Sketches of the History of Literature: From the Earliest Period to the Revival of Letters in the Fifteenth CenturyJ.S. Simpson, 1827 - 344 sider |
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... divine origin . Although it is probable , that alphabetic writing is of divine origin , and delivered to some of the descendants of Adam , long before the time of Moses , yet , as we find no mention made of this circum- stance in the ...
... divine origin . Although it is probable , that alphabetic writing is of divine origin , and delivered to some of the descendants of Adam , long before the time of Moses , yet , as we find no mention made of this circum- stance in the ...
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... divine ; Others where Thebes ' vast ruins strew the ground , And shatter'd Memnon yields a magic sound , Set up a brute of uncouth shape And bow before the image of an ape ! Thousands regard the hound with holy fear , Not one Diana ...
... divine ; Others where Thebes ' vast ruins strew the ground , And shatter'd Memnon yields a magic sound , Set up a brute of uncouth shape And bow before the image of an ape ! Thousands regard the hound with holy fear , Not one Diana ...
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... Divine Being , which , apart from inspiration , has the obvious tendency to enlarge the mind and elevate the feelings . The Jews assert , that their lan- guage is the original language , taught by God himself to Adam , and by him ...
... Divine Being , which , apart from inspiration , has the obvious tendency to enlarge the mind and elevate the feelings . The Jews assert , that their lan- guage is the original language , taught by God himself to Adam , and by him ...
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... divine inspiration , the book of Genesis , which embraces a period of twenty - three hundred and sixty - nine years , from the creation of the world , and which contains the only authentic account of the great work of creation . It was ...
... divine inspiration , the book of Genesis , which embraces a period of twenty - three hundred and sixty - nine years , from the creation of the world , and which contains the only authentic account of the great work of creation . It was ...
Side 33
... divine ; they superadd an agreeable awe and reverence to all those pleasing emotions we feel from other lays , an awe and reverence that exalts whilst it chastises ; its sweet authority restrains each undue liberty of thought , word and ...
... divine ; they superadd an agreeable awe and reverence to all those pleasing emotions we feel from other lays , an awe and reverence that exalts whilst it chastises ; its sweet authority restrains each undue liberty of thought , word and ...
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Side 128 - Lone mother of dead empires ! and control In their shut breasts their petty misery. What are our woes and sufferance ? Come and see The cypress, hear the owl, and plod your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples, Ye ! Whose agonies are evils of a day — A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay.
Side 156 - 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.
Side 303 - Then turning, I to them my speech address'd, And thus began : * Francesca! your sad fate Even to tears my grief and pity moves. But tell me; in the time of your sweet sighs, By what, and how Love granted, that ye knew Your yet uncertain wishes ?* She replied : * No greater grief than to remember days Of joy, when misery is at hand.
Side 204 - Cold is Cadwallo's tongue, That hush'd the stormy main : Brave Urien sleeps upon his craggy bed : Mountains, ye mourn in vain Modred, whose magic song Made huge Plinlimmon bow his cloudtopt head. On dreary Arvon's shore they lie, Smear'd with gore, and ghastly pale : Far, far aloof th' affrighted ravens sail ; The famish'd eagle screams, and passes by.
Side 33 - The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. 6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
Side ii - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Side 56 - Blest as th' immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears and sees thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly smile.
Side 56 - One may see by what is left of them, that she followed nature in all her thoughts, without descending to those little points, conceits, and turns of wit with which many of our modern lyrics are sox miserably infected.
Side 56 - Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And rais'd such tumults in my breast ; For while I gaz'd, in transport tost, My breath was gone, my voice was lost : My bosom glow'd ; the subtle flame Ran quick through all my vital frame ; O'er my dim eyes a darkness hung ; My ears with hollow murmurs rung. In dewy damps my limbs were chill'd ; My blood with gentle horrors thrill'd ; My feeble pulse forgot to play ; I fainted, sunk, and died away.
Side 57 - O VENUS, beauty of the skies, To whom a thousand temples rise, Gaily false in gentle smiles, Full of love-perplexing wiles ; O goddess ! from my heart remove The wasting cares and pains of love.