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... voice of praise was mingled with the warnings of approaching evil ; and , like the lightning which melts the sword within it's scabbard , it is but too certain that the incessant labour and anxiety of mind attending it's comple- tion ...
... voice of praise was mingled with the warnings of approaching evil ; and , like the lightning which melts the sword within it's scabbard , it is but too certain that the incessant labour and anxiety of mind attending it's comple- tion ...
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... voice of Music is mute ; and the beautiful expression of Sculpture a blank and gloomy void : the right hand of the Mechanist forgets it's cunning , and the arm of the Warrior becomes powerless in the grave ; but the Lyre of the Poet ...
... voice of Music is mute ; and the beautiful expression of Sculpture a blank and gloomy void : the right hand of the Mechanist forgets it's cunning , and the arm of the Warrior becomes powerless in the grave ; but the Lyre of the Poet ...
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... voice , the magic of the eye , the passion and pro- priety of the gestures , these are the true and legitimate elements of Dramatic effect ; but these , in the immense area upon which they are exerted , are lost to the largest ...
... voice , the magic of the eye , the passion and pro- priety of the gestures , these are the true and legitimate elements of Dramatic effect ; but these , in the immense area upon which they are exerted , are lost to the largest ...
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... voice should be raised sufficiently powerful to induce a change of system . But , potent as are the causes to which we have last alluded , in promoting the degeneracy of the Drama , still it must not be disguised that these are not ...
... voice should be raised sufficiently powerful to induce a change of system . But , potent as are the causes to which we have last alluded , in promoting the degeneracy of the Drama , still it must not be disguised that these are not ...
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... voice than rude style ; which being so evil apparelled , in the dust and cobweb of that uncivil age , what would it work trimmed in the gorgeous eloquence of Pindar ? " " Old Robin Gray " also deserves our notice , if it were only on ...
... voice than rude style ; which being so evil apparelled , in the dust and cobweb of that uncivil age , what would it work trimmed in the gorgeous eloquence of Pindar ? " " Old Robin Gray " also deserves our notice , if it were only on ...
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Page 93 - A blank, my lord. She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek: she pined in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
Page 204 - The dew shall weep thy fall to-night; For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die.
Page 118 - Sheds itself through the face, As alone there triumphs to the life All the gain, all the good, of the elements
Page 498 - And immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne: and he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
Page 370 - With those just spirits that wear victorious palms. Hymns devout and holy psalms Singing everlastingly: That we on earth with undiscording voice May rightly answer that melodious noise; As once we did. till...
Page 141 - And Dryden, in immortal strain, Had raised the Table Round again, But that a ribald King and Court Bade him toil on, to make them sport ; Demanded for their niggard pay, Fit for their souls, a looser lay, Licentious satire, song, and play ; The world defrauded of the high design, Profaned the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line.
Page 196 - I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet; and yet it is sung but by some blind crowder, with no rougher voice than rude style...
Page xiv - Twas thine own genius gave the final blow, And help'd to plant the wound that laid thee low : So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impell'd the steel ; While the same plumage that had warm'd his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast.
Page 4 - Whose honours with increase of ages grow, As streams roll down, enlarging as they flow; Nations unborn your mighty names shall sound, And worlds applaud that must not yet be found!
Page 198 - And wilt thou leave me thus ? Say nay ! say nay ! And wilt thou leave me thus ? That hath loved thee so long In wealth and woe among ; And is thy heart so strong As for to leave me thus ? Say nay ! say nay...