Falstaff. Crabbe. Moral philosophy of Byron's life. Moral spirit of Byron's genius. Ebenezer Elliott. Oliver Goldsmith. Spirit of Irish historyTicknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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... look , a pleasing eye , and a most noble car- riage ; and , as I think , his age some fifty , or , by ' r lady ... looks . If , then , the tree may be known by the fruit , as the fruit by the tree , then peremptorily , I speak it , there ...
... look , a pleasing eye , and a most noble car- riage ; and , as I think , his age some fifty , or , by ' r lady ... looks . If , then , the tree may be known by the fruit , as the fruit by the tree , then peremptorily , I speak it , there ...
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... Look upon his face ! What call you rich ? Let them coin his nose , let them coin his cheeks . " Falstaff turned this face to much account . " I make as good use of it as a man doth of a death's head , or a memento mori . I never see thy ...
... Look upon his face ! What call you rich ? Let them coin his nose , let them coin his cheeks . " Falstaff turned this face to much account . " I make as good use of it as a man doth of a death's head , or a memento mori . I never see thy ...
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... look for moral greatness in him , as we do not require him to walk a thousand miles successively in a thousand hours . We should never mistake him for a peripatetic philosopher , and we feel no anger because he is not . As little should ...
... look for moral greatness in him , as we do not require him to walk a thousand miles successively in a thousand hours . We should never mistake him for a peripatetic philosopher , and we feel no anger because he is not . As little should ...
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... Look at that gray - headed , gray - bearded old man , lolling , bloated on the dregs of life ; the desires . insatiate as strength declines ; the senses gross , while a brilliant imagination flows in radiance over them , as 34 LECTURES ...
... Look at that gray - headed , gray - bearded old man , lolling , bloated on the dregs of life ; the desires . insatiate as strength declines ; the senses gross , while a brilliant imagination flows in radiance over them , as 34 LECTURES ...
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... Look at him in his joyless home , where ruin is gathering to its last desolation , where hearts are throbbing which must soon be broken . For a little , the man , the generous , the loving man , seems to triumph in his nature ; a new ...
... Look at him in his joyless home , where ruin is gathering to its last desolation , where hearts are throbbing which must soon be broken . For a little , the man , the generous , the loving man , seems to triumph in his nature ; a new ...
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admiration affections afflicted Alexander Pope amidst beauty Boswell Byron character of Falstaff Chartism Childe Harold clouds Corn-law Crabbe Crabbe's criticism dark death despair despondency dream earth EBENEZER ELLIOTT Elliott eloquence England English evil exalted existence faith fancy fat friend father feel flowers folly Gad's Hill genius GEORGE CRABBE give glory Goldsmith grace grave hear heart heaven hope hour human humble humor imagination Ireland Irish knew labor light Limerick living Lord Lord Byron ludicrous mighty misanthropy moral nation nature ness never noble o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH passions pathos Peter Grimes philosophy pity pleasure poem poet poet's poetic poetry poor praise prince ribaldry sense sentiment Shakspeare Sir Walter Scott solemn song sorrow soul speak spirit strength sublime sweetness sympathy tears temper terrible thee things thou thought tion toil true vanity virtue wisdom woman words wretched writings youth
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Página 245 - To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain by turns dismayed, The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise.
Página 13 - Give you a reason on compulsion ! if reasons were as plenty as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion, I. P.
Página 30 - twas time to counterfeit, or that hot termagant Scot had paid me scot and lot too. Counterfeit ? I lie, I am no counterfeit: to die, is to be a counterfeit; for he is but the counterfeit of a man who hath not the life of a man: but to counterfeit dying, when a man thereby liveth, is to be no counterfeit, but the true and perfecT: image of life indeed. The better part of valour is discretion; in the which better part I have saved my life.
Página 244 - Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by...
Página 246 - Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault ; The village all declared how much he knew, 'Twas certain he could write, and cipher too ; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran — that he could gauge...
Página 244 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please, How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endeared each scene!
Página 246 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Página 233 - I have been a good deal abused in the news-papers for betraying the liberties of the people. God knows I had no thought for or against liberty in my head ; my whole aim being to make up a book of a decent size, that, as "Squire Richard says, would do no harm to nobody.
Página 233 - I could say nothing but that I had a brother there, a clergyman, that stood in need of help: as for myself, I have no dependence on the promises of great men: I look to the booksellers for support; they are my best friends, and I am not inclined to forsake them for others.
Página 31 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it? no. Doth he hear it? no. 'Tis insensible, then? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? no. Why? detraction will not suffer it. Therefore I'll none of • it. Honour is a mere scutcheon : and so ends my catechism.