The shade of Byron: a mock heroic poem1871 |
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... appears quite familiar to Mrs. B. Stowe , for she certainly does bestow it plenti- fully on her favourite paragon of perfection - the angelic Lady Byron ! Setting aside Pope's well - known couplet― " Whoever thinks a faultless piece to ...
... appears quite familiar to Mrs. B. Stowe , for she certainly does bestow it plenti- fully on her favourite paragon of perfection - the angelic Lady Byron ! Setting aside Pope's well - known couplet― " Whoever thinks a faultless piece to ...
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... appears to be one of those prejudiced fanatics who " scandalously nice Will needs mistake an author into vice . " * She plasters Lord Byron's name — all his motives — his every action and his writings , with slander and misrepresen ...
... appears to be one of those prejudiced fanatics who " scandalously nice Will needs mistake an author into vice . " * She plasters Lord Byron's name — all his motives — his every action and his writings , with slander and misrepresen ...
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... destruction , but the fact appears to be that she aimed at conforming his habits to those of her own , a regular cup of tea , and cards , like her namby- pamby family where she was bred up in strict seclusion xiv PREFACE .
... destruction , but the fact appears to be that she aimed at conforming his habits to those of her own , a regular cup of tea , and cards , like her namby- pamby family where she was bred up in strict seclusion xiv PREFACE .
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... purpose ; but she had a reserve , and clenched her purpose with some- thing worse ! A secret charge made to one , probably both of See Mrs. B. Stowe's " True Story . " her advisers , who then appear to have given her PREFACE . XV.
... purpose ; but she had a reserve , and clenched her purpose with some- thing worse ! A secret charge made to one , probably both of See Mrs. B. Stowe's " True Story . " her advisers , who then appear to have given her PREFACE . XV.
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her advisers , who then appear to have given her some not very good counsel ; for she acted deceitfully . Lord Byron's account says , " It was agreed she should pay her Father a visit till some arrangement could be made with his ...
her advisers , who then appear to have given her some not very good counsel ; for she acted deceitfully . Lord Byron's account says , " It was agreed she should pay her Father a visit till some arrangement could be made with his ...
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Page 274 - Whatever hypocrites austerely talk Of purity, and place, and innocence, Defaming as impure what God declares Pure, and commands to some, leaves free to all. Our Maker bids increase ; who bids abstain But our Destroyer, foe to God and Man?
Page 370 - Here's a sigh to those who love me, And a smile to those who hate ; And whatever sky's above me, Here's a heart for every fate. Though the ocean roar around me, Yet it still shall bear me on ; Though a desert should surround me, It hath springs that may be won.
Page 264 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent: Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Page 264 - That, changed through all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows...
Page 63 - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me ? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Page 20 - To him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 297 - That palter with us in a double sense ; That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope.
Page 156 - And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Page 64 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
Page 273 - Are brought ; and feel by turns the bitter change Of fierce extremes, extremes by change more fierce. From beds of raging fire to starve in ice...