The London review, conducted by R. Cumberland, Volume 1Richard Cumberland 1809 |
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Page 32
... expression : every object is placed in the most picturesque point of view . But in the splendour of the Russian court , he soon loses sight of all inferior objects . He feels it neces- sary to account for his having been two months in ...
... expression : every object is placed in the most picturesque point of view . But in the splendour of the Russian court , he soon loses sight of all inferior objects . He feels it neces- sary to account for his having been two months in ...
Page 41
... expression . It is an angel holding up in his " left hand the torch of life , which is extinguished : with his " right he unveils the world by raising a piece of drapery : em- blematic , I suppose , that death , while it destroys our ...
... expression . It is an angel holding up in his " left hand the torch of life , which is extinguished : with his " right he unveils the world by raising a piece of drapery : em- blematic , I suppose , that death , while it destroys our ...
Page 42
... expressing the effect of philosophy in en- lightening the human race , but weakened by the angel's pointing to ' Stockholm , ' written in golden characters . " Coxe , Travels in Russia , & c . Vol . IV . p . 76 . Having procured letters ...
... expressing the effect of philosophy in en- lightening the human race , but weakened by the angel's pointing to ' Stockholm , ' written in golden characters . " Coxe , Travels in Russia , & c . Vol . IV . p . 76 . Having procured letters ...
Page 56
... expression , gives a constant excitement to the mind's eternal activity . Perhaps the question is more fairly stated thus : -It may be highly meritorious in the poet to inspire his readers with a fullness and variety of sensation ...
... expression , gives a constant excitement to the mind's eternal activity . Perhaps the question is more fairly stated thus : -It may be highly meritorious in the poet to inspire his readers with a fullness and variety of sensation ...
Page 59
... unlike the language of Nature , people very seldom give themselves the trouble of searching whether there be any natural feelings be- neath so uncouth an expression : " Weep not , O Love , ' she cries Gertrude of Wyoming . 59.
... unlike the language of Nature , people very seldom give themselves the trouble of searching whether there be any natural feelings be- neath so uncouth an expression : " Weep not , O Love , ' she cries Gertrude of Wyoming . 59.
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