 | James Boswell - 1820 - 442 страници
...with but two horses; but they are of " ethereal race :" " Rcliokl where Dryden's less presumptuons car, " Wide o'er the fields of glory bear " Two coursers of ethereal race, He added, " These are all of which I can be sure." They bear a small proportion to the whole, which... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 358 страници
...tremble, while they gaze, He saw ; but, blasted with excess of light, Clos'd his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide...necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resounding pace. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-ey'd Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictur'd urn... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 376 страници
...characterise Dryden. He, indeed, furnishes his car with but two horses ; but they are of " ethereal race :" " Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide...Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder cloath'd, and long resounding pace." Ode on the Progress nf Poesy. He added, " These are all of which... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1821 - 196 страници
...tremble while they gaze, He saw; but, blasted with excess of light, Clos'd his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of etherial race, PnS pace. With necks in thunder cloath'd, and long-resoundVer. 95. Nor second He, that... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1821 - 192 страници
...He saw; but, blasted with excess of light, Clos'd his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Drj den's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ctherial race, f'nS pace. With necks in thunder cloath'd, and long-resoundVer. 95. Nor second He, that... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 472 страници
...characterise Dryden. He indeed, furnishes his car with but two horses ; but they are of " ethereal race :" " Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car, " Wide...coursers of ethereal race, " With necks in thunder cloath'd, and long resounding pace." Ode on the Progress of Poesy. ^ and the concluding ten lines,... | |
 | 1863 - 1198 страници
...simplicity, or force. The following character of Dryden, in the " Progress of Poesy," is very fine : — " Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er...Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace. Hark ! his hands the lyre explore ; Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 584 страници
...saw ; but, blasted with excess of light, Clos'd his eyes in endless night. § Behold where Drydcn's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields of Glory bear Two Coursers of ethereal race,fl [ing pace.^ With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resoundIII. 3. Hark, his hands the lyre... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 284 страници
...Two Coursers of etherial race 17 , [ing pace IS . With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resoundIII. 3. Hark, his hands the lyre explore! Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn I9 . But ah ! 'tis heard no more ! ° Oh! Lyre... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1823 - 416 страници
...lightning" of the mind : and Gray characterizes the poetry of Dryden in a manner equally poetical. Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide...ethereal race, With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long resounding pace. Gray. It is impossible for a man of an elegant mind, living in Britain, not to... | |
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Where Angels tremble while they gaze, He saw ; but blasted with excess of light. Closed his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed,... 
