Analectic Magazine: Containing Selections from Foreign Reviews and Magazines, 8. kötet

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James Maxwell, 1816

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507. oldal - Is fix'd for ever to detract or praise : Repose denies her requiem to his name. And Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame. The secret enemy whose sleepless eye Stands sentinel — accuser — judge— and spy, The foe — the fool — the jealous — and the vain, The envious who but breathe in others...
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506. oldal - When all of Genius which can perish dies. A mighty Spirit is eclipsed — a Power Hath pass'd from day to darkness — to whose hour Of light no likeness is bequeath'd — no name, Focus at once of all the rays of Fame ! The flash of Wit, the bright Intelligence, The beam of Song, the blaze of Eloquence...
246. oldal - Open thy bosom, set thy wishes wide, And let in Manhood; let in Happiness ; Admit the boundless theatre of thought From nothing, up to GOD ; which makes a Man.
505. oldal - Garrick himself gave in to this foppery of feelings I can easily believe ; but he knew at the same time that he lied. He might think it right as far as I know...
508. oldal - While Eloquence, Wit. Poesy, and Mirth, That humbler Harmonist of care on Earth, Survive within our souls — while lives our sense Of pride in Merit's proud pre-eminence, Long shall we seek his likeness, long in vain, And turn to all of him which may remain. Sighing that Nature form'd but one such man. And broke the die— in moulding Sheridan 1 CHURCHILL'S CRAVE.

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