Robert Montgomery and His Reviewers, with Some Remarks on the Present State of English Poetry and on the Laws of Criticism |
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... gales of public favour , there is good ground for hope , that the evil of modern criticism , its unsteadiness - whether traceable to corruption , care- lessness , haste , or incompetency - will cure itself AND HIS REVIEWERS . 21.
... gales of public favour , there is good ground for hope , that the evil of modern criticism , its unsteadiness - whether traceable to corruption , care- lessness , haste , or incompetency - will cure itself AND HIS REVIEWERS . 21.
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... hope , excuse my pressing the fact of my own disinterested impar- tiality , in the character of a literary juryman , on his notice . ' Let the galled jade wince : my withers are unwrung . ' things go on from bad to worse . ' ' 28 ROBERT ...
... hope , excuse my pressing the fact of my own disinterested impar- tiality , in the character of a literary juryman , on his notice . ' Let the galled jade wince : my withers are unwrung . ' things go on from bad to worse . ' ' 28 ROBERT ...
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... But Campbell uses a more analogous phrase : And steep thy song in mercy's mellow stream . - Pleasures of Hope . Hebraism , since he couples a qualifying adjective with the AND HIS REVIEWERS . 41 air in song (?) while, in the ...
... But Campbell uses a more analogous phrase : And steep thy song in mercy's mellow stream . - Pleasures of Hope . Hebraism , since he couples a qualifying adjective with the AND HIS REVIEWERS . 41 air in song (?) while, in the ...
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... Hope : if it has less classical polish , it glows with more enthusiastical fervour ; and the tone of equable elevation is sustained with well- poised wing throughout ; but it has little affinity to that , or to the two cognate didactic ...
... Hope : if it has less classical polish , it glows with more enthusiastical fervour ; and the tone of equable elevation is sustained with well- poised wing throughout ; but it has little affinity to that , or to the two cognate didactic ...
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... Hope . Both the latter embrace the two provinces of taste -the beautiful and the sublime , but chiefly limit themselves within the bounds of the former . The Omnipresence principally takes up the sublime ; its purport is AND HIS ...
... Hope . Both the latter embrace the two provinces of taste -the beautiful and the sublime , but chiefly limit themselves within the bounds of the former . The Omnipresence principally takes up the sublime ; its purport is AND HIS ...
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Page 90 - Whither shall I go then from Thy spirit : or whither shall I go then from Thy presence ? If I climb up into heaven, Thou art there : if I go down to hell, Thou art there also. If I take the wings of the morning : and remain in the uttermost parts of the sea ; Even there also shall Thy hand lead me : and Thy right hand shall hold me.
Page 24 - You then whose judgment the right course would steer, Know well each Ancient's proper character: His fable, subject, scope in every page; Religion, country, genius of his age: Without all these at once before your eyes, Cavil you may, but never criticise.
Page 64 - Let it be seldom, and compell'd by need; And have, at least, their precedent to plead. The critic else proceeds without remorse, Seizes your fame, and puts his laws in force.
Page 50 - In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend ; And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due. As men of breeding, sometimes men of wit, T...
Page 98 - He comes! dread Brama shakes the sunless sky With murmuring wrath, and thunders from on high, Heaven's fiery horse, beneath his warrior form, Paws the light clouds, and gallops on the storm! Wide waves his flickering sword ; his bright arms glow Like summer suns, and light the world below ! Earth, and her trembling isles in Ocean's bed, Are shook ; and Nature rocks beneath his tread!
Page 67 - From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art, Which without passing thro' the judgment, gains The heart, and all its end at once attains.
Page 93 - Auspicious HOPE ! in thy sweet garden grow Wreaths for each toil, a charm for every woe ; Won by their sweets, in Nature's languid hour, The way-worn pilgrim seeks thy summer bower ; There, as the wild bee murmurs on the wing, What peaceful dreams thy handmaid spirits bring ! What viewless forms th' folian organ play, And sweep the furrow'd lines of anxious thought away.
Page 107 - Treads the loved shore he sigh'd to leave behind; Meets at each step a friend's familiar face, And flies at last to Helen's long embrace; Wipes from her cheek the rapture-speaking tear, And clasps, with many a sigh, his children dear! While, long neglected, but at length caress'd, His faithful dog salutes the smiling guest, Points to the master's eyes (where'er they roam) His wistful face, and whines a welcome home.
Page 156 - It is amusing to think over the history of most of the publications which have had a run during the last few years. The publisher is often the publisher of some periodical work. In this periodical work the first flourish of trumpets is sounded. The peal is then echoed .and re-echoed by all the other periodical works over which the publisher, or the author, or the author's coterie, may have any influence.
Page 62 - Nay, though at court, perhaps, it may find grace, Such they'll degrade; and sometimes in its stead, In downright charity, revive the dead; Mark where a bold, expressive phrase appears Bright...