The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, Volumul 4Nathan Drake Suttaby, Evance, and Company, 1811 |
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Pagina 3
... objects which solicit her attention , viewed through the medium of that elevated hope which youth alone inspires , shine with a brilliancy of tint not their own . The face of universal nature impresses the soul with a secret influence ...
... objects which solicit her attention , viewed through the medium of that elevated hope which youth alone inspires , shine with a brilliancy of tint not their own . The face of universal nature impresses the soul with a secret influence ...
Pagina 4
... object worthy of all their energy . The powers of the soul languish and are depressed , from the narrowness of the ... objects , which a heart , yet unacquainted with the realities of things , and wound up to its highest pitch , tells ...
... object worthy of all their energy . The powers of the soul languish and are depressed , from the narrowness of the ... objects , which a heart , yet unacquainted with the realities of things , and wound up to its highest pitch , tells ...
Pagina 5
... object be delusion , that the few moments which thy power can con- fer , are of more value than whole existences , unanimated by thy holy and vital flame . But this rapture is not to last . The time is to come when the prospect which ...
... object be delusion , that the few moments which thy power can con- fer , are of more value than whole existences , unanimated by thy holy and vital flame . But this rapture is not to last . The time is to come when the prospect which ...
Pagina 6
... object , which at a distance had attracted his eagerness , and roused the keenness of his passions , press so close upon him , that even prejudice and enthusiasm fail to operate the accustomed delusion . The little vanity , so often ...
... object , which at a distance had attracted his eagerness , and roused the keenness of his passions , press so close upon him , that even prejudice and enthusiasm fail to operate the accustomed delusion . The little vanity , so often ...
Pagina 9
... object of tenderness and idolatry of one who was the world to him , he at once finds himself a deserted and despised being ; he sees his best and finest feelings blasted for ever , his honest sources of pleasure and peace cut off at one ...
... object of tenderness and idolatry of one who was the world to him , he at once finds himself a deserted and despised being ; he sees his best and finest feelings blasted for ever , his honest sources of pleasure and peace cut off at one ...
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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.