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Part I. Art . I. The Countesse of Pembroke's Arcadia . A pastorale Romance . By
Sir Philip Sidney . The eighth edition . London , 1633 ; folio ; pp . 482 . The name
of Sir Philip Sidney is associated with many pleasing and delightful recollections .
Part I. Art . I. The Countesse of Pembroke's Arcadia . A pastorale Romance . By
Sir Philip Sidney . The eighth edition . London , 1633 ; folio ; pp . 482 . The name
of Sir Philip Sidney is associated with many pleasing and delightful recollections .
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His Arcadia , the present subject of our remarks , if not so uniformly pleasing and
satisfactory , is , after all , the great foundation on which his fame must rest , and
to which his right to a place amongst the great masters of the human mind must ...
His Arcadia , the present subject of our remarks , if not so uniformly pleasing and
satisfactory , is , after all , the great foundation on which his fame must rest , and
to which his right to a place amongst the great masters of the human mind must ...
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Around it are all the luxuriant delights of earth , above it is all the varied grandeur
of heaven , and the voice of sadly pleasing and melancholy inspiration is heard
along its shores . He appears , indeed , to have followed the counsel which he ...
Around it are all the luxuriant delights of earth , above it is all the varied grandeur
of heaven , and the voice of sadly pleasing and melancholy inspiration is heard
along its shores . He appears , indeed , to have followed the counsel which he ...
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... souls with a soft and pleasing melancholy . We feel ourselves under the spell
of an enchanter , in the foils of a witchery , too gratifying to our senses to be
willingly shaken off , and therefore resign ourselves without resistance to its
influence .
... souls with a soft and pleasing melancholy . We feel ourselves under the spell
of an enchanter , in the foils of a witchery , too gratifying to our senses to be
willingly shaken off , and therefore resign ourselves without resistance to its
influence .
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In pleasing the latter , our hero was so successful that in her last sickness she
would scarcely permit him to be out of her chamber , gave him “ five pounds in
old gold , ” and being prevented from adequately rewarding his attentions ,
advised ...
In pleasing the latter , our hero was so successful that in her last sickness she
would scarcely permit him to be out of her chamber , gave him “ five pounds in
old gold , ” and being prevented from adequately rewarding his attentions ,
advised ...
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Страница 340 - I would not, with my will, present you sorrows, dear Bess ; let them go to the grave with me, and be buried in the dust : and seeing that it is not the will of God that I shall see you any more, bear my destruction patiently, and with a heart like yourself.
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Страница 197 - They live no longer in the faith of reason ! But still the heart doth need a language, still Doth the old instinct bring back the old names, And to yon starry world they now are gone, Spirits or gods, that used to share this earth With man as with their friend ; and to the lover Yonder they move, from yonder visible sky Shoot influence down : and even at this day 'Tis Jupiter who brings whate'er is great, And Venus who brings every thing that's fair ! Thek.
Страница 95 - Give me, next good, an understanding wife, By Nature wise, not learned by much art; Some knowledge on her side will all my life More scope of conversation impart; Besides, her inborne virtue fortifie; They are most firmly good, who best know why.
Страница 252 - No one that had any expectations from him was safe from his public contempt and derision which some of his minions at the Bar bitterly felt. Those above, or that could hurt or benefit him, and none else, might depend on fair quarter at his hands. When he was in temper and matters indifferent came before him, he became his seat of justice better than any other I ever saw in his place.
Страница 340 - First, I send you all the thanks which my heart can conceive, or my words express, for your many travails and cares for me, which, though they have not taken effect as you wished, yet my debt to you is not the less ; but pay it I never shall in this world.
Страница 79 - I have seen), which notwithstanding, as it is full of stately speeches and well-sounding phrases, climbing to the height of Seneca his style, and as full of notable morality, which it doth most delightfully teach, and so obtain the very end of poesy...
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