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... writings of Whitehead , Cambridge , Coventry , and Lord Bath are forgotten . -MACAULAY , THOMAS BABINGTON , 1833 , Walpole's Let- ters to Sir Horace Mann , Critical and Miscellaneous Essays . He was the author of several successful ...
... writings of Whitehead , Cambridge , Coventry , and Lord Bath are forgotten . -MACAULAY , THOMAS BABINGTON , 1833 , Walpole's Let- ters to Sir Horace Mann , Critical and Miscellaneous Essays . He was the author of several successful ...
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... writings , followed in 1778. In the preparation of In the preparation of this work Tyrwhitt collated twenty - six ... writings ; at least what he did alone in this one matter has much surpassed the combined labors of all who have since ...
... writings , followed in 1778. In the preparation of In the preparation of this work Tyrwhitt collated twenty - six ... writings ; at least what he did alone in this one matter has much surpassed the combined labors of all who have since ...
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... Poetry , North American Review , vol . 31 , pp . 366 , 367 , 375 . If you have not read Bishop Lowth's " Prælections on ... writings by which Bishop Lowth is most known are , " A Short Introduction to English Grammar , " for many years a ...
... Poetry , North American Review , vol . 31 , pp . 366 , 367 , 375 . If you have not read Bishop Lowth's " Prælections on ... writings by which Bishop Lowth is most known are , " A Short Introduction to English Grammar , " for many years a ...
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... writings are not more largely known , honored , and used ? It has been considered a difficult point to decide which is entitled to stand first among hymn - writers , Charles Wesley or Dr. Watts . The difficulty lies simply here , that ...
... writings are not more largely known , honored , and used ? It has been considered a difficult point to decide which is entitled to stand first among hymn - writers , Charles Wesley or Dr. Watts . The difficulty lies simply here , that ...
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... writings of Thomas Amory were at times suggestive of a disturbed brain , the singular habits of his life supported that impression . For , although he had the appearance , manners , honourable con- duct of a gentleman , he led a most se ...
... writings of Thomas Amory were at times suggestive of a disturbed brain , the singular habits of his life supported that impression . For , although he had the appearance , manners , honourable con- duct of a gentleman , he led a most se ...
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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.