“The” Spirit of the Age, Or Contemporary PortraitsGalignani, 1825 |
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3. oldal
... in the furnace of his passions . - Lord Byron's verse glows like a flame , consuming every thing in its way ; Sir Walter Scott's glides like a river , clear , gentle , harmless . The poetry of the first scorches , that LORD BYRON . 3.
... in the furnace of his passions . - Lord Byron's verse glows like a flame , consuming every thing in its way ; Sir Walter Scott's glides like a river , clear , gentle , harmless . The poetry of the first scorches , that LORD BYRON . 3.
6. oldal
... passion , the love of singularity , a disdain of himself and of others ( with a conscious sense that this is among the ways and means of procuring admiration ) , are the proper catego- ries of his mind : he is a lordly writer , is above ...
... passion , the love of singularity , a disdain of himself and of others ( with a conscious sense that this is among the ways and means of procuring admiration ) , are the proper catego- ries of his mind : he is a lordly writer , is above ...
7. oldal
... passions . In short , we had rather be Sir Walter Scott ( meaning thereby the Author of Waverley ) than Lord Byron , a hundred times over . And for the reason just given , namely , that he casts his descriptions in the mould of nature ...
... passions . In short , we had rather be Sir Walter Scott ( meaning thereby the Author of Waverley ) than Lord Byron , a hundred times over . And for the reason just given , namely , that he casts his descriptions in the mould of nature ...
8. oldal
... passion by another , and expands and lightens reflection , and takes away that tightness at the breast which arises from thinking or wishing to think that there is nothing in the world out of a 8 THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE .
... passion by another , and expands and lightens reflection , and takes away that tightness at the breast which arises from thinking or wishing to think that there is nothing in the world out of a 8 THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE .
35. oldal
... passion , " glances from heaven to earth , from earth to heaven , " and with the lambent flame of genius , playing round each object , lights up the universe in a robe of its own radiance ? Sir Walter has no voluntary power of ...
... passion , " glances from heaven to earth , from earth to heaven , " and with the lambent flame of genius , playing round each object , lights up the universe in a robe of its own radiance ? Sir Walter has no voluntary power of ...
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146. oldal - He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
116. oldal - Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed, Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees, In fancy, fair St. Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled.
137. oldal - Far flashed the red artillery. But redder yet that light shall glow On Linden's hills of stained snow, And bloodier yet the torrent flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. 'Tis morn ; but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy.
57. oldal - Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he?
116. oldal - Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm gules on Madeline's fair breast...
106. oldal - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
108. oldal - It is the first mild day of March: Each minute sweeter than before, The red-breast sings from the tall larch That stands beside our door. There is a blessing in the air, Which seems a sense of joy to yield To the bare trees, and mountains bare, And grass in the green field.
115. oldal - Out went the taper as she hurried in ; Its little smoke, in pallid moonshine, died: She closed the door, she panted, all akin To spirits of the air, and visions wide : No uttered syllable, or, woe betide...
136. oldal - Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
119. oldal - I WISH I was where Anna lies, For I am sick of lingering here ; And every hour, affection cries, Go and partake her humble bier. I wish I could ! for when she died, I lost my all ; and life has proved, Since that sad hour, a dreary void, A waste unlovely, and unloved.