The Oxford Entertaining Miscellany, Or, Weekly Magazine: Containing Selections from the Most Approved Authors, Original Communications, &c., &c, Volume 1F. Trash, 1824 |
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... genius , we can only say , that he knows- too little of the human heart to es- timate as he ought the moral va- lue of human actions ; for though weakness and irritability are not to be defended , yet as they form a part of our nature ...
... genius , we can only say , that he knows- too little of the human heart to es- timate as he ought the moral va- lue of human actions ; for though weakness and irritability are not to be defended , yet as they form a part of our nature ...
Pagina 7
... genius of the highest order , his Lordship was , by domestic cir- cumstances , driven from his home and family , and has died an alien to the country his talents have so much adorned : for , much as the world may differ as to the motive ...
... genius of the highest order , his Lordship was , by domestic cir- cumstances , driven from his home and family , and has died an alien to the country his talents have so much adorned : for , much as the world may differ as to the motive ...
Pagina 23
... genius he devoted himself . His character stood in Europe high above all we shall not attempt to draw . He competition . To Greece he had had virtues , and he had failings ; devoted all his energies , and the the latter were , in a ...
... genius he devoted himself . His character stood in Europe high above all we shall not attempt to draw . He competition . To Greece he had had virtues , and he had failings ; devoted all his energies , and the the latter were , in a ...
Pagina 25
... genius , raised More bliss or pain in those on whom they blaz'd- Would love to trace th ' unfolding of that power , Which hath grown ampler , grander , every hour , And feel , in watching o'er its first advance , As did the Egyptian ...
... genius , raised More bliss or pain in those on whom they blaz'd- Would love to trace th ' unfolding of that power , Which hath grown ampler , grander , every hour , And feel , in watching o'er its first advance , As did the Egyptian ...
Pagina 34
... genius arise amongst them of so pleasura- ble , so rich a vein , and so plenti- Upon his leaving school , he seems ... geniuses that ever was known in dramatic Queen Elizabeth had several of poetry . He had , by a misfortune his plays ...
... genius arise amongst them of so pleasura- ble , so rich a vein , and so plenti- Upon his leaving school , he seems ... geniuses that ever was known in dramatic Queen Elizabeth had several of poetry . He had , by a misfortune his plays ...
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Pagina 36 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was (indeed) honest, and of an open and free nature; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions...
Pagina 21 - The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea. And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free, For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave.
Pagina 82 - We were all, at the first night of it, in great uncertainty of the event ; till we were very much encouraged by overhearing the duke of Argyle, who sat in the next box to us, say ' It will do — it must do ! I see it in the eyes of them.
Pagina 22 - Must we but blush? Our fathers bled. Earth! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead! Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae!
Pagina 34 - Warwickshire for some time and shelter himself in London. It is at this time, and upon this accident, that he is said to have made his first acquaintance in the playhouse. He was received into the company then in being, at first in a very mean rank...
Pagina 27 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Pagina 80 - Doom'd, as I am, in solitude to waste The present moments, and regret the past ; Depriv'd of every joy I valued most, My friend torn from me, and my mistress lost ; Call not this gloom I wear, this anxious mien, The dull effect of humour, or of spleen ! Still, still, I mourn, with each returning day, Him* snatch'd by fate in early youth away. And her— thro...
Pagina 22 - Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep; There, swan-like, let me sing and die: A land of slaves shall ne'er be mine— Dash down yon cup of Samian wine!
Pagina 22 - Trust not for freedom to the Franks, — They have a king who buys and sells : In native swords, and native ranks, The only hope of courage dwells ; But Turkish force, and Latin fraud, Would break your shield, however broad.
Pagina 150 - I loved her. Indeed, I did not know myself why I liked so much to loiter behind with her, when returning in the evening from our...