The Sexagenarian: Or, The Recollections of a Literary Life ...F. C. and J. Rivington, 1817 - English literature |
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... poet he was , and in the epigrammatic part of poetry was excelled by very few ; he was well acquainted with the niceties and subtleties of grammar , and of his own language more particularly . He was by no means disputa- tive , but , if ...
... poet he was , and in the epigrammatic part of poetry was excelled by very few ; he was well acquainted with the niceties and subtleties of grammar , and of his own language more particularly . He was by no means disputa- tive , but , if ...
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... poet , but here also he dis- covered a perverted and fantastical taste , having dramatized one of the most exceptionable and un- natural tales in the whole collection of Ovid's Me- tamorphosis . Notice is not pretended to be taken , in ...
... poet , but here also he dis- covered a perverted and fantastical taste , having dramatized one of the most exceptionable and un- natural tales in the whole collection of Ovid's Me- tamorphosis . Notice is not pretended to be taken , in ...
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... poets and artists were formerly exercised , and of which there are many specimens of extraordinary rarity and beauty . He had evidently revolved the subject much in his mind , f to to which he was induced by the consideration , that 1 133.
... poets and artists were formerly exercised , and of which there are many specimens of extraordinary rarity and beauty . He had evidently revolved the subject much in his mind , f to to which he was induced by the consideration , that 1 133.
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... poet , and produced a poem in commemoration of a splendid victory , which was exceedingly popular . In one respect , he was , by universal consent , re- markably successful . He was a member of various Symposiums , the principal object ...
... poet , and produced a poem in commemoration of a splendid victory , which was exceedingly popular . In one respect , he was , by universal consent , re- markably successful . He was a member of various Symposiums , the principal object ...
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... poets . It was notorious that the Sexagenarian had a sort of propensity for the art , and had dabbled in it himself ; but it seemed odd that having lived with most of those , who , in his day , were considered as more or less accom ...
... poets . It was notorious that the Sexagenarian had a sort of propensity for the art , and had dabbled in it himself ; but it seemed odd that having lived with most of those , who , in his day , were considered as more or less accom ...
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Page 380 - Thus, loved associates, chiefs of elder art, Teachers of wisdom, who could once beguile My tedious hours, and lighten every toil, I now resign you; nor with fainting heart; For pass a few short years, or days, or hours, And happier seasons may their dawn unfold, And all your sacred fellowship restore: When, freed from earth, unlimited its powers, Mind shall with mind direct communion hold, And kindred spirits meet to part no more.
Page 374 - And from thence can soar as soon To the corners of the moon. Mortals, that would follow me, Love Virtue ; she alone is free. She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.
Page 348 - Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Page 351 - As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest; with, such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles...
Page 345 - Ascend my chariot, guide the rapid wheels That shake Heaven's basis, bring forth all my war, My bow and thunder, my almighty arms Gird on, and sword upon thy puissant thigh; Pursue these sons of darkness, drive them out From all Heaven's bounds into the utter deep : There let them learn, as likes them, to despise God, and Messiah his anointed King.
Page 328 - And if I have done well, and as is fitting the story, it is that which I desired : but if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto.
Page 362 - ... quisnam igitur liber? sapiens, sibi qui imperiosus, quem neque pauperies neque mors neque vincula terrent, responsare cupidinibus, contemnere honores fortis, et in se ipso totus teres atque rotundus externi ne quid valeat per leve morari, in quem manca mit semper fortuna.
Page 342 - Highest, and fierce with grasped arms Clashed on their sounding shields the din of war, Hurling defiance toward the vault of Heaven.
Page 377 - » In all the dewy landscapes of the Spring, In the bright eye of Hesper, or the morn, In Nature's fairest forms, is aught so fair As virtuous friendship ? as the candid blush Of him who strives with fortune to be just ? The graceful tear that streams for others...