Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c., Delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831Harper, 1833 - 324 sivua |
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... period of time into a collection of sixty - four volumes , comprising a great variety of subjects ; indeed , it may be said to contain almost the whole circle of the sciences , and very many of the depart- ments of literature ; and it ...
... period of time into a collection of sixty - four volumes , comprising a great variety of subjects ; indeed , it may be said to contain almost the whole circle of the sciences , and very many of the depart- ments of literature ; and it ...
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... periods far inferior to the present in wealth , luxury , general intelligence , and literary taste ; yet in their re- spective countries their great poems have not since been equalled , nor is it probable that they will here- after be ...
... periods far inferior to the present in wealth , luxury , general intelligence , and literary taste ; yet in their re- spective countries their great poems have not since been equalled , nor is it probable that they will here- after be ...
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... period , or a country , in which a poet could live by the fruits of his labours . This circumstance ( in no respect dishonourable to the art ) has been a snare by which multitudes of its professors have been tempted to dishonour both it ...
... period , or a country , in which a poet could live by the fruits of his labours . This circumstance ( in no respect dishonourable to the art ) has been a snare by which multitudes of its professors have been tempted to dishonour both it ...
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... periods , is as fabulous as the mythology of the gods , which usually precedes the traditions of the men that first made and then worshipped them . Poetry , in one sense , builds up the ruins of his- tory , fallen otherwise into ...
... periods , is as fabulous as the mythology of the gods , which usually precedes the traditions of the men that first made and then worshipped them . Poetry , in one sense , builds up the ruins of his- tory , fallen otherwise into ...
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... periods , before the fashions of those strange times were passed away . Poetry is thus the illuminator of history , the paths of which , D in early times , would have been dark indeed , THE PRE - EMINENCE OF POETRY . 37.
... periods , before the fashions of those strange times were passed away . Poetry is thus the illuminator of history , the paths of which , D in early times , would have been dark indeed , THE PRE - EMINENCE OF POETRY . 37.
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Sivu 28 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low— And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won.
Sivu 263 - Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Sivu 29 - And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him— he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not— his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away...
Sivu 225 - And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: For I have slain a man to my wounding, And a young man to my hurt. 24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
Sivu 243 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain; who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; who maketh the clouds his chariot; who walketh upon the wings of the wind; who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire.
Sivu 13 - Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark Illumine; what is low, raise and support; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.
Sivu 227 - And he said, BLESSED be the Lord God of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant.
Sivu 86 - As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
Sivu 139 - Could I embody and unbosom now That which is most within me, — could I wreak My thoughts upon expression, and thus throw Soul, heart, mind, passions, feelings, strong or weak, All that I would have sought, and all I seek, Bear, know, feel, and yet breathe— into one word, And that one word were Lightning, I would speak ; But as it is, I live and die unheard, With a most voiceless thought, sheathing it as a sword.
Sivu 119 - ... the primary laws of our nature: chiefly, as far as regards the manner in which we associate ideas in a state of excitement.