The Retrospective Review, Volume 4Charles and Henry Baldwyn, 1821 - Books |
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... common use , with shapes of loveliness and beauty . In rendering grace and energy of form , and majesty of manner , more familiar to us , it sharpens our perception of the sublimities of art . Forms of noble sacrifice , and tender ...
... common use , with shapes of loveliness and beauty . In rendering grace and energy of form , and majesty of manner , more familiar to us , it sharpens our perception of the sublimities of art . Forms of noble sacrifice , and tender ...
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... common rime , ) and of the former , asonantes , which are not perceptible to an unprac- tised ear , but which become by use as harmonious as the more perfect jingle . The Arabic and the Spanish verse is written in the same measure , but ...
... common rime , ) and of the former , asonantes , which are not perceptible to an unprac- tised ear , but which become by use as harmonious as the more perfect jingle . The Arabic and the Spanish verse is written in the same measure , but ...
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... common compositions were their tenzones , ( from contensiones , ) or questions and disputes , of which love was the subject ; and which were referred to the decision of the Courts of Love , afterwards the arbiters of poetic fame . The ...
... common compositions were their tenzones , ( from contensiones , ) or questions and disputes , of which love was the subject ; and which were referred to the decision of the Courts of Love , afterwards the arbiters of poetic fame . The ...
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... common sense , there is a redeeming spirit about it which must preserve it from unmingled reprobation . The story is meagre in design and clumsy in execution ; the sentiments extravagant and unnatural ; and the language alternately ...
... common sense , there is a redeeming spirit about it which must preserve it from unmingled reprobation . The story is meagre in design and clumsy in execution ; the sentiments extravagant and unnatural ; and the language alternately ...
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... common a practice to cast an ancient servant away with neglect and indifference , when he has been superse- ded by a more seemly or a more useful successor . The bow has shared this fate in England . In the days of our early glory ...
... common a practice to cast an ancient servant away with neglect and indifference , when he has been superse- ded by a more seemly or a more useful successor . The bow has shared this fate in England . In the days of our early glory ...
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Page 284 - But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge. For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of...
Page 284 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Page 150 - Warring within our breasts for regiment, Doth teach us all to have aspiring minds : Our souls, whose faculties can comprehend The wondrous architecture of the world, And measure every wandering planet's course, Still climbing after knowledge infinite, And always moving as the restless spheres, Will us to wear ourselves, and never rest, Until we reach the ripest fruit of all, That perfect bliss and sole felicity, The sweet fruition of an earthly crown.
Page 162 - And there, in mire and puddle have I stood This ten days' space ; and lest that I should sleep, One plays continually upon a drum. They give me bread and water, being a king ; So that, for want of sleep and sustenance, My mind's distemper'd, and my body's numb'd, And whether I have limbs or no, I know not.
Page 167 - Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed In one self place ; for where we are is hell, And where hell is there must we ever be: And, to conclude, when all the world dissolves, And every creature shall be purified, All places shall be hell that is not heaven.
Page 120 - 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. 1 Imprisoned or caged. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more.
Page 290 - For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.
Page 166 - So he will spare him four and twenty years, Letting him live in all voluptuousness; Having thee ever to attend on me; To give me whatsoever I shall ask, To tell me whatsoever I demand, To slay mine enemies, and aid my friends, And always be obedient to my will.
Page 66 - For imagination in a poet is a faculty so wild and lawless, that like an high-ranging spaniel, it must have clogs tied to it, lest it outrun the judgment.
Page 287 - To conclude therefore, let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's word or in the book of God's works ; divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both...