Recollections of a Literary Life, Or, Books, Places, and People, Volume 1R. Bentley, 1853 |
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... ornamented lodge , lies the road to the ancient seat of the Blounts , a house made famous by Pope , where the fair ladies of his love , the sisters Martha and Teresa , lived and died . A fine old place it is ; and 4 RECOLLECTIONS OF.
... ornamented lodge , lies the road to the ancient seat of the Blounts , a house made famous by Pope , where the fair ladies of his love , the sisters Martha and Teresa , lived and died . A fine old place it is ; and 4 RECOLLECTIONS OF.
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... lived with and have led . The sea smiles bright before us . What white sail Plays yonder ? What pursues it ? Like two hawks Away they fly . Let us away in time To overtake them . Are they menaces We hear ? And shall the strong repulse ...
... lived with and have led . The sea smiles bright before us . What white sail Plays yonder ? What pursues it ? Like two hawks Away they fly . Let us away in time To overtake them . Are they menaces We hear ? And shall the strong repulse ...
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... lived to attain a popularity of the most genial kind , and to diffuse , through a thousand pleasant channels , many of the finest parts of our finest writers . He has done good service to literature in another way , by enriching our ...
... lived to attain a popularity of the most genial kind , and to diffuse , through a thousand pleasant channels , many of the finest parts of our finest writers . He has done good service to literature in another way , by enriching our ...
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... lived , when sent to England , at the very beginning of the Revolution , with Mademoiselle d'Orleans ; and described the looks and manners of the quiet , steady pupil , and the flighty governess , as if it had been yesterday . She ...
... lived , when sent to England , at the very beginning of the Revolution , with Mademoiselle d'Orleans ; and described the looks and manners of the quiet , steady pupil , and the flighty governess , as if it had been yesterday . She ...
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... lived except in the writings of other people - the heroes and heroines of Miss Austen , for example- are not the more real of the two . Her exquisite story of " Persuasion " absolutely haunted me . Whenever it rained ( and it did rain ...
... lived except in the writings of other people - the heroes and heroines of Miss Austen , for example- are not the more real of the two . Her exquisite story of " Persuasion " absolutely haunted me . Whenever it rained ( and it did rain ...
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Página 340 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament is in discourse; and for ability is in the judgment and disposition of business...
Página 43 - Away! away! for I will fly to thee, Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards, But on the viewless wings of Poesy, Though the dull brain perplexes and retards: Already with thee ! tender is the night, And haply the Queen-Moon is on her throne, Clustered around by all her starry Fays; But here there is no light, Save what from heaven is with the breezes blown Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways.
Página 148 - Rise, O ever rise ; Rise like a cloud of incense from the earth ! Thou kingly Spirit throned among the hills, Thou dread ambassador from earth to heaven, Great hierarch ! tell thou the silent sky, And tell the stars, and tell yon rising sun, Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God.
Página 193 - Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement, From garret to basement, She stood, with amazement, Houseless by night. The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver; But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river: Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery, Swift to be hurl'd — Anywhere, anywhere Out of the world!
Página 344 - ... our sage and serious poet Spenser, whom I dare be known to think a better teacher than Scotus or Aquinas, describing true temperance under the person of Guion, brings him in with his Palmer through the cave of Mammon, and the bower of earthly bliss, that he might see and know, and yet abstain.
Página 194 - All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame. Oft in my waking dreams do I Live o'er again that happy hour, When midway on the mount I lay, Beside the ruined tower.
Página 324 - What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head ; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine ; The nectarine and curious peach Into my hands themselves do reach ; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.
Página 330 - Did clap their bloody hands ; He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed.
Página 15 - GOING TO THE WARS Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.
Página 146 - Who gave you your invulnerable life, Your strength, your speed, your fury, and your joy, Unceasing thunder and eternal foam ? And who commanded (and the silence came), Here let the billows stiffen, and have rest...