Recollections of a Literary Life, Or, Books, Places, and People, Volume 1R. Bentley, 1853 - Authors |
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... give a fair and accurate picture of monastic life , and , indeed , of the monastic orders , as landlords , neighbours , teachers , priests , without any mixture of controversial theology , or inventing any predecessors of Luther or ...
... give a fair and accurate picture of monastic life , and , indeed , of the monastic orders , as landlords , neighbours , teachers , priests , without any mixture of controversial theology , or inventing any predecessors of Luther or ...
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... give so much of character to English landscape . A large and beau- tiful pile it is . The tower half - clothed with ivy , standing with its charming vicarage and its pretty vicarage - garden on a high eminence , overhanging one of the ...
... give so much of character to English landscape . A large and beau- tiful pile it is . The tower half - clothed with ivy , standing with its charming vicarage and its pretty vicarage - garden on a high eminence , overhanging one of the ...
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... gives to the ground the look of a bed of roses . And now we reach the gate that admits us down a steep descent to the Rectory - house , a large substan- tial mansion , covered with Banksia roses , and finely placed upon a natural ...
... gives to the ground the look of a bed of roses . And now we reach the gate that admits us down a steep descent to the Rectory - house , a large substan- tial mansion , covered with Banksia roses , and finely placed upon a natural ...
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... give token of the immense extent and importance of the place . It is said to have been built round two courts . Alnwick and Windsor rose to my thoughts as I con- templated these gigantic remains , and calculated the space that the ...
... give token of the immense extent and importance of the place . It is said to have been built round two courts . Alnwick and Windsor rose to my thoughts as I con- templated these gigantic remains , and calculated the space that the ...
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... give the law , And have each subject at my will , And all to stand in awe . But ' gainst my battery if I find Thou shunn'st the prize to bore , Or that thou sett'st me up a blind , I'll never love thee more . Or in the empire of thy ...
... give the law , And have each subject at my will , And all to stand in awe . But ' gainst my battery if I find Thou shunn'st the prize to bore , Or that thou sett'st me up a blind , I'll never love thee more . Or in the empire of thy ...
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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...