Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 57W. Blackwood., 1845 - England |
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... spirit had been so much indebted ; and Pope deemed himself fortunate in devo- ting his life to the translation of the Iliad . No writer in modern times has equalled the wide - spread fame of the Grecian bard ; but it may be doubted ...
... spirit had been so much indebted ; and Pope deemed himself fortunate in devo- ting his life to the translation of the Iliad . No writer in modern times has equalled the wide - spread fame of the Grecian bard ; but it may be doubted ...
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... spirit of his fellow rebels , of the adamantine gates , and pitchy darkness , and burning lake of hell . But after the first feeling of surprise and admiration is over , it is felt by all , that these lofty contemplations are not ...
... spirit of his fellow rebels , of the adamantine gates , and pitchy darkness , and burning lake of hell . But after the first feeling of surprise and admiration is over , it is felt by all , that these lofty contemplations are not ...
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... spirit of a great epic poet . His lesser pieces prove it ; unequivocal traces of it are to be found in the adventures of the Knight of La Mancha himself . The elevation of mind which , amidst all his aberra- tions , appears in that ...
... spirit of a great epic poet . His lesser pieces prove it ; unequivocal traces of it are to be found in the adventures of the Knight of La Mancha himself . The elevation of mind which , amidst all his aberra- tions , appears in that ...
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... spirits many a flock I saw , All weeping piteously , to different laws Subjected for on earth some lay supine , Some ... spirit equals that of Homer himself . He has given birth to as many new ideas in the Inferno and the Paradiso , as ...
... spirits many a flock I saw , All weeping piteously , to different laws Subjected for on earth some lay supine , Some ... spirit equals that of Homer himself . He has given birth to as many new ideas in the Inferno and the Paradiso , as ...
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... spirit which led Homer , Dante , and Michael Angelo to im- mortality . In a luxurious age , com- fort or station is deemed the chief good of life ; in a commercial commu- nity , money becomes the universal object of ambition . Thence ...
... spirit which led Homer , Dante , and Michael Angelo to im- mortality . In a luxurious age , com- fort or station is deemed the chief good of life ; in a commercial commu- nity , money becomes the universal object of ambition . Thence ...
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Page 395 - whispers through the trees': If crystal streams 'with pleasing murmurs creep': The reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with 'sleep'. Then, at the last and only couplet fraught With some unmeaning thing they call a thought, A needless Alexandrine ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.
Page 376 - O thou, that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Page 130 - For not to think of what I needs must feel, But to be still and patient, all I can; And haply by abstruse research to steal From my own nature all the natural man — This was my sole resource, my only plan : Till that which suits a part infects the whole, And now is almost grown the habit of my soul.
Page 392 - First follow nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same: Unerring Nature, still divinely bright, One clear, unchanged, and universal light, Life, force, and beauty, must to all impart, At once the source, and end, and test of art.
Page 392 - Want as much more to turn it to its use ; For wit and judgment often are at strife, Though meant each other's aid, like man and wife. 'Tis more to guide than spur the Muse's steed, Restrain his fury than provoke his speed : The winged courser, like a generous horse, Shows most true mettle when you check his course.
Page 153 - What verse can do he has perform'd in this, Which he presumes the most correct of his; But spite of all his pride, a secret shame Invades his breast at...
Page 632 - He must have been a man of a most wonderful comprehensive nature, because, as it has been truly observed of him, he has taken into the compass Of his Canterbury Tales the various manners and humours (as we now call them) of the whole English nation, in his age. Not a single character has escaped him.
Page 128 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 488 - I HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, From henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord : even so saith the Spirit ; for they rest from their labours.
Page 397 - Some beauties yet no Precepts can declare, For there's a happiness as well as care. ( Music resembles Poetry, in each Are nameless graces which no methods teach, And which a master-hand alone can reach. ) '45 If, where the rules not far enough extend, (Since rules were made but to promote their end) Some lucky Licence answer to the full Th' intent propos'd, that Licence is a rule.