The poems, with critical notes; a life of the author; and an essay on his poetry; by the Rev. John MitfordJ. Mawman, 1816 |
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... characters of literary men upon the Con- tinent , he did not merely visit the University , but fixed his chief residence there . And of a choice to which he adhered so steadily and so long , the scantiness of his fortune , the love of ...
... characters of literary men upon the Con- tinent , he did not merely visit the University , but fixed his chief residence there . And of a choice to which he adhered so steadily and so long , the scantiness of his fortune , the love of ...
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... character , or in the depth and extent of their literary attainments . Yet , while I think their ridicule was not happy or successful , I do not see those marks of rancour and malevolence in their design , which so often imbitter and ...
... character , or in the depth and extent of their literary attainments . Yet , while I think their ridicule was not happy or successful , I do not see those marks of rancour and malevolence in their design , which so often imbitter and ...
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... character ; and which was truly valuable , because it was the voluntary praise of one , who himself possessed the feeling , and power of a poet . I transcribe Dr. Beattie's Letter , from his Life , published by Sir William Forbes ...
... character ; and which was truly valuable , because it was the voluntary praise of one , who himself possessed the feeling , and power of a poet . I transcribe Dr. Beattie's Letter , from his Life , published by Sir William Forbes ...
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... character of the countenance , and is , on the whole , an unfavourable likeness . It is from this same picture , I understand , that the print prefixed to Mr. Mathias's edition is taken . To the edition of the Life in octavo , is ...
... character of the countenance , and is , on the whole , an unfavourable likeness . It is from this same picture , I understand , that the print prefixed to Mr. Mathias's edition is taken . To the edition of the Life in octavo , is ...
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... character which is de- lineated , does not seem to be a necessary part of the duty of a bio- grapher . The little and singular habits of behaviour which are gra- dually formed in the seclusion of a studious life , are not always 6 * See ...
... character which is de- lineated , does not seem to be a necessary part of the duty of a bio- grapher . The little and singular habits of behaviour which are gra- dually formed in the seclusion of a studious life , are not always 6 * See ...
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The poems, with critical notes; a life of the author; and an essay on his ... Thomas Gray,John Mitford Visualização integral - 1816 |
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Página 16 - Alas! regardless of their doom The little victims play; No sense have they of ills to come Nor care beyond to-day: Yet see how all around 'em wait The ministers of human fate And black Misfortune's baleful train!
Página 107 - 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 123 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath, and near his favourite tree ; Another came : nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he : The next, with dirges due in sad array Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne, — Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Página 119 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Página 116 - Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...
Página clxvi - The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool ; The playful children just let loose from school ; The watch-dog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made.
Página 122 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Página 112 - Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke; How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke!
Página 34 - Slow melting strains their queen's approach declare: Where'er she turns the Graces homage pay. With arms sublime, that float upon the air, In gliding state she wins her easy way: O'er her warm cheek and rising bosom move 40 The bloom of young desire and purple light of love.
Página 117 - Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind, The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame.