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Heraldry . We request our young readers to consult Chambers ' s Dictionary for
an ex planation , under the word arms , It would take up too much room to explain
it here . Th ' inevitable hour - - the hour of death , which cannot be avoided .
Heraldry . We request our young readers to consult Chambers ' s Dictionary for
an ex planation , under the word arms , It would take up too much room to explain
it here . Th ' inevitable hour - - the hour of death , which cannot be avoided .
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Can Honour ' s voice provoke the silent dust ? : Or fattery sooth the dull , cold ear
of Death ? , Storied , - embossed with figures , representing some history of the
deceased , as the Barberini vase is supposed to be . - See the Botanic Garden .
Can Honour ' s voice provoke the silent dust ? : Or fattery sooth the dull , cold ear
of Death ? , Storied , - embossed with figures , representing some history of the
deceased , as the Barberini vase is supposed to be . - See the Botanic Garden .
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Sometimes , he says , the combs of the poor are inscribed with texts of Scripture ,
to teach those who read them , the necessity of death , and the hopes of another
world . For , says he , no human being departs from life without thinking with ...
Sometimes , he says , the combs of the poor are inscribed with texts of Scripture ,
to teach those who read them , the necessity of death , and the hopes of another
world . For , says he , no human being departs from life without thinking with ...
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... more largely than any of the philosophers , concerning the separate state of the
soul after death , and concerning demons residing in the elements , and
influencing - the planets , and directing the course of na - 67.
... more largely than any of the philosophers , concerning the separate state of the
soul after death , and concerning demons residing in the elements , and
influencing - the planets , and directing the course of na - 67.
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Drops that fall from the eaves of houses , every now and then , after a shower ;
perhaps taken from bells formerly tolled , with intervals of a minute , from the
death to the burial of distinguished persons . " And when the sun begins to fling
His ...
Drops that fall from the eaves of houses , every now and then , after a shower ;
perhaps taken from bells formerly tolled , with intervals of a minute , from the
death to the burial of distinguished persons . " And when the sun begins to fling
His ...
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Página 81 - And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew ; Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Página 54 - Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys! Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies fond with gaudy shapes possess, As thick and numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus
Página 75 - And, when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring, To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan loves, Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe, with heaved stroke, Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallowed haunt.
Página 70 - Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made hell grant what love did seek. Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold...
Página 50 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of link-ed sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running ; Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of Harmony : That Orpheus...
Página 43 - Sometimes, with secure delight, The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid Dancing in the chequered shade...
Página 38 - Through the high wood echoing shrill : Sometime walking not unseen By hedgerow elms, on hillocks green, Right against the eastern gate, Where the great Sun begins his state, Robed in flames, and amber light, The clouds in thousand liveries dight...
Página 34 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Página 79 - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow, To the full-voiced quire below, In service high and anthems clear, As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.
Página 61 - There, held in holy passion still, Forget thyself to marble, till With a sad leaden downward cast Thou fix them on the earth as fast: And join with thee calm Peace, and Quiet, Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet, And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's altar sing...
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Poetry Explained for the Use of Young People |
| Autor | Richard Lovell Edgeworth |
| Editor | J. Johnson, 72, St. Paul's Churchyard., 1802 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 9 Ene. 2008 |
| Largo | 115 páginas |
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