Select British Classics, 14. kötetJ. Conrad, 1803 |
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9. oldal
... it is , that the whole ' strength of the mind is sometimes seated there ; ' that a kind look imparts all that a year's discourse ' could give you , in one moment . What matters it ' what she says to you ? see how she THE ...
... it is , that the whole ' strength of the mind is sometimes seated there ; ' that a kind look imparts all that a year's discourse ' could give you , in one moment . What matters it ' what she says to you ? see how she THE ...
10. oldal
... mind is thus summed up and expressed in a ' glance , did you never observe a sudden joy arise in the countenance of a lover ? Did you never see ' the attendance of years paid , over - paid , in an in- ' stant ? You a Spectator , and not ...
... mind is thus summed up and expressed in a ' glance , did you never observe a sudden joy arise in the countenance of a lover ? Did you never see ' the attendance of years paid , over - paid , in an in- ' stant ? You a Spectator , and not ...
13. oldal
... mind , than the abhorrence of envy and detraction . This passion reigns more among bad poets , than among any other set of men . As there are none more ambitious of fame , than those who are conversant in poetry , it is very natu- ral ...
... mind , than the abhorrence of envy and detraction . This passion reigns more among bad poets , than among any other set of men . As there are none more ambitious of fame , than those who are conversant in poetry , it is very natu- ral ...
16. oldal
... mind of a description in Homer's Odyssey , which none of the critics have taken notice of . It is where Sisyphus is represented lifting his stone up the hill , which is no sooner carried to the top of it , but it immediately tumbles to ...
... mind of a description in Homer's Odyssey , which none of the critics have taken notice of . It is where Sisyphus is represented lifting his stone up the hill , which is no sooner carried to the top of it , but it immediately tumbles to ...
18. oldal
... mind in a contrary character . 6 MY DEAR HARRIOT , • IF thou art she , but oh how fallen , how chang- ed , what an apostate ! how lost to all that is gay ' and agreeable ! To be married I find is to be bu- ried alive ; I cannot conceive ...
... mind in a contrary character . 6 MY DEAR HARRIOT , • IF thou art she , but oh how fallen , how chang- ed , what an apostate ! how lost to all that is gay ' and agreeable ! To be married I find is to be bu- ried alive ; I cannot conceive ...
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
acquaintance action Adam and Eve admired Æneid agreeable angels appear Aristotle beauty behaviour character CHARLES DIEUPART circumstances creature critics desire discourse dress entertainment Enville epic poem fable fallen angels fame father fault favour FEBRUARY 27 female fortune genius gentleman give grace greatest happiness head heart Homer honour hope humble servant humour Iliad innocent Julius Cæsar kind lady letter lived look lover MADAM mankind manner marriage ment Milton mind mistress nature never obliged observed occasion opinion OVID Pandæmonium paper Paradise Lost particular pass passage passion perfect person pleased pleasure poet pray present proper Quintilian racters reader reason reflections reputation Satan sentiments shew speak SPECTATOR speech spirit sublime tell Thammuz thing thou thought tion told town turn verse VIRG Virgil virtue whole woman women words young
Népszerű szakaszok
16. oldal - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
240. oldal - Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
335. oldal - O thou, that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
243. oldal - Though without number still, amidst the hall Of that infernal court. But far within, And in their own dimensions like themselves, The great seraphic lords and cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat, A thousand demigods on golden seats, Frequent and full.
240. oldal - Hail, horrors! hail, Infernal World! and thou, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor — one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time.
244. oldal - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple...
244. oldal - Had to impose : he through the armed files Darts his experienced eye, and soon traverse The whole battalion views, their order due, Their visages and stature as of gods ; Their number last he sums. And now his heart Distends with pride, and, hardening in his strength, Glories...
242. oldal - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
132. oldal - For joy of offer'd peace : But I suppose, If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result.
242. oldal - That this stream, at certain seasons of the year, especially about the feast of Adonis, is of a bloody colour; which the heathens looked upon as proceeding from a kind of sympathy in the river for the death of Adonis, who was killed by a wild boar in the mountains, out of which this stream rises.