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Page xvi
... , or respect the abstract principle . A. Respect a fiddlestick ! It is their vanity which applauds . Each man thinks he sees , in his own little soul , the reflected image of every virtue which is described , and praising.
... , or respect the abstract principle . A. Respect a fiddlestick ! It is their vanity which applauds . Each man thinks he sees , in his own little soul , the reflected image of every virtue which is described , and praising.
Page xxv
... soul and the sea lift themselves unheard and unseen to heaven , and rushing , sub- lime and fruit - giving ; and waterfalls and thunder - showers dash down into the valleys . " Stay , I must give you the be- ginning of the next ...
... soul and the sea lift themselves unheard and unseen to heaven , and rushing , sub- lime and fruit - giving ; and waterfalls and thunder - showers dash down into the valleys . " Stay , I must give you the be- ginning of the next ...
Page xxxv
... souls of the sleepers , What girl could not write like this ? and so on . W. Why , not every one ; for it is pretty , as you yourself al- low ; and prettiness is something . A. True , for a woman , but not for a man ; and I am en ...
... souls of the sleepers , What girl could not write like this ? and so on . W. Why , not every one ; for it is pretty , as you yourself al- low ; and prettiness is something . A. True , for a woman , but not for a man ; and I am en ...
Page xl
... soul , and thine alone ? Then listen to my tale , and make its scenes thine own . O , ever is their envied lot unblest , - Unblest though envy'd , ( such may soon be thine , ) Whom partial Genius singles from the rest , To pine while ...
... soul , and thine alone ? Then listen to my tale , and make its scenes thine own . O , ever is their envied lot unblest , - Unblest though envy'd , ( such may soon be thine , ) Whom partial Genius singles from the rest , To pine while ...
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... soul more curious tints discloses , Than ever beautify'd a bed of roses . ( 4 ) grel English of Mr. CARLYLE , after the approved model of the Edinburgh Magazine , is the fit vehicle for such an opinion as sets Mr. WORDSWORTH in the ...
... soul more curious tints discloses , Than ever beautify'd a bed of roses . ( 4 ) grel English of Mr. CARLYLE , after the approved model of the Edinburgh Magazine , is the fit vehicle for such an opinion as sets Mr. WORDSWORTH in the ...
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accent admiration Æneid Æsop ALEXANDER POPE ARTHUR CARRYL bard beauty behold BIANCA BLANCHE blank verse breast brow cæsura CALAIS Canto cheek CLEON criticism dear delight Devil earth Eclogues English epigram Epistle eyes fancy fear feel FELIX fire flowers fool FROISSARD fustian gentle give grace hand heart Heaven hero hexameter JUVENAL king language LATIUM less light lips look look'd maid man's MDCCCXLI mean measure MELEAGER metre mind mix'd moral muse nature neath never o'er passion PEBBLE perhaps Petrarch pleasure poem poet poetry POPE reader rhyme rose round RUBETA rythm satire seem'd seen sense siege of CALAIS smile song soul sound SOUTHEY spirit spondee suppose sweet syllable taste tell thee thine things thou thought tion truth turn'd verse vex'd VIENNE Vision voice vulgar WALTER MANNY words WORDSWORTH write
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Page 241 - Archangel : but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrench'd, and care Sat on his faded cheek, but under brows Of dauntless courage and considerate pride, Waiting revenge : cruel his eye, but cast Signs of remorse and passion to behold...
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