Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c: Delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831 ; Complete in One VolumeHarper Brothers, 1840 - 324 страници |
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... idea is lost . Thus nothing can be less adorned than the opening of " Paradise Lost ; " the cadence of the verse alone redeems the whole from being plain prose in the first six lines ; but thenceforward it rises through every clause in ...
... idea is lost . Thus nothing can be less adorned than the opening of " Paradise Lost ; " the cadence of the verse alone redeems the whole from being plain prose in the first six lines ; but thenceforward it rises through every clause in ...
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... ideas so felici- tously as to imply the various antecedent , accompa- nying , and conventional incidents which are neces- sary to be understood before the beholder can per- fectly gather from the forms and colours before his eye the ...
... ideas so felici- tously as to imply the various antecedent , accompa- nying , and conventional incidents which are neces- sary to be understood before the beholder can per- fectly gather from the forms and colours before his eye the ...
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... ideas expressed in these wonderful lines ? -his " limbs of giant mould , " - his stalking , howling , cast- ing himself prone , and falling asleep ; -with the ac- companiments of the " midnight storm , " " the ridgy steep , " " the ...
... ideas expressed in these wonderful lines ? -his " limbs of giant mould , " - his stalking , howling , cast- ing himself prone , and falling asleep ; -with the ac- companiments of the " midnight storm , " " the ridgy steep , " " the ...
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... ideas connected with the combat and the fall , the spectators and the scene , had passed in the presence of that unconscious marble which has given immortality to the pangs of death ; but not a soul among all the beholders through ...
... ideas connected with the combat and the fall , the spectators and the scene , had passed in the presence of that unconscious marble which has given immortality to the pangs of death ; but not a soul among all the beholders through ...
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... ideas from reading them in a dead language , addressed only to the eye , for the sounds , whatever be our pronunciation , are little more than imaginary ; Cicero and Demos- thenes have exercised no such power over posterity as Homer and ...
... ideas from reading them in a dead language , addressed only to the eye , for the sounds , whatever be our pronunciation , are little more than imaginary ; Cicero and Demos- thenes have exercised no such power over posterity as Homer and ...
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Страница 28 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won.
Страница 29 - And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him— he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not— his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away...
Страница 225 - Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up : he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion ; who shall rouse him up ? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come ; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Страница 259 - Binding his foal unto the vine, And his ass's colt unto the choice vine; He washed his garments in wine, And his clothes in the blood of grapes : His eyes shall be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk.
Страница 167 - How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
Страница 78 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
Страница 234 - Yet now if thou wilt forgive their sin : and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast Written.
Страница 173 - And unburied remain Inglorious on the plain : Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew ! Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes And glittering temples of their hostile gods. — The princes applaud with a furious joy : And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy ; Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And like another Helen, fired another Troy...
Страница 212 - And, oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-loved Isle.
Страница 135 - Could I embody and unbosom now, That which is most within me, — could I wreak My thoughts upon expression, and thus throw Soul, heart, mind, passions, feelings, strong or weak, All that I would have sought, and all I seek, Bear, know, feel, and yet breathe — into one word, And that one word were lightning, I would speak ; But as it is, I live and die unheard, [sword.