The Poetical Works of Robert Southey: With a Memoir of the Author, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1860 - English poetry |
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... natural predilection for literature , decided politi- cal opinions , and , in early life , a romantic disposi- tion , gradually won him to the exclusive pursuit of authorship . His pure character , patient indus- try , and skill as a ...
... natural predilection for literature , decided politi- cal opinions , and , in early life , a romantic disposi- tion , gradually won him to the exclusive pursuit of authorship . His pure character , patient indus- try , and skill as a ...
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... not an incident , a natural fact , an * Coleridge once said , " I can't think of Southey without seeing him either mending or using a pen . " historical reminiscence , a political conjecture , or a wayside viii ROBERT SOUTHEY .
... not an incident , a natural fact , an * Coleridge once said , " I can't think of Southey without seeing him either mending or using a pen . " historical reminiscence , a political conjecture , or a wayside viii ROBERT SOUTHEY .
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... natural lan- guage of talent : that of genius would be , " It is the greatest thing in the world . ” The most effective portrait , in the part of his memoirs written by himself , is that of his Aunt Tyler . It is evidently drawn from ...
... natural lan- guage of talent : that of genius would be , " It is the greatest thing in the world . ” The most effective portrait , in the part of his memoirs written by himself , is that of his Aunt Tyler . It is evidently drawn from ...
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... natural history , church lore , ballads , historic incident , and curious philosophy , are richly exem- plified in the specimens of the " Commonplace Book , " recently published , and especially in that fragmentary but most suggestive ...
... natural history , church lore , ballads , historic incident , and curious philosophy , are richly exem- plified in the specimens of the " Commonplace Book , " recently published , and especially in that fragmentary but most suggestive ...
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... nature was so balanced as to admit , as a general rule , of perfect self - control . He repeatedly asserts that the coldness attributed to him is not real . In this great bereavement , he seems to have perfectly exercised the power of ...
... nature was so balanced as to admit , as a general rule , of perfect self - control . He repeatedly asserts that the coldness attributed to him is not real . In this great bereavement , he seems to have perfectly exercised the power of ...
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Agnes Alençon amid arbalist arms bade banner Bastard battle battle of Agincourt battle-axe beheld beneath besieged blood breast buckler Burgundy called cheek chief Chinon Conrade cried Damsel death dreadful Duke Duke of Burgundy Duke of Orleans Dunois earth enemy England English esquires exclaimed falchion fear feel fell fierce fight fire France French gallant gate gazed groan hand happy hast hath hear heard heart Heaven Henry Holinshed holy honor hope host hour Joan Joan of Arc Joshua Barnes king La Hire live Lord loud Maid of Orleans Maiden mangonels miserable Monstrelet night NOTE o'er passed peace petrary poem prayer prince qu'il replied Richemont Robert Southey round Salisbury says shield siege soon soul Southey Southey's spake spear spirit stood sword Talbot thee Theodore thou thought towers town trembling troops victory Virgin voice walls warrior wretched youth
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Page 283 - Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; 18 that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
Page 230 - Thou therefore gird up thy loins and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee. Be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
Page 275 - There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen : The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
Page 21 - ... study (which I take to be my portion in this life) joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die.
Page 230 - Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
Page xxvi - Tis pleasant, by the cheerful hearth, to hear Of tempests and the dangers of the deep, And pause at times, and feel that we are safe ; Then listen to the perilous tale again, And with an eager and suspended soul, Woo terror to delight us.
Page 230 - Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee ; and before thou eamest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Page 230 - Ah, Lord GOD ! behold, I cannot speak : for I am a child. 7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
Page 285 - Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
Page 1 - At the age of sixty-three I have undertaken to collect and edit my poetical works, with the last corrections that I can expect to bestow upon them. They have obtained a reputation equal to my wishes. * * Thus to collect and revise them is a duty which I owe to that part of the public hv whom they have been auspiciously received, and to those who will take a lively concern In my 200i1 name when I shall have departed.