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... appears then to me , that elegance in prose composition is mainly this : a just admission of topics and of words ; neither too many nor too few of either ; enough of sweet- ness in the sound to induce us to enter and sit still ; enough ...
... appears then to me , that elegance in prose composition is mainly this : a just admission of topics and of words ; neither too many nor too few of either ; enough of sweet- ness in the sound to induce us to enter and sit still ; enough ...
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... But the strangeness dis- appears when we learn that it was so called by the Nor- 1 Joshua xiv . 15 , Mamre may be an older name still . Compare Genesis XXXV . 27 . wegians , who ages ago had subdued the Shetland and THE NAMES OF PLACES .
... But the strangeness dis- appears when we learn that it was so called by the Nor- 1 Joshua xiv . 15 , Mamre may be an older name still . Compare Genesis XXXV . 27 . wegians , who ages ago had subdued the Shetland and THE NAMES OF PLACES .
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... appear ! And who can follow Nature's pencil here ? Their wings with azure , green , and purple gloss'd , Studded with coloured eyes , with gems emboss'd , Inlaid with pearl , and marked with various stains Of lively crimson , through ...
... appear ! And who can follow Nature's pencil here ? Their wings with azure , green , and purple gloss'd , Studded with coloured eyes , with gems emboss'd , Inlaid with pearl , and marked with various stains Of lively crimson , through ...
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... appear to have been seldom renewed , they must have been plen- tiful receptacles both of damp and dust . The general regulations in the daily routine of a household may be learned from the following rhyme of the period : - To rise at ...
... appear to have been seldom renewed , they must have been plen- tiful receptacles both of damp and dust . The general regulations in the daily routine of a household may be learned from the following rhyme of the period : - To rise at ...
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... fighting , bull - baiting , and bear - baiting appear to have been already commenced in England among the larger towns . - Comprehensive His- tory of England . THE EMPTINESS OF RICHES . Can gold calm passion or 64 SIXTH READER .
... fighting , bull - baiting , and bear - baiting appear to have been already commenced in England among the larger towns . - Comprehensive His- tory of England . THE EMPTINESS OF RICHES . Can gold calm passion or 64 SIXTH READER .
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Page 354 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
Page 282 - And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the soul, She all in every part ; why was the sight To such a tender ball as the eye confined, So obvious and so easy to be quench'd?
Page 75 - There are who ask not if thine eye Be on them; who, in love and truth, Where no misgiving is, rely Upon the genial sense of youth : Glad Hearts! without reproach or blot Who do thy work, and know it not: Oh!
Page 275 - ... resounded with acclamations at the inauguration of thirty kings, the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers, the hall where the eloquence of Strafford had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party inflamed with just resentment, the hall where Charles had confronted the High Court of Justice with the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame.
Page 77 - Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice ; The confidence of reason give ; And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live ! 1805.
Page 311 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Page 201 - neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus, with the host of heaven, came, And lo ! creation widened in man's view.
Page 76 - The task, in smoother walks to stray; But thee I now would serve more strictly, if I may. Through no disturbance of my soul, Or strong compunction in me wrought, I supplicate for thy control; But in the quietness of thought: Me this unchartered freedom tires; I feel the weight of chance desires: My hopes no more must change their name, I long for a repose that ever is the same.
Page 201 - Mysterious Night ! when our first Parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host of heaven came; And lo, Creation widened in man's view.
Page 76 - Stern Lawgiver! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face: Flowers laugh before thee on their beds And fragrance in thy footing treads; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong; And the most ancient heavens, through thee, Are fresh and strong.