Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c: Delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831 ; Complete in One VolumeHarper Brothers, 1840 - 324 páginas |
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... kind , no more implies the genius to compose music than to be a consummate actor implies the ability to write trage- dies . The mental exercise in each case is essen- tially as different as invention and imitation are . skilful ...
... kind , no more implies the genius to compose music than to be a consummate actor implies the ability to write trage- dies . The mental exercise in each case is essen- tially as different as invention and imitation are . skilful ...
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... kind is peopled more splendidly , beautifully , and awfully than was the Grecian Olym- pus with gods and heroes , the ocean with nymphs and nereids , and Tartarus with furies , spectres , and inexorable judges . Two or three brief ...
... kind is peopled more splendidly , beautifully , and awfully than was the Grecian Olym- pus with gods and heroes , the ocean with nymphs and nereids , and Tartarus with furies , spectres , and inexorable judges . Two or three brief ...
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... kind words for ever flown , But echoing in a softened tone ; Wakes , with new pulses , in the breast , Feelings forgotten , or repress'd : -The thought how fugitive and fair , How dear and precious such things were ; That thought , with ...
... kind words for ever flown , But echoing in a softened tone ; Wakes , with new pulses , in the breast , Feelings forgotten , or repress'd : -The thought how fugitive and fair , How dear and precious such things were ; That thought , with ...
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... kind of discourse , whether oral or written ( at proper seasons ) , the themes in hand may be poetically treated ; that is , they may be ex- hibited in all their poetical relationships , and under those aspects may excite the ...
... kind of discourse , whether oral or written ( at proper seasons ) , the themes in hand may be poetically treated ; that is , they may be ex- hibited in all their poetical relationships , and under those aspects may excite the ...
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... kind of composition - and if duly qualified , they are expressly licensed by the court of Apollo - to sally out in quest of game into the preserves of each other , expecting and allowing reprisals ; but such sportsmen , in the fields of ...
... kind of composition - and if duly qualified , they are expressly licensed by the court of Apollo - to sally out in quest of game into the preserves of each other , expecting and allowing reprisals ; but such sportsmen , in the fields of ...
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Página 28 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won.
Página 29 - And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him— he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not— his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away...
Página 225 - Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up : he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion ; who shall rouse him up ? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come ; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Página 259 - Binding his foal unto the vine, And his ass's colt unto the choice vine; He washed his garments in wine, And his clothes in the blood of grapes : His eyes shall be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk.
Página 167 - How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
Página 78 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
Página 234 - Yet now if thou wilt forgive their sin : and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast Written.
Página 173 - And unburied remain Inglorious on the plain : Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew ! Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes And glittering temples of their hostile gods. — The princes applaud with a furious joy : And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy ; Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And like another Helen, fired another Troy...
Página 212 - And, oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-loved Isle.
Página 135 - Could I embody and unbosom now, That which is most within me, — could I wreak My thoughts upon expression, and thus throw Soul, heart, mind, passions, feelings, strong or weak, All that I would have sought, and all I seek, Bear, know, feel, and yet breathe — into one word, And that one word were lightning, I would speak ; But as it is, I live and die unheard, [sword.