A Book for a Corner; Or, Selections in Prose and Verse from Authors the Best Suited to that Mode of Enjoyment: With Comments on Each, and a General Introduction, Volumes 1-2Leigh Hunt G.P. Putnam, 1852 - English literature |
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... retirement " for good " -of a reading and reflective old age . Such retirements have been longed for , and in many instances realized , by wise and great men of all classes , from the Diocletians of old ... retired to his INTRODUCTION . 11.
... retirement " for good " -of a reading and reflective old age . Such retirements have been longed for , and in many instances realized , by wise and great men of all classes , from the Diocletians of old ... retired to his INTRODUCTION . 11.
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... retired Signiors , and did nothing but read books and feed his trout . It is customary to jest upon such men , and indeed upon all re- tirement ; to say that they would still meddle with affairs if they could , and that retirement is a ...
... retired Signiors , and did nothing but read books and feed his trout . It is customary to jest upon such men , and indeed upon all re- tirement ; to say that they would still meddle with affairs if they could , and that retirement is a ...
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... retiring into it . He has nothing to do but to get back as fast as he can , and be hustled into a sensation by a mob . " Books , Venus , books . " It is those that teach us to refine on our pleasures when young , and which , having so ...
... retiring into it . He has nothing to do but to get back as fast as he can , and be hustled into a sensation by a mob . " Books , Venus , books . " It is those that teach us to refine on our pleasures when young , and which , having so ...
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... retire from their " infinite agitation of wit , " as from strifes less exalted ; and retreat into the placider corners of genius more humble . It is out of no disrespect to their greatness ; neither , we may be allowed to say , is it ...
... retire from their " infinite agitation of wit , " as from strifes less exalted ; and retreat into the placider corners of genius more humble . It is out of no disrespect to their greatness ; neither , we may be allowed to say , is it ...
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... retirement of the Fairy Banou . The book was to have been addressed entirely to lovers of sequestered pleasures , and chiefly to such as were in the decline of life , or poeti- cally beginning it . When the volume , however , came to be ...
... retirement of the Fairy Banou . The book was to have been addressed entirely to lovers of sequestered pleasures , and chiefly to such as were in the decline of life , or poeti- cally beginning it . When the volume , however , came to be ...
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Page 167 - Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail, Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail: And mid these dancing rocks at once and ever It flung up momently the sacred river. Five miles meandering with a mazy motion Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean: And 'mid this tumult Kubla heard from far Ancestral voices prophesying war!
Page 135 - A stranger yet to pain! I feel the gales, that from ye blow, A momentary bliss bestow ; As, waving fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul they seem to soothe; And, redolent of Joy and Youth, To breathe a second Spring!
Page 221 - How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the Poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave Awaits alike th' inevitable hour: — The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 224 - THE EPITAPH. Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth, A Youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send; He gave to Misery all he had, a tear — He gained from Heaven ('twas all he wish'd), a friend.
Page 27 - I care not, Fortune, what you me deny ; You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face ; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve...
Page 166 - In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round: And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
Page 167 - And on her dulcimer she played, Singing of Mount Abora. Could I revive within me Her symphony and song, To such a deep delight 'twould win me That with music loud and long, I would build that dome in air, That sunny dome!
Page 223 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Page 148 - As I was walking with him last night, he asked me how I liked the good man whom I have just now mentioned ? and without staying for my answer told me. that he was afraid of being insulted with Latin and Greek at his own table ; for which reason he desired a particular friend of his at the university to find him out a clergyman rather of plain sense than much learning, of a good aspect, a clear voice, a sociable temper, and, if possible, a man that understood a little of back-gammon.
Page 152 - I was yesterday very much surprised to hear my old friend, in the midst of the service, calling out to one John Matthews to mind what he was about, and not disturb the congregation. This John Matthews, it seems, is remarkable for being an idle fellow, and at that time was kicking his heels for his diversion. This authority of the knight, though exerted in that odd manner which accompanies him in all circumstances of life, has a very good effect upon the parish, who are not polite enough to see anything...