Sketches of English Literature: With Considerations on the Spirit of the Times, Men, and Revolutions, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1837 |
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... whole inspiring god * . * This and the following poetical quotations from Milton's Latin and Italian poems , are borrowed from the version of Cowper . - Translator . The father was probably born in France . His immortal B 2 MILTON . 8.
... whole inspiring god * . * This and the following poetical quotations from Milton's Latin and Italian poems , are borrowed from the version of Cowper . - Translator . The father was probably born in France . His immortal B 2 MILTON . 8.
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... whole life of a Christian , than a matrimony found to be incurably unfit . Adultery is not the greatest breach of matrimony ; there may be other violations as great . To pro- hibit divorce sought for natural causes is against nature ...
... whole life of a Christian , than a matrimony found to be incurably unfit . Adultery is not the greatest breach of matrimony ; there may be other violations as great . To pro- hibit divorce sought for natural causes is against nature ...
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... of a rejected truth , for the want of which whole nations fare the worse . " Lords and Commons of England ! consider what nation it is whereof ye are , and whereof 29 Speech on the Liberty of the Press Page 1 7 13 225.
... of a rejected truth , for the want of which whole nations fare the worse . " Lords and Commons of England ! consider what nation it is whereof ye are , and whereof 29 Speech on the Liberty of the Press Page 1 7 13 225.
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... whole noise of timorous and flocking birds , with those also that love the twilight , flutter about , amazed at what she means . .... • · " What should ye do then ? should ye suppress all this flowery crop of knowledge and new light ...
... whole noise of timorous and flocking birds , with those also that love the twilight , flutter about , amazed at what she means . .... • · " What should ye do then ? should ye suppress all this flowery crop of knowledge and new light ...
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... whole book might perhaps be intended a piece of poetry . The words are good ; the fiction smooth and cleanly ; there wanted only rhyme . He ascribes rudeness and barbarity , worse than the Indian , ' to the English parliament ; and all ...
... whole book might perhaps be intended a piece of poetry . The words are good ; the fiction smooth and cleanly ; there wanted only rhyme . He ascribes rudeness and barbarity , worse than the Indian , ' to the English parliament ; and all ...
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Page 129 - Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best.
Page 19 - Neither do I think it shame to covenant with any knowing reader that for some few years yet I may go on trust with him toward the payment of what I am now indebted...
Page 5 - No war, or battle's sound Was heard the world around ; The idle spear and shield were high up hung ; The hooked chariot stood Unstained with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng ; And kings sat still with awful eye, As if they surely knew their sovran Lord was by.
Page 148 - CROMWELL, our chief of men, who through a cloud Not of war only, but detractions rude, Guided by faith and matchless fortitude, To peace and truth thy glorious way hast ploughed...
Page 152 - Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.
Page 30 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Page 153 - Tunes her nocturnal note: thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 126 - Two of far nobler shape erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty seemed lords of all, And worthy seemed, for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure, Severe, but in true filial freedom placed; Whence true authority in men...
Page 101 - Urania, and fit audience find, though few-. But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drown'd Both harp and voice ; nor could the muse defend Her son.
Page 19 - ... an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and intense study, (which I take to be my portion in this life,) joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die.