Retrospective Review, 11. köideHenry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas C. and H. Baldwyn, 1825 |
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... poets . " I was moved , " he says , " at Mansfield , to go and speak to one of the wickedest men in the country , one who was a common drunkard , a noted whoremaster , and a rhyme - maker , and I reproved him in the dread of the mighty ...
... poets . " I was moved , " he says , " at Mansfield , to go and speak to one of the wickedest men in the country , one who was a common drunkard , a noted whoremaster , and a rhyme - maker , and I reproved him in the dread of the mighty ...
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... poet , blind and poverty - stricken , on the approach of a fit of the gout . " ' Tis strange , that thou should'st leave the downy bed , The Turkey carpet , and the soft settee ; Should'st leave the board with choicest dainties spread ...
... poet , blind and poverty - stricken , on the approach of a fit of the gout . " ' Tis strange , that thou should'st leave the downy bed , The Turkey carpet , and the soft settee ; Should'st leave the board with choicest dainties spread ...
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... poet within fifty miles , and his effusions , beautiful as they are , have been entirely confined to his native language . So much for a question , which we have heard argued with all the violence of political controversy , and which ...
... poet within fifty miles , and his effusions , beautiful as they are , have been entirely confined to his native language . So much for a question , which we have heard argued with all the violence of political controversy , and which ...
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... poets before the " golden calves " of past years , when the most preposterous praise and contemptible servility distinguished but too many of the irritable tribe . There are a few , indeed , upon record , such as Milton and Marvel , who ...
... poets before the " golden calves " of past years , when the most preposterous praise and contemptible servility distinguished but too many of the irritable tribe . There are a few , indeed , upon record , such as Milton and Marvel , who ...
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... poet , had not resolution enough to condemn the reigning fashion . He has , in the present instance , thoroughly bepraised our magnanimous king , James the First , and he has done it by anticipation , which was unwise . As for the ...
... poet , had not resolution enough to condemn the reigning fashion . He has , in the present instance , thoroughly bepraised our magnanimous king , James the First , and he has done it by anticipation , which was unwise . As for the ...
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Page 210 - Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places. I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
Page 212 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. "All they shall speak and say unto thee, 'Art thou also become weak as we? Art thou become like unto us?' "Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
Page 87 - But oh ! th' exceeding grace Of highest God that loves His creatures so, And all His works with mercy doth embrace, That blessed angels He sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man, to serve His wicked foe. " How oft do they their silver bowers leave, To come to...
Page 208 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil ; My lust shall be satisfied upon them ; 1 will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
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Page 206 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
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Page 185 - twas beyond a mortal's share To wander solitary there: Two paradises 'twere in one, To live in Paradise alone. How well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers and herbs this dial new! Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run : And, as it works, th' industrious bee Computes its time as well as we.
Page 211 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under His feet. And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, He did fly upon the wings of the wind.