English Literature: Considered as an Interpreter of English History

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Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1873 - 476 páginas

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Página 193 - of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot: Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer
Página 326 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress and a dubious hand ; He left a name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral or adorn a tale. From Marlborough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show.
Página 152 - A certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon; And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy free.
Página 327 - labors, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligation
Página 194 - Right onward. , What supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience friend to have lost them over-plied In liberty's defence, my noble task, Of which all Europe talks from side to side, This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask Content, though blind, had I no better guide. Milton
Página 189 - How he fell From Heaven they fabled thrown by angry Jove, Sheer o'er the crystal battlements : from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve A summer's day ; and with the setting sun, Dropt from the zenith like a falling star. The
Página 321 - My pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatever might be the future fate of my history, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Página 179 - See how from far upon the Eastern road, The star-led wizards haste with odours sweet; O run, prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at his blessed feet; Have thou the honour first thy Lord to greet, And join thy voice unto the angel choir, From out his secret altar touched with hallowed fire.
Página 279 - prophecy : Westward the course of empire takes its way : The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day ; Time's noblest offspring is the last. CHAPTER
Página 117 - cross he bore, The dear remembrance of his dying Lord, For whose sweet sake that glorious badge he wore, And dead, as living ever, Him adored. Upon his shield the like was also scored, For sovereign hope which in his help he had.

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