Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places, and PeopleHarper, 1872 - 558 páginas |
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... half a hundred of bolde knightes , To bring her from bowre to halle ; And eke as many gentle squieres , To waite upon them all . [ Scott has almost literally copied the four last lines of this stanza in the first canto of the " Lay of ...
... half a hundred of bolde knightes , To bring her from bowre to halle ; And eke as many gentle squieres , To waite upon them all . [ Scott has almost literally copied the four last lines of this stanza in the first canto of the " Lay of ...
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... half hung , The walls of plaster , and the floor of dung ; On once a flockbed , but repaired with straw , With tape - tied curtains never meant to draw , The George and Garter dangling from that bed , Where tawdry yellow strove with ...
... half hung , The walls of plaster , and the floor of dung ; On once a flockbed , but repaired with straw , With tape - tied curtains never meant to draw , The George and Garter dangling from that bed , Where tawdry yellow strove with ...
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... half an hour how long a silly beauty may hope to retain the heart of a man of sense . The expression when the haughty Isabella , uncon- scious of her conquest , and marching on to fresh triumphs , beats out Susan by the bye " has passed ...
... half an hour how long a silly beauty may hope to retain the heart of a man of sense . The expression when the haughty Isabella , uncon- scious of her conquest , and marching on to fresh triumphs , beats out Susan by the bye " has passed ...
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... half an hour , Judith held the sovereign power : Wondrous beautiful her face , But so weak and small her wit , That she to govern was unfit , And so Susannah took her place . But when Isabella came , Armed with a resistless flame ; By ...
... half an hour , Judith held the sovereign power : Wondrous beautiful her face , But so weak and small her wit , That she to govern was unfit , And so Susannah took her place . But when Isabella came , Armed with a resistless flame ; By ...
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... half accom- plished , before our learned teacher opened the pages of The Pleader's Guide . ” 66 I wish I could communicate to my extracts the zest that his selections derived from his admirable reading , and from the humorous manner in ...
... half accom- plished , before our learned teacher opened the pages of The Pleader's Guide . ” 66 I wish I could communicate to my extracts the zest that his selections derived from his admirable reading , and from the humorous manner in ...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or Books, Places and People Mary Russell Mitford Vista completa - 1858 |
Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places and People Mary Russell Mitford Vista completa - 1852 |
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admirable ballads beauty Ben Jonson bird Bonny Dundee Bradshaigh bright brother called charming dear death delight doth EACUS English EURIPIDES eyes fair father fear feeling flowers Gelert gentlemen Gerald Griffin give Goodere grace hand happy hath hear heard heart heaven Hepzibah honor horse Joanna Baillie John Banim John Clare kind King Klopstock knew Kyng lady laughed letters light live look Lord Mahony maid mignonette Molière morning murder never night noble o'er once Pan is dead passed person pleasure poems poet poetry poor praise round SACK OF BALTIMORE scene seemed sing smile song spirit story sweet tears tell thee There's thing Thomas Holcroft thou thought took trees truth Twas Ufton Court verse walk wild wirra-sthru wonder words write wyfe XANTHIAS young youth
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Página 545 - 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.
Página 438 - Now at the last gasp of love's latest breath, When his pulse failing, passion speechless lies, When faith is kneeling by his bed of death, And innocence is closing up his eyes, — Now if thou would'st, when all have given him over, From death to life thou might'st him yet recover ! THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT.
Página 546 - I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth ; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image ; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye.
Página 138 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind : but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received ; or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Página 315 - What thou art we know not ; What is most like thee ? From rainbow clouds there flow not Drops so bright to see, As from thy presence showers a rain of melody. Like a poet hidden In the light of thought, Singing hymns unbidden, Till the world is wrought To sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not...
Página 316 - What objects are the fountains Of thy happy strain? What fields or waves or mountains? What shapes of sky or plain? What love of thine own kind? what ignorance of pain? With thy clear keen joyance Languor cannot be; Shadow of annoyance Never came near thee; Thou lovest, but ne'er knew love's sad satiety.
Página 394 - Ye Ice-falls! ye that from the mountain's brow Adown enormous ravines slope amain — Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice, And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge! Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? — God ! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, God!
Página 394 - Motionless torrents ! silent cataracts ! Who made you glorious as the gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? — God ! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer ! and let the ice-plains echo, God ! God!
Página 182 - Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad or good, Till at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood. And all I remember is, friends flocking round As I sat with his head 'twixt my knees on the ground ; And no voice but was praising this Roland of mine, As I poured down his throat our last measure of wine, Which (the burgesses voted by common consent) Was no more than his due who brought good news from Ghent.
Página 430 - Where the lamps quiver So far in the river. With many a light From window and casement, From garret to basement. She stood, with amazement, Houseless by night. The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver ; But not the dark arch. Or the black flowing river : Mad from Life's history, Glad to Death's mystery, Swift to be hurled— Anywhere, anywhere Out of the world ! In she plunged boldly.