From the age of Johnson to the age of TennysonMacmillan, 1903 |
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... popular edition in the best sense , and of an edition so handsome that it might be considered an édition de luxe in the true sense of the word . In respect of the illustrations in the text , the work is probably unique , and they give a ...
... popular edition in the best sense , and of an edition so handsome that it might be considered an édition de luxe in the true sense of the word . In respect of the illustrations in the text , the work is probably unique , and they give a ...
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... popular . Its object is not merely to tell us what certain famous men wrote , but also how they looked and lived . This aim has been admirably fulfilled ; the pages of the volumes are a rich feast of illus- trations , all drawn from ...
... popular . Its object is not merely to tell us what certain famous men wrote , but also how they looked and lived . This aim has been admirably fulfilled ; the pages of the volumes are a rich feast of illus- trations , all drawn from ...
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... popular , " but these have never been identified . A variety of causes , however , of which the dread of poverty was one , exasperated his neurosis , and in October 1763 , just after his appointment to be Clerk of the Journals of the ...
... popular , " but these have never been identified . A variety of causes , however , of which the dread of poverty was one , exasperated his neurosis , and in October 1763 , just after his appointment to be Clerk of the Journals of the ...
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... popular harangue , the tart reply , The logic , and the wisdom , and the wit , And the loud laugh - I long to know them all : I burn to set the imprison'd wranglers free , And give them voice and utterance once again . Now stir the fire ...
... popular harangue , the tart reply , The logic , and the wisdom , and the wit , And the loud laugh - I long to know them all : I burn to set the imprison'd wranglers free , And give them voice and utterance once again . Now stir the fire ...
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... popular character of his contributions . But he added nothing to it ; he could not do so , since , able and effective man of letters as he was , Southey was not , in any intelligible sense , himself a poet . 1 William Wordsworth ( 1770 ...
... popular character of his contributions . But he added nothing to it ; he could not do so , since , able and effective man of letters as he was , Southey was not , in any intelligible sense , himself a poet . 1 William Wordsworth ( 1770 ...
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Página 192 - The old order changeth, yielding place to new, And God fulfils Himself in many ways, Lest one good custom should corrupt the world.
Página 27 - John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi' ane anither : Now we maun totter down, John, But hand in hand we'll go, And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson my jo.
Página 46 - Another race hath been, and other palms are won. Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears, To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
Página 52 - The shadow of the dome of pleasure Floated midway on the waves; Where was heard the mingled measure From the fountain and the caves. It was a miracle of rare device, A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!
Página 122 - Star-inwrought! Blind with thine hair the eyes of Day; Kiss her until she be wearied out, Then wander o'er city, and sea, and land, Touching all with thine opiate wand— Come, long-sought!
Página 137 - O Attic shape ! Fair attitude ! with brede Of marble men and maidens overwrought, With forest branches and the trodden weed ; Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought As doth eternity : Cold Pastoral ! When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shall remain, in midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st, " Beauty is truth, truth beauty," — that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.
Página 46 - tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The birds around me hopped and played, Their thoughts I cannot measure : — But the least motion which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the breezy air; And I must think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there.
Página 45 - SHE dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise, And very few to love. A Violet by a mossy stone Half-hidden from the eye ! — Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky.
Página 18 - AH! SUN-FLOWER Ah Sun-flower! weary of time, Who countest the steps of the Sun, Seeking after that sweet golden clime Where the traveller's journey is done: Where the Youth pined away with desire, And the pale Virgin shrouded in snow, Arise from their graves and aspire Where my Sun-flower wishes to go.
Página 204 - OF all the thoughts of God that are Borne inward unto souls afar, Along the Psalmist's music deep — Now tell me if that any is, For gift or grace surpassing this — "He giveth His beloved sleep?