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Page xiii
... opening of the Oxford campaign . It is addressed to Miss Reynolds at Little Hampton , but is indicted to both Jane and Mariane Reynolds . Perhaps it will be safe to read it between No. XI ( page 69 ) and No. XII ( page 70 ) of the ...
... opening of the Oxford campaign . It is addressed to Miss Reynolds at Little Hampton , but is indicted to both Jane and Mariane Reynolds . Perhaps it will be safe to read it between No. XI ( page 69 ) and No. XII ( page 70 ) of the ...
Page xxxi
... opening . Instead of the asterisks , should stand at page 111 , the following paragraph : My dear Reynolds I have parcell'd out this day for Letter Writing— more resolved thereon because your Letter will come as a refreshment and will ...
... opening . Instead of the asterisks , should stand at page 111 , the following paragraph : My dear Reynolds I have parcell'd out this day for Letter Writing— more resolved thereon because your Letter will come as a refreshment and will ...
Page xl
... opening of the new paragraph on page 236 , should be the corresponding passage— I will relieve you of one uneasiness overleaf . I re- turned I said on account of my health - I am now well from a bad sore throat which came of bog ...
... opening of the new paragraph on page 236 , should be the corresponding passage— I will relieve you of one uneasiness overleaf . I re- turned I said on account of my health - I am now well from a bad sore throat which came of bog ...
Page lii
... opening there is for an introduction to a class of society " from which you may possibly derive advantage , as well as gratification , if you think proper to avail yourself of " it . In such a case I should be very happy to further your ...
... opening there is for an introduction to a class of society " from which you may possibly derive advantage , as well as gratification , if you think proper to avail yourself of " it . In such a case I should be very happy to further your ...
Page lv
... opening clearly with the words " Shall I give you Miss Brawne ? " In this same passage Keats himself underlines the emphatic word " Minx " ( page 269 ) , and in describing the obnoxious person whom Miss Brawne , and she only , admired ...
... opening clearly with the words " Shall I give you Miss Brawne ? " In this same passage Keats himself underlines the emphatic word " Minx " ( page 269 ) , and in describing the obnoxious person whom Miss Brawne , and she only , admired ...
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Page 292 - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence ? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key ; As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds, Had been incorporate.
Page 22 - Of flutes and soft recorders; such as raised To highth of noblest temper heroes old Arming to battle, and instead of rage Deliberate valour breathed, firm and unmoved With dread of death to flight or foul retreat; Nor wanting power to mitigate and swage, With solemn touches, troubled thoughts, and chase Anguish and doubt and fear and sorrow and pain From mortal or immortal minds.
Page 20 - Reserved him to more wrath; for now the thought Both of lost happiness and lasting pain Torments him; round he throws his baleful eyes, That witnessed huge affliction and dismay, Mixed with obdurate pride and steadfast hate. At once, as far as Angels...
Page 28 - Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian Bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drowned Both harp and voice ; nor could the Muse defend Her son.
Page 20 - A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace, flamed ; yet from those flames No light ; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe...
Page 23 - Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Page 23 - Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or frieze, with bossy sculptures graven •, The roof was fretted gold.
Page 23 - The ascending pile Stood fixed her stately highth; and straight the doors, Opening their brazen folds discover, wide Within, her ample spaces o'er the smooth And level pavement: from the arched roof, Pendent by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With naphtha and asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky.
Page 22 - The imperial ensign; which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind...
Page 91 - The Imagination may be compared to Adam's dream: he awoke and found it Truth. I am more zealous in this affair, because I have never yet been able to perceive how anything can be known for Truth by consecutive reasoning, and yet it must be so.