its wither'd ears ; Rank weeds, that every art and care defy, Reign o'er the land and rob the blighted rye : There Thistles stretch their prickly arms afar, And to the ragged infant threaten war; There Poppies nodding, mock the hope of toil, There the blue Bugloss paints the sterile soil ; Hardy and high, above the slender sheaf, The slimy Mallow waves her silky leaf; O'er the young shoot the Charlock throws a shade, And clasping Tares cling round the sickly blade ; With...
Page 202 - His pomp, his pride, his skill; And arts that made fire, flood, and earth The vassals of his will? Yet mourn I not thy parted sway, Thou dim, discrowned king of day; For all those trophied arts And triumphs that beneath thee sprang, Healed not a passion or a pang Entailed on human hearts.
Page 135 - How beautiful is night! A dewy freshness fills the silent air; No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven : In full-orbed glory yonder moon divine Rolls through the dark blue depths; Beneath her steady ray The desert circle spreads, Like the round ocean, girdled with the sky. How beautiful is night!
Page 112 - And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks, before the LORD ; but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake ; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: and after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.