The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, Volumul 4Nathan Drake Suttaby, Evance, and Company, 1811 |
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Pagina 65
... expected to be found among those unlettered bards , whom nature , without instruction , some- times produces in every region of the globe . To such persons the only interesting objects are those that affect the heart ; and the only inci ...
... expected to be found among those unlettered bards , whom nature , without instruction , some- times produces in every region of the globe . To such persons the only interesting objects are those that affect the heart ; and the only inci ...
Pagina 66
... expected : but in an earlier stage of civil society , while the manners are more simple , and the occupations of mankind such as tend to encourage meditation and social converse , much greater scope is given to mental exer- tions , and ...
... expected : but in an earlier stage of civil society , while the manners are more simple , and the occupations of mankind such as tend to encourage meditation and social converse , much greater scope is given to mental exer- tions , and ...
Pagina 67
... expected . The objects that presented themselves to the imagination of the poet , would be only such as the strong feelings of his mind brought forward at the time ; for it would be only while under the in- fluence of very strong ...
... expected . The objects that presented themselves to the imagination of the poet , would be only such as the strong feelings of his mind brought forward at the time ; for it would be only while under the in- fluence of very strong ...
Pagina 70
... expected , the persons who wrote them , and the times when they were written , are not known ; though , from the simplicity of their style , the circum- stances that gave rise to them are often very distinctly specified . We are often ...
... expected , the persons who wrote them , and the times when they were written , are not known ; though , from the simplicity of their style , the circum- stances that gave rise to them are often very distinctly specified . We are often ...
Pagina 79
... attended to by the ancients , the last by the moderns . Herodotus was the first of historians ; and , therefore , little acquaintance with political es- • tablishments is to be expected in his works : he NO . 150 . 79 THE GLEANER .
... attended to by the ancients , the last by the moderns . Herodotus was the first of historians ; and , therefore , little acquaintance with political es- • tablishments is to be expected in his works : he NO . 150 . 79 THE GLEANER .
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Pagina 245 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up...
Pagina 417 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling Nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them...
Pagina 259 - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light: There let the pealing organ blow, To the full-voiced choir below, In service high, and anthems clear, As may with sweetness through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.
Pagina 351 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Pagina 432 - He that can take the stage at one time for the palace of the Ptolemies, may take it in half an hour for the promontory of Actium.
Pagina 259 - But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloisters pale, And love the high embow-ed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.
Pagina 247 - Peace to his soul, if God's good pleasure be ! — Lord cardinal, if thou think'st on heaven's bliss, Hold up thy hand, make signal of thy hope. — He dies, and makes no sign : O God, forgive him ! War.
Pagina 245 - Not to a rage: patience and sorrow strove Who should express her goodliest. You have seen Sunshine and rain at once: her smiles and tears Were like a better way: those happy smilets That play'd on her ripe lip seem'd not to know What guests were in her eyes; which parted thence As pearls from diamonds dropp'd.
Pagina 228 - From that time, like everything else which falls into the hands of the Mussulman, it has been going to ruin, and the discovery of the passage to India by the Cape of Good Hope gave the deathblow to its commercial greatness.
Pagina 418 - Give me another horse! bind up my wounds! Have mercy, Jesu! Soft! I did but dream. O! coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me. The lights burn blue. It is now dead midnight. Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh.