The Quarterly ReviewWilliam Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1819 |
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... aimed at universal knowledge , and by his failure realized the apophthegm of
the poet . Conscious of his want of success , he appears to have adapted the
scale of knowledge to the extent of his acquirements , modifying without
contracting it ...
... aimed at universal knowledge , and by his failure realized the apophthegm of
the poet . Conscious of his want of success , he appears to have adapted the
scale of knowledge to the extent of his acquirements , modifying without
contracting it ...
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... be that of two indolent , contemplative , voluptuous devotees . — Yet , in the
midst of all this purity and peace and joy , the pains and penalties of idleness
must have been felt , and accordingly our great poet , in order to make ease more
easy ...
... be that of two indolent , contemplative , voluptuous devotees . — Yet , in the
midst of all this purity and peace and joy , the pains and penalties of idleness
must have been felt , and accordingly our great poet , in order to make ease more
easy ...
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... its author had more morality than the heathen poet , and less learning than
Jean de Meung and Guillaume de Loris , his elaborate followers , who thought it
necessary to invoke ' Reason and the seven sciences her handmaids , merely to
aid ...
... its author had more morality than the heathen poet , and less learning than
Jean de Meung and Guillaume de Loris , his elaborate followers , who thought it
necessary to invoke ' Reason and the seven sciences her handmaids , merely to
aid ...
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They follow the ignis fatuus over marshes - and quagmires , and the trembling
surface sinks beneath ţhe steps of the giants of literature , whilst the lighter limbs
of the poet , who is equally deluded by the wandering fire , enable him to spring ...
They follow the ignis fatuus over marshes - and quagmires , and the trembling
surface sinks beneath ţhe steps of the giants of literature , whilst the lighter limbs
of the poet , who is equally deluded by the wandering fire , enable him to spring ...
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The Life and Adventures of Antar , a celebrated Bedoween chief , warrior , ' and
poet , who flourished a few years prior to the Mahommedan era : now first
translated front the original Arabic , by Terrick Hamilton , Esq . 8vo . Is . 6d .
Biographical ...
The Life and Adventures of Antar , a celebrated Bedoween chief , warrior , ' and
poet , who flourished a few years prior to the Mahommedan era : now first
translated front the original Arabic , by Terrick Hamilton , Esq . 8vo . Is . 6d .
Biographical ...
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Страница 45 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Страница 34 - In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; they, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
Страница 38 - Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, Nay: but except ye repent yc shall all likewise perish.
Страница 43 - If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men ; then the Lord hath not sent me. But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit ; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.
Страница 115 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Страница 381 - The charms that she wielded before ; Nor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin which but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of Pride, The trappings which dizen the proud? Alas ! they are all laid aside ; And here's neither dress nor adornment allowed, But the long winding-sheet, and the fringe of the shroud.
Страница 45 - ... waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou...
Страница 45 - Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Страница 344 - Twenty-seven names make up the first story, and the recorded names ever since contain not one living century. The number of the dead long exceedeth all that shall live. The night of time far surpasseth the day; and who knows when was the equinox ? Every hour adds unto that current arithmetic, which scarce stands one moment.
Страница 344 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.