Essays, Letters from AbroadMoxon, 1845 - 164 pages |
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Page 12
... side of the grave - and what were our aspirations beyond it , if poetry did not ascend to bring light and fire from those eternal regions where the owl - winged faculty of calculation dare not ever soar ? Poetry is not like reasoning ...
... side of the grave - and what were our aspirations beyond it , if poetry did not ascend to bring light and fire from those eternal regions where the owl - winged faculty of calculation dare not ever soar ? Poetry is not like reasoning ...
Page 26
... sides being circularly joined , and each had four arms and as many legs ; two faces fixed upon a round neck , exactly like each other ; one head between the two faces ; four ears , and every thing else as from such proportions it is ...
... sides being circularly joined , and each had four arms and as many legs ; two faces fixed upon a round neck , exactly like each other ; one head between the two faces ; four ears , and every thing else as from such proportions it is ...
Page 47
... side their icy summits darted their white pinnacles into the clear blue sky , imaging , in their grotesque outline , minarets , and ruined domes , and columns worn with time . Far below , the silver clouds rolled their bright volumes in ...
... side their icy summits darted their white pinnacles into the clear blue sky , imaging , in their grotesque outline , minarets , and ruined domes , and columns worn with time . Far below , the silver clouds rolled their bright volumes in ...
Page 51
... side , playing with their favourite snake . We have only to cross yonder little wood , and wind down a path cut in the rock that overhangs the lake , and we shall find them beside a recess which the shore makes there , and which a chasm ...
... side , playing with their favourite snake . We have only to cross yonder little wood , and wind down a path cut in the rock that overhangs the lake , and we shall find them beside a recess which the shore makes there , and which a chasm ...
Page 80
... side of the Chan- nel ; the women with high caps and short jackets ; the men with ear - rings ; ladies walking about with high bonnets or coiffures lodged on the top of the head , the hair dragged up underneath , without any stray curls ...
... side of the Chan- nel ; the women with high caps and short jackets ; the men with ear - rings ; ladies walking about with high bonnets or coiffures lodged on the top of the head , the hair dragged up underneath , without any stray curls ...
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