“The” Spirit of the Age, Or Contemporary PortraitsGalignani, 1825 |
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7. oldal
... character , description , much better than we do one who obstinately and invariably shuts himself up in the Bastile of his own ruling passions . In short , we had rather be Sir Walter Scott ( meaning thereby the Author of Waverley ) ...
... character , description , much better than we do one who obstinately and invariably shuts himself up in the Bastile of his own ruling passions . In short , we had rather be Sir Walter Scott ( meaning thereby the Author of Waverley ) ...
8. oldal
... characters , burning or melting in their own fires , he makes out ever- lasting centos of himself . He hangs the cloud , the film of his existence over all outward things - sits in the centre of his thoughts , and enjoys dark night ...
... characters , burning or melting in their own fires , he makes out ever- lasting centos of himself . He hangs the cloud , the film of his existence over all outward things - sits in the centre of his thoughts , and enjoys dark night ...
14. oldal
... scenes and events recorded . They have * " Don Juan was my Moscow , and Faliero My Leipsic , and my Mont St. Jean seems Cain . " Don Juan , Canto XI . neither action , character , nor interest , but are 14 THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE .
... scenes and events recorded . They have * " Don Juan was my Moscow , and Faliero My Leipsic , and my Mont St. Jean seems Cain . " Don Juan , Canto XI . neither action , character , nor interest , but are 14 THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE .
15. oldal
... character with an epithet , which does not stick , because it has no other foundation than his own petu- lance and spite ; or he endeavours to degrade by alluding to some circumstance of exter- : nal situation . He says of Mr ...
... character with an epithet , which does not stick , because it has no other foundation than his own petu- lance and spite ; or he endeavours to degrade by alluding to some circumstance of exter- : nal situation . He says of Mr ...
25. oldal
... character . It was poetry " of no mark or likelihood . " It slid out of the mind as soon as read , like a river ; and would have been forgotten , but that the public cu- riosity was fed with ever - new supplies from the same teeming ...
... character . It was poetry " of no mark or likelihood . " It slid out of the mind as soon as read , like a river ; and would have been forgotten , but that the public cu- riosity was fed with ever - new supplies from the same teeming ...
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admiration affections argument beauty Ben Jonson Bentham breath casuistry character Claude Lorraine Cobbett Coleridge common common-place criticism delight Edinburgh Review eloquence equally fancy favour feeling French Revolution friends genius give Godwin grace ground habit hand heart heaven honour House human humour imagination intellect interest Irving less liberty light live look Lord Byron LORD ELDON Lyrical Ballads Malthus manner means ment mind modern moral Muse nature ness never object opinion orator Paine passion perhaps person philosophical poet poetical poetry political popular prejudice pretensions principle quaint question racter reason romantic seems sense Sir Francis Burdett Sir James Sir James Mackintosh Sir Walter Sir Walter Scott sophism sort Southey speak speeches spirit spleen stand striking style talent thing thought tical tion tone Tooke truth turn verse voice Whigs word Wordsworth writings
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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.