The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, Volumul 4Nathan Drake Suttaby, Evance, and Company, 1811 |
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Pagina 35
... respect for a visitor so illus- trious ; but the old man took him by the hand , and , with a friendly smile , obliged him to resume it . " I entreat you ( said he ) to let ceremony alone . It is the fate of princes to be flattered in ...
... respect for a visitor so illus- trious ; but the old man took him by the hand , and , with a friendly smile , obliged him to resume it . " I entreat you ( said he ) to let ceremony alone . It is the fate of princes to be flattered in ...
Pagina 41
... respect and obedience which is proper for a son . " Where is the person , who , at this season , would not have esteemed me the happiest of mortals ; and not only concluded , that my happiness was complete , but even considered it as ...
... respect and obedience which is proper for a son . " Where is the person , who , at this season , would not have esteemed me the happiest of mortals ; and not only concluded , that my happiness was complete , but even considered it as ...
Pagina 64
... respecting our own times at least , is not difficult to be given . Virgil , who wrote pastorals in a quaint and unnatural manner , though in smooth and beautiful versification , is put into the hands of every boy at school , before the ...
... respecting our own times at least , is not difficult to be given . Virgil , who wrote pastorals in a quaint and unnatural manner , though in smooth and beautiful versification , is put into the hands of every boy at school , before the ...
Pagina 75
... respecting these particulars , historical dissertations by men in modern times , are wonderfully fallacious , as might be proved by thousands of instances ; and I should consider an allusion to a particular practice in some old poem , a ...
... respecting these particulars , historical dissertations by men in modern times , are wonderfully fallacious , as might be proved by thousands of instances ; and I should consider an allusion to a particular practice in some old poem , a ...
Pagina 77
... respecting their origin ; which so per- fectly corresponds with all the accounts that are preserved , respecting the first discovery of any of those poems that were not known till a late date . THE BEE , vol . iv . p . 57 , July 20 ...
... respecting their origin ; which so per- fectly corresponds with all the accounts that are preserved , respecting the first discovery of any of those poems that were not known till a late date . THE BEE , vol . iv . p . 57 , July 20 ...
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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.