The Romantics Reviewed: Contemporary Reviews of British Romantic WritersDonald Reiman First published in 1972, this set of 9 volumes contains all contemporary British periodical reviews of the first (or other significantly early) editions from 1793 and 1824 of works by William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, George Gordon Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Keats. In addition, a few later reviews are supplied, as well as a substantial number of reviews of other contemporary figures, including William Godwin, Robert Southey, Samuel Rogers, Thomas Campbell, Thomas Moore, Leigh Hunt, William Hazlitt, and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Introductions to each periodical provide brief sketches of each publication as well as names, dates and bibliographical information. Headnotes offer bibliographical data of the reviews and suggested approaches to studying them. The index serves to locate authors and titles reviewed, reviewers, sources of quotations, other people and works mentioned and other proper nouns of interest. This comprehensive set will be of interest to those studying the Romantics and English literature. |
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... once again , Climb every day those rain parts ; meet the breeze Upon their tops — adventurous as a bee That from your garden thither soars , to feed On new - blown heath ; let yon commanding rock 225 Be your frequented watch - tower ...
... Once more of troubles wrought by magic spell ; And griefs whose aery motion comes not near The Then , with mild Una in her sober chear , that tempt the Spirit to rebel ; High over hill and low adown the dell Again we wandered , willing ...
... once the scorn Of babbling winds as they go by , A spot of shame to the sun's bright eye , To the frail clouds a mockery ! —So speaking , he upraised his head Towards that Imagery once more & But the familiar prospect shed Despondency ...
... once again ; -but , as no trace Was found of any thing to fear , Even to her feet the Creature came , And laid its head upon her knee , And looked into the Lady's face A look of pure benignity , And fond unclouded memory . It is ...
... Once raised , remains aghast and will not fall ! Ye Gods , thought He , that servile Implcment Obeys a mystical intent ! Your Minister would brush away The spots that to my soul adhere ; But should she labour night and day , They will ...