Essays from the North American ReviewAllen Thorndike Rice D. Appleton, 1879 - 482 páginas |
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... previous to that of Southey , we are completely bewildered respecting the real motives of conduct . If ever there was a character above the necessity of any manage- ment of this sort , it was Scott's ; and SIR WALTER SCOTT .
... previous to that of Southey , we are completely bewildered respecting the real motives of conduct . If ever there was a character above the necessity of any manage- ment of this sort , it was Scott's ; and SIR WALTER SCOTT .
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... respecting the clos- ing years of Sir Walter's life , that may have some novelty- we know not how much to be relied on - for the reader . In the present notice of a work so familiar to most persons , we shall confine ourselves to some ...
... respecting the clos- ing years of Sir Walter's life , that may have some novelty- we know not how much to be relied on - for the reader . In the present notice of a work so familiar to most persons , we shall confine ourselves to some ...
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... and a keen relish for rural sports re- lieved his mind and invigorated both health and spirits . In early life , it seems , he had been crossed in love ; and , like Dante and Byron , to whom in this respect he 2 SIR WALTER SCOTT . 17.
... and a keen relish for rural sports re- lieved his mind and invigorated both health and spirits . In early life , it seems , he had been crossed in love ; and , like Dante and Byron , to whom in this respect he 2 SIR WALTER SCOTT . 17.
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Allen Thorndike Rice. Dante and Byron , to whom in this respect he is often com- pared , he has more than once , according to his biographer , shadowed forth in his verses the object of his unfortunate passion . He does not appear to ...
Allen Thorndike Rice. Dante and Byron , to whom in this respect he is often com- pared , he has more than once , according to his biographer , shadowed forth in his verses the object of his unfortunate passion . He does not appear to ...
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... respects to the Lion of Scotland . Lockhart reckons up a full sixth of the British peerage who had been there within his recollection ; and Captain Hall , in his amusing " Notes , " remarks that it was not unusual for a doz- en or more ...
... respects to the Lion of Scotland . Lockhart reckons up a full sixth of the British peerage who had been there within his recollection ; and Captain Hall , in his amusing " Notes , " remarks that it was not unusual for a doz- en or more ...
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Página 94 - Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom.
Página 107 - But to return to our own institute; besides these constant exercises at home, there is another opportunity of gaining experience to be won from pleasure itself abroad; in those vernal seasons of the year when the air is calm and pleasant, it were an injury and sullenness against nature, not to go out and see her riches, and partake in her rejoicing with heaven and earth.
Página 73 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Página 105 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Página 321 - midst its dreary dells, Whose walls more awful nod By thy religious gleams. Or if chill blustering winds, or driving rain, Prevent my willing feet, be mine the hut, That from the mountain's side, Views wilds, and swelling floods, And hamlets brown, and dim-discovered spires, And hears their simple bell, and marks o'er all Thy dewy fingers draw The gradual dusky veil.
Página 134 - 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 73 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry, her clothing is silk and purple.
Página 322 - Hark! hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise, His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies; And winking Mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes; With everything that pretty bin : My lady sweet, arise! Arise! arise!
Página 322 - But who the melodies of morn can tell ? — The wild brook babbling down the mountain side ; The lowing herd ; the sheepfold's simple bell ; The pipe of early shepherd dim descried In the lone valley ; echoing far and wide, The clamorous horn along the cliffs above ; The hollow murmur of the ocean-tide ; The hum of bees ; the linnet's lay of love ; And the full choir that wakes the universal grove.
Página 417 - Thus conscience does make cowards of us all, And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought, And enterprises of great pitch and moment With this regard their currents turn awry And lose the name of action.