Note Books, from the Originals in the Library of W.K. Bixby: Deciphered, Transcribed, and Edited, Volume 2members of the Bibliophile Society, 1911 |
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Page 35
... Mary cum Shelley manuscripts , final comma and all . At the foot of page II 7 v . , a page mostly occu- pied by the making of Time's portrait , there are some deleted scraps which indicate that Shelley's mind was at work on the subject ...
... Mary cum Shelley manuscripts , final comma and all . At the foot of page II 7 v . , a page mostly occu- pied by the making of Time's portrait , there are some deleted scraps which indicate that Shelley's mind was at work on the subject ...
Page 39
... Mary cum Shelley manuscripts , reads hair ) . Between the two froms of lines I and 2 the words one gem are written - why I cannot guess , or have not yet guessed . For line 3 there is an incomplete essay , As waves whether ; and finally ...
... Mary cum Shelley manuscripts , reads hair ) . Between the two froms of lines I and 2 the words one gem are written - why I cannot guess , or have not yet guessed . For line 3 there is an incomplete essay , As waves whether ; and finally ...
Page 48
... Mary cum Shelley manuscripts and the established text . There is nothing more to note till we get to XXXIX , which ... Shelley struck out with such fine effect the initial The he left me to supply the big L to loom . In the second line ...
... Mary cum Shelley manuscripts and the established text . There is nothing more to note till we get to XXXIX , which ... Shelley struck out with such fine effect the initial The he left me to supply the big L to loom . In the second line ...
Page 49
... Mary cum Shelley manuscripts ) substituted inher- itance of Earth for heritage of earth . In regard to XLVI there is nothing to note - nor in regard to XLVII , as far as the draft goes ; but by the time Mary came to this stanza in her ...
... Mary cum Shelley manuscripts ) substituted inher- itance of Earth for heritage of earth . In regard to XLVI there is nothing to note - nor in regard to XLVII , as far as the draft goes ; but by the time Mary came to this stanza in her ...
Page 51
... Mary cum Shelley manu- scripts were amaking , the line was handsomely written as in the established text- When storm & snow are in the air . Between lines 1 and 2 of XLIXa the poet wrote and struck out with a double line of disapproval ...
... Mary cum Shelley manu- scripts were amaking , the line was handsomely written as in the established text- When storm & snow are in the air . Between lines 1 and 2 of XLIXa the poet wrote and struck out with a double line of disapproval ...
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ÆSCHYLUS Agamemnon Art thou Auction catalogue Beatrice beauty Bibliophile Bibliophile Society blood boy In winter camelions cancelled in favour cancelled opening cave Cenci Chorus cloud Clytem[nestra Conington connexion couplet daughter deep draft earth England established text excursus finally flowers fragment Greek head heart Heaven imagery jotted light line of stanza Mary cum Shelley Mary Shelley Marzio Mask of Anarchy Medwin's Murder night Note Book Ocean palaces pale passage PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Pindar poem poet poet's poetry Preface Prometheus Prometheus Unbound prose quatrain rejected readings says second couplet second line seems Shakespeare Shel Shelley manuscript Shelley wrote Sidmouth Sophocles Spenserian stanza spirit stands cancelled struck substituted sweet tempest thee thine third line Thou art thought thro tion tragedy triplet tyrants un sospiro uncancelled VARIATIONS verse wanderings wind Wise and Mary Wise holograph word write written in pencil
Popular passages
Page 46 - Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number, Shake your chains to earth like dew Which in sleep had fallen on you Ye are many - they are few.
Page 21 - As I lay asleep in Italy There came a voice from over the Sea, And with great power it forth led me To walk in the visions of Poesy.
Page 102 - What a picture does this line suggest of the mind as a wilderness of intricate paths, wide as the universe, which is here made its symbol; a world within a world which he who seeks some knowledge with respect to what he ought to do searches throughout, as he would search the external universe for some valued thing which was hidden from him upon its surface.
Page 22 - All were fat; and well they might Be in admirable plight, For one by one, and two by two, He tossed them human hearts to chew Which from his wide cloak he drew.
Page 159 - GOOD night? ah! no; the hour is ill Which severs those it should unite ; Let us remain together still, Then it will be good night. How can I call the lone night good, Though thy sweet wishes wing its flight ? Be it not said, thought, understood, Then it will be good night.
Page 47 - Tis to be a slave in soul And to hold no strong control Over your own wills, but be All that others make of ye.
Page 79 - I had rather be a kitten, and cry mew Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers...
Page 112 - He hath put down the mighty from their seat : and hath exalted the humble and meek.
Page 94 - It has no necessary connection with any one virtue. The most atrocious villain may be rigidly devout, and, without any shock to established faith, confess himself to be so. Religion pervades intensely the whole frame of society, and is, according to the temper of the mind which it inhabits, a passion, a persuasion, an excuse, a refuge ; never a check.
Page 134 - This, for thy information, hath she spoken With dignity and truth. Now tell me, herald, Of Sparta's king wish I to question thee, The pride of Greece : returns he safe with you ! HER.