The Port Folio, Volume 3Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 |
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... Readers and correspondents , to Roller for Turnpikes , description of 80 301 England , letter from 132 Epigrams 351-440 Shippen , the Hon . Edw . Memoirs of 1 Finley's chain bridge , description Satire 45 of . 441 Schuyler , Gen. life ...
... Readers and correspondents , to Roller for Turnpikes , description of 80 301 England , letter from 132 Epigrams 351-440 Shippen , the Hon . Edw . Memoirs of 1 Finley's chain bridge , description Satire 45 of . 441 Schuyler , Gen. life ...
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... reader . As this last sentence , for it is but a single sentence , marks strongly the character of the whole piece , I will take the liberty of copying it entire , and illustrate some of its striking beau- ties : " On Monday night ...
... reader . As this last sentence , for it is but a single sentence , marks strongly the character of the whole piece , I will take the liberty of copying it entire , and illustrate some of its striking beau- ties : " On Monday night ...
Pagina 47
... reader , that he may not be fatigued by too long a con- tinuance of the same train of thought . As such , the above is perfect . The story of Melibaus and even the admired . allegory of Sin and Death are nothing to it . At one view in a ...
... reader , that he may not be fatigued by too long a con- tinuance of the same train of thought . As such , the above is perfect . The story of Melibaus and even the admired . allegory of Sin and Death are nothing to it . At one view in a ...
Pagina 48
... reader's attention is now wound up to the highest pitch ; he is all anxiety for his favourite hero . Who does not see the unfortunate driver groping in the dark , and hold- ing the reins in one hand while he blows the other to keep in ...
... reader's attention is now wound up to the highest pitch ; he is all anxiety for his favourite hero . Who does not see the unfortunate driver groping in the dark , and hold- ing the reins in one hand while he blows the other to keep in ...
Pagina 49
... reader has seen the driver groping in the dark , frozen out of his senses , and finally plunging into the foaming stream . He is now to fall like Lucifer , or else " to pluck up drowning honour by the locks . " The perils of Ulysses ...
... reader has seen the driver groping in the dark , frozen out of his senses , and finally plunging into the foaming stream . He is now to fall like Lucifer , or else " to pluck up drowning honour by the locks . " The perils of Ulysses ...
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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...