Recollections of a Literary Life, Or, Books, Places, and People, Volume 1R. Bentley, 1853 - Authors |
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... feeling the strange vibration of some monster train passing over our heads - a proceeding which never fails to make my pony show off his choicest airs and graces , pricking up his pretty ears , tossing his slender head , dancing upon ...
... feeling the strange vibration of some monster train passing over our heads - a proceeding which never fails to make my pony show off his choicest airs and graces , pricking up his pretty ears , tossing his slender head , dancing upon ...
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... feeling . Orthodox is he , no doubt . Nowhere are church and schools , and parish visitings , better cared for ; but he has a knack of attending also to the creature comforts of all about him , of calling beef and blankets in aid of his ...
... feeling . Orthodox is he , no doubt . Nowhere are church and schools , and parish visitings , better cared for ; but he has a knack of attending also to the creature comforts of all about him , of calling beef and blankets in aid of his ...
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... feeling of the near river , we can well fancy how the poet - heart of the great Earl must have longed to leave the trial , the turmoil , the jangling , the treachery , the weary fears , the bitter humiliations of his London captivity ...
... feeling of the near river , we can well fancy how the poet - heart of the great Earl must have longed to leave the trial , the turmoil , the jangling , the treachery , the weary fears , the bitter humiliations of his London captivity ...
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... feeling of the man , the daily habit of his life , is shown in this little circum- stance . And this is the brave soldier who , when examined before the Privy Council , a council com- posed of open enemies and treacherous friends , had ...
... feeling of the man , the daily habit of his life , is shown in this little circum- stance . And this is the brave soldier who , when examined before the Privy Council , a council com- posed of open enemies and treacherous friends , had ...
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... similar opportunity of displaying their sagacity . One cannot look at the place without a feeling of adaptedness . It is the very spot for a stronghold of the cavaliers ; a spot where Lovelace and Montrose might 12 RECOLLECTIONS OF.
... similar opportunity of displaying their sagacity . One cannot look at the place without a feeling of adaptedness . It is the very spot for a stronghold of the cavaliers ; a spot where Lovelace and Montrose might 12 RECOLLECTIONS OF.
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Page 340 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament is in discourse; and for ability is in the judgment and disposition of business...
Page 43 - Away! away! for I will fly to thee, Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards, But on the viewless wings of Poesy, Though the dull brain perplexes and retards: Already with thee ! tender is the night, And haply the Queen-Moon is on her throne, Clustered around by all her starry Fays; But here there is no light, Save what from heaven is with the breezes blown Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways.
Page 148 - Rise, O ever rise ; Rise like a cloud of incense from the earth ! Thou kingly Spirit throned among the hills, Thou dread ambassador from earth to heaven, Great hierarch ! tell thou the silent sky, And tell the stars, and tell yon rising sun, Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God.
Page 193 - Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement, From garret to basement, She stood, with amazement, Houseless by night. The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver; But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river: Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery, Swift to be hurl'd — Anywhere, anywhere Out of the world!
Page 344 - ... our sage and serious poet Spenser, whom I dare be known to think a better teacher than Scotus or Aquinas, describing true temperance under the person of Guion, brings him in with his Palmer through the cave of Mammon, and the bower of earthly bliss, that he might see and know, and yet abstain.
Page 194 - All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame. Oft in my waking dreams do I Live o'er again that happy hour, When midway on the mount I lay, Beside the ruined tower.
Page 324 - What wondrous life is this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head ; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine ; The nectarine and curious peach Into my hands themselves do reach ; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.
Page 330 - Did clap their bloody hands ; He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed.
Page 15 - GOING TO THE WARS Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.
Page 146 - Who gave you your invulnerable life, Your strength, your speed, your fury, and your joy, Unceasing thunder and eternal foam ? And who commanded (and the silence came), Here let the billows stiffen, and have rest...