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Página 95
It seems to us , that this exquisite sense of beauty has of late become still more
exquisite in the soul of Byron . Parasina , the most finished of all his poems , is full
of it to overflowing ; -it breathes from every page of the Prisoners of Chillon ; -but
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It seems to us , that this exquisite sense of beauty has of late become still more
exquisite in the soul of Byron . Parasina , the most finished of all his poems , is full
of it to overflowing ; -it breathes from every page of the Prisoners of Chillon ; -but
...
Página 103
He has gazed upon these masterpieces of art with , as it seems to us , a more
susceptible , and in spite of his disavowal , we had almost said with a more
learned eye , than can be traced in the effusions of any poet who had previously
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He has gazed upon these masterpieces of art with , as it seems to us , a more
susceptible , and in spite of his disavowal , we had almost said with a more
learned eye , than can be traced in the effusions of any poet who had previously
...
Página 303
This step Mad . de S. considers as the beginning of that system of military
despotism which was afterwards carried so far ; and seems seriously to believe ,
that , if it had not been adopted , the reign of law might yet have been restored ,
and the ...
This step Mad . de S. considers as the beginning of that system of military
despotism which was afterwards carried so far ; and seems seriously to believe ,
that , if it had not been adopted , the reign of law might yet have been restored ,
and the ...
Página 506
So far there seems to be nothing peculiar in the constitution of the Scotch Burghs
: they are precisely similar to those of England . But , in the circumstance now to
be observed , there is an essential difference . On the south of the Tweed , the ...
So far there seems to be nothing peculiar in the constitution of the Scotch Burghs
: they are precisely similar to those of England . But , in the circumstance now to
be observed , there is an essential difference . On the south of the Tweed , the ...
Página 518
In the infancy of the constitution , the King's authority seems to have been almost
unbounded over the Burghs , which were less his vassals than his creatures ,
deriving from him their immunities , privileges and existence ; while they were too
...
In the infancy of the constitution , the King's authority seems to have been almost
unbounded over the Burghs , which were less his vassals than his creatures ,
deriving from him their immunities , privileges and existence ; while they were too
...
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Página 115 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed...
Página 116 - twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here.
Página 101 - The moon is up, and yet it is not night; Sunset divides the sky with her; a sea Of glory streams along the Alpine height Of blue Friuli's mountains; Heaven is free From clouds, but of all colours seems to be, — Melted to one vast Iris of the West, — Where the Day joins the past Eternity, While, on the other hand, meek Dian's crest Floats through the azure air — an island of the blest!
Página 115 - The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war: These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.
Página 115 - Thy waters wasted them while they were free. And many a tyrant since : their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts; — not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves
Página 115 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed; in breeze or gale or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving, boundless, endless, and sublime, — The image of Eternity, the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless...
Página 114 - But when the rising moon begins to climb Its topmost arch, and gently pauses there; When the stars twinkle through the loops of time, And the low night-breeze waves along the air The garland-forest, which the gray walls wear, Like laurels on the bald first Caesar's head; When the light shines serene but doth not glare, Then in this magic circle raise the dead: Heroes have trod this spot — 'tis on their dust ye tread.
Página 116 - Ye ! who have traced the Pilgrim to the scene Which is his last, if in your memories dwell A thought which once was his, if on ye swell...
Página 84 - By necessaries I understand, not only the commodities which are indispensably necessary for the support of life, but whatever the custom of the country renders it indecent for creditable people, even of the lowest order, to be without.
Página 109 - Where the car climb'd the Capitol; far and wide Temple and tower went down, nor left a site: Chaos of ruins! who shall trace the void, O'er the dim fragments cast a lunar light, And say, 'here was, or is,