The Works of Donald G. Mitchell: English lands, leters and kings; Queen Anne and the GeorgesC. Scribner's sons, 1907 |
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... BANKER POET COLERIDGE CHARLES LAMB WORDSWORTH HIS POEMS PERSONAL HISTORY PAGE . 237 239 . 244 250 . 255 259 . 262 268 . 276 277 • . 285 293 . 301 304 . 311 ILLUSTRATIONS ALEXANDER POPE . FROM AN ENGRAVING OF THE PORTRAIT ix CONTENTS.
... BANKER POET COLERIDGE CHARLES LAMB WORDSWORTH HIS POEMS PERSONAL HISTORY PAGE . 237 239 . 244 250 . 255 259 . 262 268 . 276 277 • . 285 293 . 301 304 . 311 ILLUSTRATIONS ALEXANDER POPE . FROM AN ENGRAVING OF THE PORTRAIT ix CONTENTS.
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... Wordsworth , Coleridge , Southy , etc. , continues in language which I suppose is Jeffrey's own : — " From these childish and absurd affectations we turn with pleasure to the manly sense and correct picturing of Mr. Crabbe ; and after ...
... Wordsworth , Coleridge , Southy , etc. , continues in language which I suppose is Jeffrey's own : — " From these childish and absurd affectations we turn with pleasure to the manly sense and correct picturing of Mr. Crabbe ; and after ...
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... Wordsworth greatly admired , and with condescension de- clared that he would have liked to be the au- thor of such a verse himself . I cite the verse ( with some of the context ) , which is from an apostrophe to Life ; doubtless ...
... Wordsworth greatly admired , and with condescension de- clared that he would have liked to be the au- thor of such a verse himself . I cite the verse ( with some of the context ) , which is from an apostrophe to Life ; doubtless ...
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... living in Edin- boro ' , had just printed his translation of Leonora . Wordsworth - unknown save for a thin booklet of indifferent verse - was living down in Dorsetshire , enjoying the " winding wood - 274 QUEEN ANNE & THE GEORGES.
... living in Edin- boro ' , had just printed his translation of Leonora . Wordsworth - unknown save for a thin booklet of indifferent verse - was living down in Dorsetshire , enjoying the " winding wood - 274 QUEEN ANNE & THE GEORGES.
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... - dies is to overshadow those humble lodgings of Little Queen Street . Of this and of Coleridge and of Wordsworth , we shall have somewhat to say in the chapter we open upon next . W CHAPTER VIII E have still in our mind's eye 275 BURNS.
... - dies is to overshadow those humble lodgings of Little Queen Street . Of this and of Coleridge and of Wordsworth , we shall have somewhat to say in the chapter we open upon next . W CHAPTER VIII E have still in our mind's eye 275 BURNS.
Palavras e frases frequentes
ALEXANDER POPE Austen beautiful Boswell Burke Burney century Charles Charles James Fox Charles Lamb charming church club Coleridge counted Cowper Crabbe daughter death died early Edial Edinboro edition England English Evelina eyes famous father French garden Garrick gentleman George George II Gibbon give Goldsmith graces Grasmere Gray Hannah heart History honor Horace Walpole Hume humor Johnson kindly king knew Lady later letters literary lived London look Lord married ment mind Miss Mysteries of Udolpho never Ossian perhaps play pleasant poems poet poetic poor Pope pretty published Queen quiet red ruler Reynolds Robert Burns Samuel Johnson says Scotch sight sister song speech story Street sure talk taste tell tender thereafter things thought Thrale tion Twickenham Vathek verse Walpole wife William Cowper Wordsworth writes wrote young
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Página 94 - 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.
Página 308 - Hence in a season of calm weather Though inland far we be, Our Souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the Children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore.
Página 17 - We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, High as the heavens our voices raise, And Earth, with her ten thousand tongues, Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise.
Página 76 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny ; You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face, You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve : Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Página 39 - Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
Página 308 - But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing; Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence: truths that wake, To perish never...
Página 247 - That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements, and feelings, and characters of ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The Big Bow-wow strain I can do myself like any now going ; but the exquisite touch, which renders ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting, from the truth of the description and the sentiment, is denied to me.
Página 80 - The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Página 126 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose; I still had hopes — for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to show my...
Página 16 - Sleep, my babe; thy food and raiment, House and home, thy friends provide; All without thy care or payment, All thy wants are well supplied.