Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 9W. Blackwood., 1821 - England |
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... poet after his own heart , and he translates him con amore . His Virgil is less happy . Here he seems to be performing a task , -and indeed we are told that he wrote it for bread . Besides , Dryden had nothing Virgilian in his ...
... poet after his own heart , and he translates him con amore . His Virgil is less happy . Here he seems to be performing a task , -and indeed we are told that he wrote it for bread . Besides , Dryden had nothing Virgilian in his ...
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... poet absolutely sui generis , and we are at a loss for an object of comparison . He sometimes reminds us of Goldsmith , but it is rather in himself than in his writings ; though Goldsmith certainly possesses more than any writer we know ...
... poet absolutely sui generis , and we are at a loss for an object of comparison . He sometimes reminds us of Goldsmith , but it is rather in himself than in his writings ; though Goldsmith certainly possesses more than any writer we know ...
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... Poet of the Graces ; and , in his most unstudied and careless effusions , we feel inclined to apply to himself the lines which he addressed to a lady of his own time : " La negligence , à mon gre , si requise Pour cette fois fut sa dame ...
... Poet of the Graces ; and , in his most unstudied and careless effusions , we feel inclined to apply to himself the lines which he addressed to a lady of his own time : " La negligence , à mon gre , si requise Pour cette fois fut sa dame ...
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... Poet, on the same subject, affords one of the many instances of coincidence of thought, where there could be no communication between the writers : Would you go to the House through the true gate, Much quicker than ever Whig Charley ...
... Poet, on the same subject, affords one of the many instances of coincidence of thought, where there could be no communication between the writers : Would you go to the House through the true gate, Much quicker than ever Whig Charley ...
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... poet after his own heart , and he translates him con amore . His Virgil is less happy . Here he seems to be performing a task , —and indeed we are told that he wrote it for bread . Besides , Dryden had nothing Virgilian in his ...
... poet after his own heart , and he translates him con amore . His Virgil is less happy . Here he seems to be performing a task , —and indeed we are told that he wrote it for bread . Besides , Dryden had nothing Virgilian in his ...
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Page 174 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Page 474 - LIFE IN LONDON : or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his Elegant Friend, Corinthian Tom.
Page 162 - HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! How is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, And princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Page 163 - Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 370 - Tis midnight : on the mountains brown The cold, round moon shines deeply down ; Blue roll the waters, blue the sky Spreads like an ocean hung on high, Bespangled with those isles of light, So wildly, spiritually bright ; Who ever gazed upon them shining And turn'd to earth without repining, Nor wish'd for wings to flee away, And mix with their eternal ray...
Page 142 - And from this constant light, so regular And so far seen, the House itself, by all Who dwelt within the limits of the vale, Both old and young, was named THE EVENING STAR.
Page 198 - twere anew, the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful which still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old ! — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns.
Page 79 - Establishment, and the means of exciting among its members a spirit of devotion, to which the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and Church Union, in the diocese of St David's, adjudged a premium of £50 in December 1820 ; by Rev.
Page 369 - The Sun's rim dips; the stars rush out: At one stride comes the dark; With far-heard whisper, o'er the sea, Off shot the spectre-bark.
Page 271 - So that since the ever praiseworthy poesy is full of virtue-breeding delightfulness, and void of no gift that ought to be in the noble name of learning; since the blames laid against it are either false or feeble; since the cause why it is not esteemed in England is the fault of poet-apes, not poets; since, lastly, our tongue is most fit to...