The St. Peterburg English Review, Volumen3S. Warrand 1842 |
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... not remarkably superstitious on the subject of ghosts or of dreams ; and yet , but I shall let the reader see , and determine . - My childhood was passed in a remote district of Wales » where , in due course of time I was 2 ENGLISH REVIEW .
... not remarkably superstitious on the subject of ghosts or of dreams ; and yet , but I shall let the reader see , and determine . - My childhood was passed in a remote district of Wales » where , in due course of time I was 2 ENGLISH REVIEW .
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... reader of these collected poems , now placed for the first time in the order of their production , will be able to trace in them the details of the little history which we have endeavoured to sketch out . From the youthful poems , full ...
... reader of these collected poems , now placed for the first time in the order of their production , will be able to trace in them the details of the little history which we have endeavoured to sketch out . From the youthful poems , full ...
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... reader will forgive our presumptuous attempt at dissection Mr. Stewart does not give us , in this passage , a much clearer notion of the functions of Imagination ( which he has elsewhere beautifully defined ) , than of Fancy . Ima ...
... reader will forgive our presumptuous attempt at dissection Mr. Stewart does not give us , in this passage , a much clearer notion of the functions of Imagination ( which he has elsewhere beautifully defined ) , than of Fancy . Ima ...
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... reader to these inestimable vo- lumes , we will content ourselves with placing a conceit , ascribed to Lord Chesterfield , in contrast with a passage from the Paradise Lost . The dews of the evening most carefully shun : They are tears ...
... reader to these inestimable vo- lumes , we will content ourselves with placing a conceit , ascribed to Lord Chesterfield , in contrast with a passage from the Paradise Lost . The dews of the evening most carefully shun : They are tears ...
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... reader , or suggest any as present in that of the poet ? Is it , in short , any thing more than an effort of thought , ' associating the original idea with things to which , in some ' view or other , it bears a resemblance , ' by what ...
... reader , or suggest any as present in that of the poet ? Is it , in short , any thing more than an effort of thought , ' associating the original idea with things to which , in some ' view or other , it bears a resemblance , ' by what ...
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Página 83 - twould a saint provoke," (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke ;} " No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And — Betty — give this cheek a little red.
Página 231 - He is a middle-sized, spare man, about forty years old, of a brown complexion and darkbrown coloured hair, but wears a wig ; a hooked nose, a sharp chin, grey eyes, and a large mole near his mouth...
Página 92 - The man that lays his hand upon a woman, Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch Whom 'twere gross flattery to name a coward.— I'll talk to you, lady, but not beat you.
Página 118 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Página 174 - Fear ye not me? Saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Página 30 - But, gracious God, how well dost Thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide ! Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. O teach me to believe Thee thus concealed, And search no farther than Thyself revealed ; But her alone for my director take, Whom Thou hast promised never to forsake...
Página 37 - For mine is the lay that lightly floats, And mine are the murmuring, dying notes, That fall as soft as snow on the sea, And melt in the heart as instantly...
Página 27 - Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart ; Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord.
Página 373 - Would gambol from. Mother, for love of grace, Lay not that flattering unction to your soul...
Página 27 - So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks, Or at the ear of Eve, familiar...