The Beauties of Modern Literature, in Verse and Prose: To which is Prefixed, a Preliminary View of the Literature of the AgeSherwood, Jones, and Company, 1824 - 484 oldal The preliminary view is chiefly a comparison of classical and romantic poetry. |
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xii. oldal
... seems to stand solitary and alone , and to claim no kindred with the vulgar herd of sentiments and images with which it is mated . The poet who trusts too much to the gui- dance of his own feelings , must be necessarily irregular , and ...
... seems to stand solitary and alone , and to claim no kindred with the vulgar herd of sentiments and images with which it is mated . The poet who trusts too much to the gui- dance of his own feelings , must be necessarily irregular , and ...
xvii. oldal
... seems to take part in all their actions to be always himself in the midst of the fight , and to burn with the same fire by which they are urged irresistibly forward , to death or victory . Homer , then , is the greatest poet , because ...
... seems to take part in all their actions to be always himself in the midst of the fight , and to burn with the same fire by which they are urged irresistibly forward , to death or victory . Homer , then , is the greatest poet , because ...
xx. oldal
... seem to be hostile to the existence of patriotic virtue . And yet , what is the state of that country where patriotic virtue has no existence ? In our opinion , every man is a patriot when his country requires it , who is not , at heart ...
... seem to be hostile to the existence of patriotic virtue . And yet , what is the state of that country where patriotic virtue has no existence ? In our opinion , every man is a patriot when his country requires it , who is not , at heart ...
xxii. oldal
... seems to have forsaken us entirely , and either to have returned , like Astrea , to heaven , or sought some happier clime upon earth , after the death of Goldsmith . With him , also , may be said to end the classical school of poetry ...
... seems to have forsaken us entirely , and either to have returned , like Astrea , to heaven , or sought some happier clime upon earth , after the death of Goldsmith . With him , also , may be said to end the classical school of poetry ...
xxiii. oldal
... seem , from making Cowper the founder of that school which established itself on the ruins of the classical . The Quarterly and Edinburgh Reviews give him the credit of being the founder of this school , -a school of which they are ...
... seem , from making Cowper the founder of that school which established itself on the ruins of the classical . The Quarterly and Edinburgh Reviews give him the credit of being the founder of this school , -a school of which they are ...
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The Beauties of Modern Literature, in Verse and Prose: To Which Is Prefixed ... Martin Macdermot Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2018 |
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xviii. oldal - Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise! See the snakes that they rear How they hiss in their hair, And the sparkles that flash from their eyes!
243. oldal - Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments, love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. O no, it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wand'ring bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
xviii. oldal - Now strike the golden lyre again: A louder yet, and yet a louder strain ! Break his bands of sleep asunder And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark ! the horrid sound Has raised up his head : As awaked from the dead, And amazed he stares around. Revenge, revenge...
418. oldal - Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Disporting on thy margent green The paths of pleasure trace; Who foremost now delight to cleave With pliant arm, thy glassy wave? The captive linnet which enthral? What idle progeny succeed To chase the rolling circle's speed, Or urge the flying ball?
128. oldal - ALL worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its immortality ! I saw a vision in my sleep, That gave my spirit strength to sweep Adown the gulf of Time ! I...
478. oldal - I have lived long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends...
129. oldal - What though beneath thee man put forth His pomp, his pride, his skill ; And arts that made fire, flood, and earth, The vassals of his will ; — Yet mourn I not thy parted sway, Thou dim discrowned king of day...
477. oldal - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels trumpet-tongued against The deep damnation of his taking-off; And pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubim horsed Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind.
50. oldal - The lark, his lay who thrill'd all day, Sits hush'd his partner nigh ; Breeze, bird, and flower, confess the hour, But where is County Guy ? " The village maid steals through the shade, Her shepherd's suit to hear ; To beauty shy, by lattice high, Sings high-born Cavalier.
xxix. oldal - Humble and rustic life was generally chosen because in that condition the essential passions of the heart find a better soil in which they can attain their maturity, are less under restraint, and speak a plainer and more emphatic language...