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... remark of Caraccioli , that " there is something bewitching in authorship , and that he who has once written will write again . " Who shall say , " exclaims Bulwer , in his eloquent and interesting " Conversations with an ambitious ...
... remark of Caraccioli , that " there is something bewitching in authorship , and that he who has once written will write again . " Who shall say , " exclaims Bulwer , in his eloquent and interesting " Conversations with an ambitious ...
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... remark is a mere truism , it is not the less called for . There may be more wealth in a lady's jewel - box than in a merchant's ware - house , and there is more poetry and thought in five couplets of Pope than in ten cantos of Sir ...
... remark is a mere truism , it is not the less called for . There may be more wealth in a lady's jewel - box than in a merchant's ware - house , and there is more poetry and thought in five couplets of Pope than in ten cantos of Sir ...
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... remark- ed by Shenstone , that fine writing is the result of spontaneous thoughts and laboured composition . Burns has acknowledged , that though his ideas were easy and rapid , the necessary correc- tion of his verses was a heavy task ...
... remark- ed by Shenstone , that fine writing is the result of spontaneous thoughts and laboured composition . Burns has acknowledged , that though his ideas were easy and rapid , the necessary correc- tion of his verses was a heavy task ...
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... remarks also that if his memory had been better , he would have been apt to rest his understanding and judgment on the wisdom of other men , instead of exerting his own natural powers . I cannot help thinking , that Montaigne and Pope ...
... remarks also that if his memory had been better , he would have been apt to rest his understanding and judgment on the wisdom of other men , instead of exerting his own natural powers . I cannot help thinking , that Montaigne and Pope ...
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... remarks on this subject are thus reported : - " I have followed the significance of the numbers , and the adapting them to the sense , much more even than Dryden ; and much oftener than any one minds it . Particularly in the ...
... remarks on this subject are thus reported : - " I have followed the significance of the numbers , and the adapting them to the sense , much more even than Dryden ; and much oftener than any one minds it . Particularly in the ...
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Page 280 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 129 - Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be, In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend; And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due.
Page 332 - Phoebus lifts his golden fire: The birds in vain their amorous descant join, Or cheerful fields resume their green attire. These ears, alas! for other notes repine; A different object do these eyes require; My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine; And in my breast the imperfect joys expire; Yet morning smiles the busy race to cheer, And new-born pleasure brings to happier men; The fields to all their wonted tribute bear; To warm their little loves the birds complain. I fruitless mourn to him that...
Page 99 - With many a weary step, and many a groan, Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone; The huge round stone, resulting with a bound, Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground.
Page 91 - Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar...
Page 97 - Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell That spoke so sweetly and so well. What passion cannot Music raise and quell!
Page 202 - CYRIACK, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot ; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman.
Page 203 - I trust hereby to make it manifest with what small willingness I endure to interrupt the pursuit of no less hopes than these, and leave a calm and pleasing solitariness, fed with cheerful and confident thoughts, to embark in a troubled sea of noises and hoarse disputes, put from beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still air of delightful studies...
Page 93 - Yet now despair itself is mild, Even as the winds and waters are; I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have borne and yet must bear, Till death like sleep might steal on me, And I might feel in the warm air My cheek grow cold, and hear the sea Breathe o'er my dying brain its last monotony.
Page 97 - Now strike the golden lyre again: A louder yet, and yet a louder strain ! Break his bands of sleep asunder And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark ! the horrid sound Has raised up his head : As awaked from the dead, And amazed he stares around. Revenge, revenge...