The Port Folio, Volume 3Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 |
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Pagina 14
... language , and knowledge of the human heart , connected with such other attainments as might have qualified him for writing a play . That tenderness which breathes in the complaints of Eloisa , that experience which could distinguish ...
... language , and knowledge of the human heart , connected with such other attainments as might have qualified him for writing a play . That tenderness which breathes in the complaints of Eloisa , that experience which could distinguish ...
Pagina 16
... language . Those of comedy are more nume- rous ; and I am sorry that you cannot judge for yourself of the truth and decency of Destouches , the gayety of Regnard , the wit of Lesage , the originality of Dufresny , the lively natural ...
... language . Those of comedy are more nume- rous ; and I am sorry that you cannot judge for yourself of the truth and decency of Destouches , the gayety of Regnard , the wit of Lesage , the originality of Dufresny , the lively natural ...
Pagina 17
... language , and describe a man as deceived rather by his senses than by his passions and affections . Perhaps , however , they have mistaken the reverse of wrong for right , and they may have wanted that wholesome lesson which an author ...
... language , and describe a man as deceived rather by his senses than by his passions and affections . Perhaps , however , they have mistaken the reverse of wrong for right , and they may have wanted that wholesome lesson which an author ...
Pagina 21
... language of the true pathetic , tells the un- happy father , that so far from blaming his tears , he is ready himself to weep , the most enlightened of the deaf and dumb , judging only from air and gesture , would suppose , that ...
... language of the true pathetic , tells the un- happy father , that so far from blaming his tears , he is ready himself to weep , the most enlightened of the deaf and dumb , judging only from air and gesture , would suppose , that ...
Pagina 37
... language of a celebrated poet may with justice be here ap- plied : One cultivated spot there was that spread Its flowery bosom to the noonday beam , Where many a rosebud rears its blushing head , And herbs for food with future plenty ...
... language of a celebrated poet may with justice be here ap- plied : One cultivated spot there was that spread Its flowery bosom to the noonday beam , Where many a rosebud rears its blushing head , And herbs for food with future plenty ...
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Pagina 204 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Pagina 387 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung, Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young: The jolly god in triumph comes!
Pagina 396 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Pagina 201 - And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter ; and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out. and wept bitterly.
Pagina 390 - HENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy...
Pagina 388 - Flush'd with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain; Bacchus...
Pagina 193 - Of all their regions; powers which only the control of Omnipotence restrains from laying creation waste, and filling the vast expanse of space with ruin and confusion. To display the motives and actions of beings thus superior, so far as human reason can examine them, or human imagination represent them, is the task which this mighty poet has undertaken and performed.
Pagina 341 - O'er many a distant foreign land ; Each place, each province I have tried, And sung and danced my saraband. But all their charms could not prevail To steal my heart from yonder vale.
Pagina 388 - Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew ! Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes And...
Pagina 203 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...