The poems, with critical notes; a life of the author; and an essay on his poetry; by the Rev. John MitfordJ. Mawman, 1816 |
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Page vii
... seen Rome and Naples , you will strike out of the beaten path of English travellers , and see a little of the coun- try . Throw yourselves into the bosom of the Apennine ; survey the horrid lake of Amsanctus ; catch the breezes on the ...
... seen Rome and Naples , you will strike out of the beaten path of English travellers , and see a little of the coun- try . Throw yourselves into the bosom of the Apennine ; survey the horrid lake of Amsanctus ; catch the breezes on the ...
Page xii
... seen , lost the friendship of Mr. Walpole abroad . He had also lost much time in his travels ; a loss which application could not easily retrieve , when so severe and laborious a study as that of the Common Law was to be the object of ...
... seen , lost the friendship of Mr. Walpole abroad . He had also lost much time in his travels ; a loss which application could not easily retrieve , when so severe and laborious a study as that of the Common Law was to be the object of ...
Page xxvii
... seen before of him . I gladly pass over H. Brown and the rest , to come at you . You know I was of the publishing side , and thought your reasons against it - none : for though , as Mr. 6 * The School - Mistress is by far the best of ...
... seen before of him . I gladly pass over H. Brown and the rest , to come at you . You know I was of the publishing side , and thought your reasons against it - none : for though , as Mr. 6 * The School - Mistress is by far the best of ...
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... seen in the library of Lord Harcourt , at Nuneham . The Political opinions of Gray , H. Walpole says he never rightly understood : " sometimes he seemed inclined to the side of autho- rity , and sometimes to that of the people . " Mr ...
... seen in the library of Lord Harcourt , at Nuneham . The Political opinions of Gray , H. Walpole says he never rightly understood : " sometimes he seemed inclined to the side of autho- rity , and sometimes to that of the people . " Mr ...
Page liii
... How comprehensive the account is , which Mr. Temple gives of the studies of Gray , which embraced criticism , metaphysics , morals , and politics , may be seen by principal part of his study . Voyages and Travels of THE LIFE OF GRAY . liii.
... How comprehensive the account is , which Mr. Temple gives of the studies of Gray , which embraced criticism , metaphysics , morals , and politics , may be seen by principal part of his study . Voyages and Travels of THE LIFE OF GRAY . liii.
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Page 16 - Alas! regardless of their doom The little victims play; No sense have they of ills to come Nor care beyond to-day: Yet see how all around 'em wait The ministers of human fate And black Misfortune's baleful train!
Page 107 - The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Page 123 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath, and near his favourite tree ; Another came : nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he : The next, with dirges due in sad array Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne, — Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 119 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Page 116 - Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...
Page clxvi - The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool ; The playful children just let loose from school ; The watch-dog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made.
Page 122 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Page 112 - Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke; How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke!
Page 34 - Slow melting strains their queen's approach declare: Where'er she turns the Graces homage pay. With arms sublime, that float upon the air, In gliding state she wins her easy way: O'er her warm cheek and rising bosom move 40 The bloom of young desire and purple light of love.
Page 117 - Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind, The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame.