Essays, Letters from AbroadMoxon, 1845 - 164 pages |
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Page vi
... feel deeply obliged to the learned translator . But these abstracts are defective from their very form of abridgment ; and , though I am averse to speak disparagingly of pages from which I have derived so much pleasure and knowledge ...
... feel deeply obliged to the learned translator . But these abstracts are defective from their very form of abridgment ; and , though I am averse to speak disparagingly of pages from which I have derived so much pleasure and knowledge ...
Page viii
... feel our union as now . I hope - but my hopes are not unmixed with fear for what will befal this inestimable spirit when we appear to die . " A mystic ideality tinged these speculations in Shelley's mind ; certain stanzas in the poem of ...
... feel our union as now . I hope - but my hopes are not unmixed with fear for what will befal this inestimable spirit when we appear to die . " A mystic ideality tinged these speculations in Shelley's mind ; certain stanzas in the poem of ...
Page ix
... ; the rest appears exactly as Shelley left it . Respect for the name of Plato as well as that of Shelley , and reliance on the curiosity * See p . 62 . that the English reader must feel with regard to the PREFACE . ix.
... ; the rest appears exactly as Shelley left it . Respect for the name of Plato as well as that of Shelley , and reliance on the curiosity * See p . 62 . that the English reader must feel with regard to the PREFACE . ix.
Page x
... feel for having thus wasted his money and disappointed his desires . It will be remembered that Shelley addressed a poetical letter to Mrs. Gisborne , when that lady was absent in England ; and I have mentioned , and in some measure ...
... feel for having thus wasted his money and disappointed his desires . It will be remembered that Shelley addressed a poetical letter to Mrs. Gisborne , when that lady was absent in England ; and I have mentioned , and in some measure ...
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... feel that they are moved and soft- ened , yet know not whence or why . The poems of Homer and his contemporaries were the delight of infant Greece ; they were the elements of that social system which is the column upon which all ...
... feel that they are moved and soft- ened , yet know not whence or why . The poems of Homer and his contemporaries were the delight of infant Greece ; they were the elements of that social system which is the column upon which all ...
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