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... poetical talents of Cowper broke forth with a power which astonished , a purity which charmed , and a ten- derness which touched all his readers . His fancy was rich , but under the control of a cultivated and correct taste ; and such ...
... poetical talents of Cowper broke forth with a power which astonished , a purity which charmed , and a ten- derness which touched all his readers . His fancy was rich , but under the control of a cultivated and correct taste ; and such ...
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... poetical purposes : but the Italian terminations afford an almost inex- haustible supply , a circumstance which explains in some degree the exhibitions of their Improvvisatori . On many accounts , the sonnet is an admirable form of com ...
... poetical purposes : but the Italian terminations afford an almost inex- haustible supply , a circumstance which explains in some degree the exhibitions of their Improvvisatori . On many accounts , the sonnet is an admirable form of com ...
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... poetical manufacture , indeed , is extremely short . It begins in a warm admiration of the manner , comprehending the failings , of a favorite author ; and , before the fever of that admiration subsides , a poem is produced as nearly ...
... poetical manufacture , indeed , is extremely short . It begins in a warm admiration of the manner , comprehending the failings , of a favorite author ; and , before the fever of that admiration subsides , a poem is produced as nearly ...
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... poetical allusions . The first article , Acacia , or Robinia Acacia , is the identical Locust - tree , of which we have of late heard so much in the public prints . In this country , it should be raised from the seed , and transplanted ...
... poetical allusions . The first article , Acacia , or Robinia Acacia , is the identical Locust - tree , of which we have of late heard so much in the public prints . In this country , it should be raised from the seed , and transplanted ...
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... poetical than correct , the term being a corruption of Alba spina , and denoting neither more nor less than White - thorn . The fitness of the Holly for a hedge is well illustrated by the following imperial anecdote : " Evelyn tells us ...
... poetical than correct , the term being a corruption of Alba spina , and denoting neither more nor less than White - thorn . The fitness of the Holly for a hedge is well illustrated by the following imperial anecdote : " Evelyn tells us ...
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Page 288 - 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 57 - Is there under the heavens a more glorious and refreshing object, of the kind, than an impregnable hedge, of about four hundred feet in length, nine feet high, and five in diameter, which I can...
Page 304 - Words become general, by being made the signs of general ideas ; and ideas become general, by separating from them the circumstances of time, and place, and any other ideas, that may determine them to this or that particular existence.
Page 266 - I'll example you with thievery: The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea: the moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun...
Page 386 - Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, A great-sized monster of ingratitudes: Those scraps are good deeds past; which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done...
Page 173 - At this season of the year, and in this gloomy uncomfortable climate, it is no easy matter for the owner of a mind like mine, to divert it from sad subjects, and fix it upon such as may administer to its amusement.
Page 438 - The Atrocities of the Pirates; being a Faithful Narrative of the Unparalleled Sufferings endured by the author during his captivity among the Pirates of the Island of Cuba; with an Account of the Excesses and Barbarities of those Inhuman Freebooters.
Page 171 - No voice divine the storm allayed, No light propitious shone, When, snatched from all effectual aid, We perished, each alone : But I beneath a rougher sea, And whelmed in deeper gulfs than he.
Page 344 - Italy ; and if they have the same effect on your temper, they will have just the same effects upon your interest ; and be your merit what it will, you will never be employed to paint a picture. It will be the same at London as at Rome ; and the same in Paris as in London : for the world is pretty nearly alike in all its parts...
Page 169 - THERE is in souls a sympathy with sounds, And as the mind is pitched the ear is pleased With melting airs or martial, brisk or grave ; Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touched within us, and the heart replies.