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... genius , erudition and research as must please in any country , w refinement prepares the mind for sound instruction and chaste amusement . 4 of . In an experiment on our plan , we have now completed the first volume of Excerpte , and ...
... genius , erudition and research as must please in any country , w refinement prepares the mind for sound instruction and chaste amusement . 4 of . In an experiment on our plan , we have now completed the first volume of Excerpte , and ...
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... genius may arise in this eration who will invent self - consuming For ev'ry plaint we hear a joyful strain wicks , which will perish at an equal rate To him , whose pow'r unbounded rules the main . gen- The heav'ns look bright , the air ...
... genius may arise in this eration who will invent self - consuming For ev'ry plaint we hear a joyful strain wicks , which will perish at an equal rate To him , whose pow'r unbounded rules the main . gen- The heav'ns look bright , the air ...
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... genius O never shall sleep . Beneath the tall pine - tree majestic ascending , Where youthful Vertumnus implauted his store ; Where blooms the wide climber , its cl ers extending , She found the lone grave of the bard of Kenmore . Now ...
... genius O never shall sleep . Beneath the tall pine - tree majestic ascending , Where youthful Vertumnus implauted his store ; Where blooms the wide climber , its cl ers extending , She found the lone grave of the bard of Kenmore . Now ...
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... genius moulds impassion'd brass to breathe The deathless spirit of the dust beneath , Calis marble honour from its cavern'd bed , And bids it live --- the proxy of the dead . 77 ] Reynolds expires , a nobler chief than these.
... genius moulds impassion'd brass to breathe The deathless spirit of the dust beneath , Calis marble honour from its cavern'd bed , And bids it live --- the proxy of the dead . 77 ] Reynolds expires , a nobler chief than these.
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... on each side , are painted with great force and genius . These are a kind of fiction which really aid the study of history , and , as such , may be perused with general benefit THE SPIRIT OF THE ENGLISH MAGAZINES . To be continued.
... on each side , are painted with great force and genius . These are a kind of fiction which really aid the study of history , and , as such , may be perused with general benefit THE SPIRIT OF THE ENGLISH MAGAZINES . To be continued.
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Page 117 - Twas still some solace, in the dearth Of the pure elements of earth. To hearken to each other's speech, And each turn comforter to each With some new hope, or legend old, Or song heroically bold ; But even these at length grew cold. Our voices took a dreary tone, An echo of the dungeon-stone, A grating sound— not full and free As they of yore were wont to be: It might be fancy — but to me They never sounded like our own...
Page 195 - But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeze, And by it there were waters flowing, And on it there were young flowers growing Of gentle breath and hue.
Page 405 - The rapid progress true science now makes, occasions my regretting sometimes that I was born so soon. It is impossible to imagine the height to which may be carried, in a thousand years, the power of man over matter.
Page 117 - A double dungeon wall and wave Have made — and like a living grave. Below the surface of the lake The dark vault lies wherein we lay, We heard it ripple night and day; Sounding o'er our heads it...
Page 119 - The last — the sole — the dearest link Between me and the eternal brink, Which bound me to my failing race, Was broken in this fatal place.
Page 235 - And though the number of them be perhaps double to what it was formerly, by reason of this present great distress, yet in all times there have been about one hundred thousand of those vagabonds, who have lived without any regard or subjection either to the laws of the land, or even those of God and nature ; fathers incestuously accompanying with their own daughters, the son with the mother, and the brother with the sister.
Page 117 - And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain; That iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away...
Page 445 - The Poetic Genius of my Country found me, as the prophetic bard Elijah did Elisha — at the PLOUGH, and threw her inspiring mantle over me.
Page 117 - Lake Leman lies by Chillon's walls, A thousand feet in depth below, Its massy waters meet and flow; Thus much the fathom-line was sent...
Page 195 - Returning where my walk begun, Avoiding only, as I trod, My brothers' graves without a sod; For if I thought with heedless tread My step profaned their lowly bed, My breath came gaspingly and thick, And my crush'd heart fell blind and sick.