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... period that most of them enjoyed a con- siderable degree of worldly prosperity and importance , such as has rarely blessed the community of authors . Some filled high diplomatic and other official stations , and others were engaged in ...
... period that most of them enjoyed a con- siderable degree of worldly prosperity and importance , such as has rarely blessed the community of authors . Some filled high diplomatic and other official stations , and others were engaged in ...
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... period , but his works are now rarely read or consulted . He was a na- tive of Warwickshire , and was born on a family estate called Edston , in 1682 . He received his early education at Westminster school , from which he was sent to ...
... period , but his works are now rarely read or consulted . He was a na- tive of Warwickshire , and was born on a family estate called Edston , in 1682 . He received his early education at Westminster school , from which he was sent to ...
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... period to which our remarks have now brought us down , Pope commenced the translation of the Iliad . ' At first the gigantic task which he had undertaken oppressed him with its difficulty , but he gradually became more familiar with the ...
... period to which our remarks have now brought us down , Pope commenced the translation of the Iliad . ' At first the gigantic task which he had undertaken oppressed him with its difficulty , but he gradually became more familiar with the ...
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... period we have still to notice , though we shall be compelled to do so with great brevity , Garth , Blackmore , Green , the Countess of Winchelsea , and the distinguished Scottish poet , Allan Ramsay . SAMUEL GARTH was of a good family ...
... period we have still to notice , though we shall be compelled to do so with great brevity , Garth , Blackmore , Green , the Countess of Winchelsea , and the distinguished Scottish poet , Allan Ramsay . SAMUEL GARTH was of a good family ...
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... period , but of her life and history very little is known . She was the daughter of Sir James Kings- mill of Southampton , and died in 1720. The Nocturnal Reverie , her principal poem , is full of calm and contemplative observation ...
... period , but of her life and history very little is known . She was the daughter of Sir James Kings- mill of Southampton , and died in 1720. The Nocturnal Reverie , her principal poem , is full of calm and contemplative observation ...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volum 2 Abraham Mills Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1851 |
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Side 337 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.
Side 584 - If I were an American — as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms ; NEVER ! — NEVER ! — NEVER!
Side 337 - Await alike the inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Side 417 - Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest ! I hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. 5 The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee.
Side 421 - Shoots into port at some well-havened isle, Where spices breathe and brighter seasons smile, There sits quiescent on the floods, that show Her beauteous form reflected clear below, While airs impregnated with incense play Around her, fanning light her streamers gay, So thou, with sails how swift, hast reached the shore 'Where tempests never beat nor billows roar,' And thy loved consort on the dangerous tide Of life long since has anchored by thy side.
Side 420 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was. Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown : May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more...
Side 336 - ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Side 46 - Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the Sun, her Eyes the Gazers strike, And, like the Sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful Ease, and Sweetness void of Pride, Might hide her Faults, if Belles had Faults to hide : If to her share some Female Errors fall, Look on her Face, and you'll forget 'em all. This Nymph, to the Destruction of Mankind, Nourish'd two Locks which graceful hung behind In equal Curls, and well conspir'd to deck With shining Ringlets the smooth Iv'ry Neck.
Side 338 - For thee, who, mindful of the unhonoured dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate ; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say...
Side 415 - E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme, And shall be till I die.