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Page 87
... sounds , but do not understand them . Of this kind is the well - known and well attested position , that life is short , which may be heard among mankind by an attentive auditor , many times a - day , but which never yet within my reach ...
... sounds , but do not understand them . Of this kind is the well - known and well attested position , that life is short , which may be heard among mankind by an attentive auditor , many times a - day , but which never yet within my reach ...
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... sound infused into the ear . But our ideas are more subject to choice ; we can call them before us , and command their stay ; we can facilitate and promote their recurrence , we can either repress their intrusion , or hasten their ...
... sound infused into the ear . But our ideas are more subject to choice ; we can call them before us , and command their stay ; we can facilitate and promote their recurrence , we can either repress their intrusion , or hasten their ...
Page 164
... sounds , and more affected by the same words in one order than in another . The perception of harmony is indeed conferred upon men in degrees very unequal , but there are none who do not perceive it , or to whom a regular series of ...
... sounds , and more affected by the same words in one order than in another . The perception of harmony is indeed conferred upon men in degrees very unequal , but there are none who do not perceive it , or to whom a regular series of ...
Page 165
... sound or percussion at equal times , is the most complete harmony of which a single verse is capable , and should therefore be exactly kept in distichs , and generally in the last line of a para- graph , that the ear may rest without ...
... sound or percussion at equal times , is the most complete harmony of which a single verse is capable , and should therefore be exactly kept in distichs , and generally in the last line of a para- graph , that the ear may rest without ...
Page 167
... , And the soft wings of peace cover him round . In these the law of metre is very grossly violated by mingling combinations of sound directly opposite to each other , as Milton expresses in his sonnet , THE RAMBLER . 167.
... , And the soft wings of peace cover him round . In these the law of metre is very grossly violated by mingling combinations of sound directly opposite to each other , as Milton expresses in his sonnet , THE RAMBLER . 167.
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Page 210 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Page 210 - At once on the eastern cliff of Paradise He lights, and to his proper shape returns A seraph wing'd : six wings he wore, to shade His lineaments divine : the pair that clad Each shoulder broad came mantling o'er his breast With regal ornament ; the middle pair Girt like a starry zone his waist, and round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold And colours dipp'd in heaven ; the third his feet Shadow'd from either heel with feather'd mail, Sky-tinctured grain. Like Maia's son he stood, And shook...
Page 201 - 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.
Page 62 - ... every moment drawing nearer to safety or to destruction. At length, not fear, but labour, began to overcome him ; his breath grew short, and his knees trembled, and he was on the point of lying down, in resignation to his fate, when he beheld, through the brambles, the glimmer of a taper. He advanced towards the light, and, finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he called humbly at the door, and obtained admission. The old man set before him such provisions as he had collected...
Page 225 - THE reader is indebted for this day's entertainment to an author from whom the age has received greater favours, who has enlarged the knowledge of human nature, and taught the passions to move at the command of virtue.
Page 62 - Here the heart softens and vigilance subsides ; we are then willing to inquire whether another advance cannot be made, and whether we may not, at least, turn our eyes upon the gardens of pleasure. We approach them with scruple...
Page 59 - He did not, however, forget whither he was travelling, but found a narrow way, bordered with flowers, which appeared to have the same direction with the main road, and was pleased that, by this happy experiment, he had found means to unite pleasure with business, and to gain the rewards of diligence without suffering its fatigues.
Page 166 - Ordain'd by thee; and this delicious place For us too large, where thy abundance wants Partakers, and uncropt falls to the ground. But thou hast promis'd from us two a race To fill the earth, who shall with us extol Thy goodness infinite, both when we wake, And when we seek, as now, thy gift of sleep.
Page 137 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
Page 37 - ... more knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants, than from a formal and studied narrative, begun with his pedigree and ended with his funeral.