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... interest which the story continually excited . Glover endeav- oured to imitate the ancients , but wanted strength to support the severe style which he had chosen . He has , however , many and great merits , this especially among others ...
... interest which the story continually excited . Glover endeav- oured to imitate the ancients , but wanted strength to support the severe style which he had chosen . He has , however , many and great merits , this especially among others ...
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... interest mars the total effect . Of the " Athenaid , " a sequel to " Leonidas , " with its thirty books , it is enough to say that it is simply unreada- ble . It appears to be a florid reproduc- tion , with new incidents and scenery ...
... interest mars the total effect . Of the " Athenaid , " a sequel to " Leonidas , " with its thirty books , it is enough to say that it is simply unreada- ble . It appears to be a florid reproduc- tion , with new incidents and scenery ...
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... interest . Sterne introduces him into both " Tristram Shandy " and the " Sentimental Journey " under the name of Eugenius . He represented him as a prudent counsellor , and gratefully ac- knowledged the readiness with which Born , in ...
... interest . Sterne introduces him into both " Tristram Shandy " and the " Sentimental Journey " under the name of Eugenius . He represented him as a prudent counsellor , and gratefully ac- knowledged the readiness with which Born , in ...
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... interest . Originally impressed with deep convictions of the truth of Christian- ity , its author allowed himself to be se- Deism . Renewed inquiry re - established duced into doubts , and finally settled in Im- his mind in a rational ...
... interest . Originally impressed with deep convictions of the truth of Christian- ity , its author allowed himself to be se- Deism . Renewed inquiry re - established duced into doubts , and finally settled in Im- his mind in a rational ...
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... interest when orig- inally written ; they excite less at the present period , and will probably glide down the stream of time , till , with the mob of gentlemen who write with ease , they sink into the waters of oblivion . BELOE ...
... interest when orig- inally written ; they excite less at the present period , and will probably glide down the stream of time , till , with the mob of gentlemen who write with ease , they sink into the waters of oblivion . BELOE ...
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Page 197 - He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
Page 9 - Poetry is not like reasoning, a power to be exerted according to the determination of the will. A man cannot say, "I will compose poetry." The greatest poet even cannot say it; for the mind in creation is as a fading coal, which some invisible influence, like an inconstant wind, awakens to transitory brightness...
Page 182 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berccau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Page 82 - The Body Of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn out, And stript of its lettering and gilding,) Lies here, food for worms. But the work shall not be lost, For it will, as he believed, appear once more, In a new and more elegant edition, Revised and corrected By THE AUTHOR.
Page 290 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ; Who, born for the Universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Page 8 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense...
Page 465 - He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the Public Credit, and it sprang upon its feet...
Page 9 - We are aware of evanescent visitations of thought and feeling, sometimes associated with place or person, sometimes regarding our own mind alone, and always arising unforeseen and departing unbidden, but elevating and delightful beyond all expression...
Page 375 - And now, what time ye all may read through dimming tears his story, How discord on the music fell, and darkness on the glory, And how when, one by one, sweet sounds and wandering lights departed, He wore no less a loving face because so broken-hearted...
Page 194 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.