Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Right Honourable Lord Byron: With Anecdotes of Some of His ContemporariesHenry Colburn and Company, 1822 - 428 sivua |
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Sivu vii
... genius , without meeting with that exposure and castigation in his progress , which might have restrained his rashness , if it did not reform his principles or correct his man- ners . viii You , Mr. Gifford , have had the honour vii.
... genius , without meeting with that exposure and castigation in his progress , which might have restrained his rashness , if it did not reform his principles or correct his man- ners . viii You , Mr. Gifford , have had the honour vii.
Sivu xv
... Genius - Instanced in " Don Juan . " - That character a counterpart of Childe Harold . - Family Sketches . - Outline of the Story . - Its gross immora- lities and profanity CHAPTER XVII . - Controversy on the Character of Pope , and ...
... Genius - Instanced in " Don Juan . " - That character a counterpart of Childe Harold . - Family Sketches . - Outline of the Story . - Its gross immora- lities and profanity CHAPTER XVII . - Controversy on the Character of Pope , and ...
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... genius , may justly claim for its professors , what indeed has always been conceded to them , the fore- most rank in the temple of literary fame . To the powerful influence of this fascinating art on language and opinion , the ...
... genius , may justly claim for its professors , what indeed has always been conceded to them , the fore- most rank in the temple of literary fame . To the powerful influence of this fascinating art on language and opinion , the ...
Sivu 5
... literature that ori- ginal genius , instead of being on the decline , is flou- rishing in full vigour , and putting forth new shoots . every day . In this luxuriant enclosure , this " wilder- 6 INTRODUCTION . ness of sweets , " one object.
... literature that ori- ginal genius , instead of being on the decline , is flou- rishing in full vigour , and putting forth new shoots . every day . In this luxuriant enclosure , this " wilder- 6 INTRODUCTION . ness of sweets , " one object.
Sivu 6
... genius , make up for the deficiency by aping his misanthropy , and exceeding him , if possible , in licentiousness . Thus standing , as he does , at the head of a new order , or school of poetry , which , whatever be its period of ...
... genius , make up for the deficiency by aping his misanthropy , and exceeding him , if possible , in licentiousness . Thus standing , as he does , at the head of a new order , or school of poetry , which , whatever be its period of ...
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Sivu 288 - Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below.
Sivu 279 - Eternal Spirit of the chainless mind ! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art, For there thy habitation is the heart — The heart which love of thee alone can bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd — To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom — Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind.
Sivu 312 - The moon is up, and yet it is not night; Sunset divides the sky with her; a sea Of glory streams along the Alpine height Of blue Friuli's mountains; Heaven is free From clouds, but of all colours seems to be, — Melted to one vast Iris of the West, — Where the Day joins the past Eternity, While, on the other hand, meek Dian's crest Floats through the azure air — an island of the blest!
Sivu 319 - I love the language, that soft bastard Latin, Which melts like kisses from a female mouth, And sounds as if it should be writ on satin, With syllables which breathe of the sweet South, And gentle liquids gliding all so pat in, That not a single accent seems uncouth, Like our harsh northern whistling, grunting guttural, Which we're obliged to hiss, and spit, and sputter all.
Sivu 229 - ... little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult.
Sivu 185 - The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, And cried through the lattice, 'Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
Sivu 301 - She had the same lone thoughts and wanderings, The quest of hidden knowledge, and a mind To comprehend the universe : nor these Alone, but with them gentler powers than mine, Pity, and smiles, and tears — which I had not; And tenderness — but that I had for her; Humility — and that I never had. Her faults were mine — her virtues were her own — I loved her, and destroy'd her ! Witch.
Sivu 289 - Jura, whose capt heights appear Precipitously steep; and drawing near, There breathes a living fragrance from the shore, Of flowers yet fresh with childhood ; on the ear Drops the light drip of the suspended oar, Or chirps the grasshopper one good-night carol more...
Sivu 294 - Yet must I think less wildly:— I have thought Too long and darkly; till my brain became, In its own eddy boiling and o'erwrought, A whirling gulf of phantasy and flame: And thus, untaught in youth my heart to tame, My springs of life were poisoned.
Sivu 305 - Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome ; The trees which grew along the broken arches Waved dark in the blue midnight, and the stars Shone through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watchdog bay'd beyond the Tiber ; and More near from out the Caesars...