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... less happy vein , but less fortu- nate in the event , who , though as renowned in their day , have sunk into " mere oblivion , 2 GENERAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT .
... less happy vein , but less fortu- nate in the event , who , though as renowned in their day , have sunk into " mere oblivion , 2 GENERAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT .
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... less to admire them . It is not possible that the learned professors and the reading pub- lic should clash in this way , or necessary for them to use any precautions against each other . But it is not the same with the living languages ...
... less to admire them . It is not possible that the learned professors and the reading pub- lic should clash in this way , or necessary for them to use any precautions against each other . But it is not the same with the living languages ...
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... less than smallest dwarfs , " when he speaks with true , not false modesty , of himself and them , and of his wayward thoughts , " desiring this man's art , and that man's scope . We fancy that there were no such men , that could either ...
... less than smallest dwarfs , " when he speaks with true , not false modesty , of himself and them , and of his wayward thoughts , " desiring this man's art , and that man's scope . We fancy that there were no such men , that could either ...
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... less provided against ; the excesses of the passions and of lawless power were less regulated , and produced more strange and desperate catastrophes . The tales of Boc- cacio are founded on the great pestilence of Florence , Fletcher ...
... less provided against ; the excesses of the passions and of lawless power were less regulated , and produced more strange and desperate catastrophes . The tales of Boc- cacio are founded on the great pestilence of Florence , Fletcher ...
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... less disguised , and less sub- ject to controul . Deckar has given an admirable description of a mad - house in one of his plays . But it might be perhaps objected , that it was only a literal account taken from Bedlam at that time and ...
... less disguised , and less sub- ject to controul . Deckar has given an admirable description of a mad - house in one of his plays . But it might be perhaps objected , that it was only a literal account taken from Bedlam at that time and ...
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Page 301 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
Page 255 - To his Coy Mistress Had we but world enough and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime. We would sit down and think which way To walk and pass our long love's day. Thou by the Indian Ganges' side Shouldst rubies find; I by the tide Of Huraber would complain.
Page 252 - Ask me no more whither do stray The golden atoms of the day; For in pure love heaven did prepare Those powders to enrich your hair. Ask me no more whither doth haste The nightingale when May is past; For in your sweet dividing throat She winters and keeps warm her note. Ask me no more...
Page 29 - Your face, my thane, is as a book, where men May read strange matters : — To beguile the time, Look like the time; bear welcome in your eye, Your hand, your tongue: look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under it.
Page 298 - There is no antidote against the opium of time, which temporally considereth all things: our fathers find their graves in our short memories, and sadly tell us how we may be buried in our survivors.
Page 187 - Whose midnight revels by a forest side Or fountain some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course ; they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds.
Page 60 - Shadowing more beauty in their airy brows Than have the white breasts of the queen of love...
Page 61 - Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, And burnt the topless towers of Ilium? — Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss. — Her lips suck forth my soul : see, where it flies ! — Come, Helen, come, give me my soul again. Here will I dwell, for heaven is in these lips, And all is dross that is not Helena.
Page 225 - A tongue chain'd up without a sound ! Fountain heads, and pathless groves, Places which pale passion loves ! Moonlight walks, when all the fowls Are warmly housed, save bats and owls ! A midnight bell, a parting groan ! These are the sounds we feed upon ; Then stretch our bones in a still gloomy valley, Nothing's so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy.
Page 59 - Shall I make spirits fetch me what I please, Resolve me of all ambiguities, Perform what desperate enterprise I will? I'll have them fly to India for gold, Ransack the ocean for orient pearl, And search all corners of the new-found world For pleasant fruits and princely delicates.