The London Quarterly Review, Volume 11Theodore Foster, 1814 |
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Pagina 3
... become at length that of Dante , Petrarch , and Bocaccio . ' Of the three hypotheses now submitted to our election , we may safely smile at the national partiality which dictated the two for- mer . That which was first asserted by ...
... become at length that of Dante , Petrarch , and Bocaccio . ' Of the three hypotheses now submitted to our election , we may safely smile at the national partiality which dictated the two for- mer . That which was first asserted by ...
Pagina 5
... becomes evident that the poetry of Italy derives itself in a much more di- rect line from that of the Provençaux , and , through them , from the more distant source of Arabian literature , than from ancient Rome , of whose lyre the last ...
... becomes evident that the poetry of Italy derives itself in a much more di- rect line from that of the Provençaux , and , through them , from the more distant source of Arabian literature , than from ancient Rome , of whose lyre the last ...
Pagina 7
... becomes quite convincing . The first of these traces of filiation is the adoption of rhyme , -a comparatively modern invention , which , though attributed by different theorists to a Scandinavian , a Go- thic , and even a Latin origin ...
... becomes quite convincing . The first of these traces of filiation is the adoption of rhyme , -a comparatively modern invention , which , though attributed by different theorists to a Scandinavian , a Go- thic , and even a Latin origin ...
Pagina 23
... becoming to apologize ) for its real and imputed faults . Still , speaking of his eloquent des- cription of the plague of Florence , he thus continues : Nous ne pouvons apprécier aujourd'hui que le talent du peintre ; inais , ce qui ...
... becoming to apologize ) for its real and imputed faults . Still , speaking of his eloquent des- cription of the plague of Florence , he thus continues : Nous ne pouvons apprécier aujourd'hui que le talent du peintre ; inais , ce qui ...
Pagina 34
... becomes so ' giddy and garrulous ' that she can talk of nothing else and ( what exceedingly increases the interest ) mean- ing , and indeed suspecting no kind of mischief , she is particularly jocose on the subject with the poor father ...
... becomes so ' giddy and garrulous ' that she can talk of nothing else and ( what exceedingly increases the interest ) mean- ing , and indeed suspecting no kind of mischief , she is particularly jocose on the subject with the poor father ...
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Pagina 429 - How gloriously her gallant course she goes ! Her white wings flying — never from her foes — She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife.
Pagina 314 - For wheresoe'er I turn my ravish'd eyes, gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise, poetic fields encompass me around, and still I seem to tread on classic ground...
Pagina 192 - he did not beg a long life of God for any other reason, " but to live to finish his three remaining books of Polity ; " and then, Lord, let thy servant depart in peace;" which was his usual expression.
Pagina 493 - A man — the monarch of his mind. Now taste and try this temper, Sirs, Mood it, and brood it in your breast ; Or if ye ween, for worldly stirs That man does right to mar his rest, Let me be *deft and debonair, I am content, I do not care.
Pagina 136 - He called forth the latent virtues of the human heart, and taught men to discover in themselves a mine of charity, of which the proprietors had been unconscious. In feeding the lamp of charity, he has almost exhausted the lamp of life.
Pagina 497 - Tell them, I AM, JEHOVAH said To MOSES; while earth heard in dread, And, smitten to the heart, At once above, beneath, around, All Nature, without voice or sound, Replied, "O LORD, THOU ART.
Pagina 222 - The Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the state of the...
Pagina 371 - Awake on your hills, on your islands awake, Brave sons of the mountain, the frith, and the lake ! 'Tis the bugle — but not for the chase is the call ; 'Tis the pibroch's shrill summons — but not to the hall. 'Tis the summons of heroes for conquest or death. When the banners are blazing on mountain and heath ; They call to the dirk, the claymore, and the targe, To the march and the muster, the line and the charge.
Pagina 314 - Now my weary lips I close: Leave me, leave me to repose.
Pagina 513 - THE BORDER ANTIQUITIES OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND, comprising Specimens of Architecture and Sculpture, and other Vestiges of Former Ages, accompanied by Descriptions. Together with Illustrations of remarkable Incidents in Border History and Tradition, and Original Poetry.