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... labours may be well called , in the language of Dryden , " Pangs without birth , and fruitless industry . " And Martial says , Turpe est difficiles habere nugas , Et stultus labor est ineptiarum . ' Tis a folly to sweat o'er a difficult ...
... labours may be well called , in the language of Dryden , " Pangs without birth , and fruitless industry . " And Martial says , Turpe est difficiles habere nugas , Et stultus labor est ineptiarum . ' Tis a folly to sweat o'er a difficult ...
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... labours have been ridiculed by some wits ; but had her studies been regulated , she would have displayed no ordinary genius . The Connoisseur has quoted her poems , and her verses have been imitated by Milton . The duke , her husband ...
... labours have been ridiculed by some wits ; but had her studies been regulated , she would have displayed no ordinary genius . The Connoisseur has quoted her poems , and her verses have been imitated by Milton . The duke , her husband ...
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... labours in sucking all the cream of every other author , without having any cream himself , is described by her husband as having the most sublime con- ceptions of his illustrious compilations . This ap- pears by her behaviour . He says ...
... labours in sucking all the cream of every other author , without having any cream himself , is described by her husband as having the most sublime con- ceptions of his illustrious compilations . This ap- pears by her behaviour . He says ...
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... labour , and allowed the paper to be imported free of all duties , both of excise and custom . It was pub- lished under the protectorate , but many copies had not been disposed of ere Charles II . ascended the throne . Dr. Castell had ...
... labour , and allowed the paper to be imported free of all duties , both of excise and custom . It was pub- lished under the protectorate , but many copies had not been disposed of ere Charles II . ascended the throne . Dr. Castell had ...
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... labour , and was in the mind and in the hand of its author for twenty years before its first publication . The excessive polish of the verse has appeared too high to be endured throughout a long com- position ; it is certain that , in ...
... labour , and was in the mind and in the hand of its author for twenty years before its first publication . The excessive polish of the verse has appeared too high to be endured throughout a long com- position ; it is certain that , in ...
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Side 486 - Comedy will (I think) by nobody be blamed, and much less of the high and excellent Tragedy, that openeth the greatest wounds, and showeth forth the ulcers that are covered with tissue...
Side 476 - Far, far aloof th' affrighted ravens sail ; The famish'd eagle screams, and passes by. Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's cries — No more I weep.
Side 481 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Side 477 - On a rock whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Streamed like a meteor to the troubled air), And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre.
Side 415 - Sogni e favole io fingo; e pure in carte Mentre favole e sogni orno e disegno, In lor, folle ch'io son, prendo tal parte, Che del mal che inventai piango e mi sdegno.
Side 484 - Oh ! had he been content to serve the crown With virtues only proper to the gown, Or had the rankness of the soil been freed From cockle that oppressed the noble seed, David for him his tuneful harp had strung And Heaven had wanted one immortal song.
Side 494 - ... human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from Infinite to thee, From thee to nothing. On superior...
Side 480 - There has of late arisen a practice of giving to adjectives, derived from substantives, the termination of participles ; such as the cultured plain, the daisied bank ; but I was sorry to see, in the lines of a scholar like Gray, the honied spring.
Side 239 - Là, content du succès que le mérite donne, Par d'illustres avis je n'éblouis personne ; Je satisfais ensemble et peuple et courtisans , Et mes vers en tous lieux sont mes seuls partisans : Par leur seule beauté ma plume est estimée : Je ne dois qu'à moi seul toute ma renommée; Et pense toutefois n'avoir point de rival A qui je fasse tort en le traitant d'égal.
Side 151 - Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakespeare with the English man-ofwar, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.