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... beautiful than his observations on humility : - " The devout man loves to lie low at the footstool of his Creator , because it is then he attains the most lively perceptions of the divine excellence , and the most tranquil confidence in ...
... beautiful than his observations on humility : - " The devout man loves to lie low at the footstool of his Creator , because it is then he attains the most lively perceptions of the divine excellence , and the most tranquil confidence in ...
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... beautiful " Wisdom of the Ancients , " so admirably translated by Sir Arthur Gorges , has given a meaning to the most extravagant fables of the Greeks , in many instances probably never suspected by the inventors themselves . Though a ...
... beautiful " Wisdom of the Ancients , " so admirably translated by Sir Arthur Gorges , has given a meaning to the most extravagant fables of the Greeks , in many instances probably never suspected by the inventors themselves . Though a ...
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... beautiful , though poetical only so far as it is beautiful , as it may trench upon what the Greeks called " the hateful , " which excites disgust ; or the misery de- scribed may be so overwhelming as to excite an- guish ; in either case ...
... beautiful , though poetical only so far as it is beautiful , as it may trench upon what the Greeks called " the hateful , " which excites disgust ; or the misery de- scribed may be so overwhelming as to excite an- guish ; in either case ...
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... beautiful , but not charac- teristic ; in the second a fine thought is but imper- fectly expressed . It will be found that Wordsworth seldom or never writes well without violating his own theory , and that when he writes best , the same ...
... beautiful , but not charac- teristic ; in the second a fine thought is but imper- fectly expressed . It will be found that Wordsworth seldom or never writes well without violating his own theory , and that when he writes best , the same ...
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... beautiful lyrics of Beaumont and Fletcher and Shelley ? We cannot forbear giving one instance , taken at random from the best of modern song - writers , Goethe ; it seems perfect , but there is little thought in it . 66 NACHTGESANG . O ...
... beautiful lyrics of Beaumont and Fletcher and Shelley ? We cannot forbear giving one instance , taken at random from the best of modern song - writers , Goethe ; it seems perfect , but there is little thought in it . 66 NACHTGESANG . O ...
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Page 171 - HE that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be, shall never want attentive and favourable hearers, because they know the manifold defects whereunto every kind of regiment is subject, but the secret lets and difficulties, which in public proceedings are innumerable and inevitable, they have not ordinarily the judgment to consider...
Page 87 - My eyes are dim with childish tears, My heart is idly stirred, For the same sound is in my ears Which in those days I heard. "Thus fares it still in our decay: And yet the wiser mind Mourns less for what age takes away Than what it leaves behind.
Page 99 - But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover! A savage place! as holy and enchanted As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted By woman wailing for her demon-lover!
Page 91 - It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the Sea: Listen!
Page 145 - Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do.
Page 144 - I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth...
Page 95 - There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore; — Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no more.
Page 94 - Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! The river glideth at his own sweet will: Dear God! the very houses seem asleep; And all that mighty heart is lying still!
Page 85 - Methinks I should know you, and know this man; Yet I am doubtful: for I am mainly ignorant What place this is; and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night.
Page 119 - I know not who may conquer : if I could Have such a prescience, it should be no bar To this my plain, sworn, downright detestation Of every despotism in every nation.