Letters ... written between the years 1784 and 1807 [ed. by A. Constable].1811 |
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... esteem , and pity , were avowed in those of the General , and warm entreaties that he would urge General Clinton to resign Arnold in exchange for himself , as the only means to avert that sacri- fice which the laws of war demanded . Mr ...
... esteem , and pity , were avowed in those of the General , and warm entreaties that he would urge General Clinton to resign Arnold in exchange for himself , as the only means to avert that sacri- fice which the laws of war demanded . Mr ...
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... they publish or republish , should , as a private character , possess the unqualified esteem and admiration of their readers ; and they do for him what Queen Elizabeth requested her paint- ers to do LETTER IV . 25 25.
... they publish or republish , should , as a private character , possess the unqualified esteem and admiration of their readers ; and they do for him what Queen Elizabeth requested her paint- ers to do LETTER IV . 25 25.
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... since my twelfth and his twentieth year , -from that far , far distant pe- riod , my esteem and friendship for him have never known abatement . We passed the two last weeks of the last month 30 LETTER VI . Thomas Park,
... since my twelfth and his twentieth year , -from that far , far distant pe- riod , my esteem and friendship for him have never known abatement . We passed the two last weeks of the last month 30 LETTER VI . Thomas Park,
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... esteem , his obedient ser- vant . LETTER XI . MISS PONSONBY . Lichfield , Nov. 9 , 1802 . No indeed , my dearest Madam , I could not suspect yourself , or Lady Eleanor , of forgotten promises . Were the Mysterious Mother and the Orestes ...
... esteem , his obedient ser- vant . LETTER XI . MISS PONSONBY . Lichfield , Nov. 9 , 1802 . No indeed , my dearest Madam , I could not suspect yourself , or Lady Eleanor , of forgotten promises . Were the Mysterious Mother and the Orestes ...
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... esteem . His own works are his eternal and nearly exclusive subject . He confesses his earnest desire of public praise , yet satirizes , in the Task , its administration to others , even to the memory of Shakespeare and Handel . Well ...
... esteem . His own works are his eternal and nearly exclusive subject . He confesses his earnest desire of public praise , yet satirizes , in the Task , its administration to others , even to the memory of Shakespeare and Handel . Well ...
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Adieu admirable amongst anguish ANNA SEWARD attention avowed ballad bard beauty beneath blank-verse border ballads Cadzow Castle Captain Hastings character charming circumstance compositions consciousness countenance Cowper dark dear delight Dr Darwin Dr Johnson dreadful elegance eloquence epic esteem excellence fancy feel France genius glowing grace gratified H. F. CARY happy heart Homer honour hope hour human imagination ingenious interest Johnson justly Lady landscape late LEE PHILIPS less LETTER Lichfield live lost Madoc Milton mind Minstrel Miss muse nature never observe Paradise Lost passed peace perusal pleasure poem poet poetic poetry Powys praise present prose Prussia render rhyme Saville scene Scotland Shakespeare soul Southey spirit stanza strange style sublime surely sweet talents taste thank thought tion translation verse volume WALTER SCOTT WILLIAM HAYLEY writing youth
Populaire passages
Pagina 330 - Oh! while along the stream of Time thy name Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame, Say, shall my little bark attendant sail, Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale?
Pagina 273 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Pagina 165 - I do not like thee, Doctor Fell; The reason why I cannot tell; But this I know and know full well. I do not like thee. Doctor Fell!
Pagina 222 - Resolved, their uses done. Not to the grave, not to the grave, my soul, Follow thy friend beloved ; The spirit is not there...
Pagina 91 - More dreadful and deform : on th' other side Incenst with indignation Satan stood Unterrifi'd, and like a Comet burn'd, That fires the length of Ophiucus huge In th' Artick Sky, and from his horrid hair Shakes Pestilence and Warr.
Pagina 305 - True wit is nature to advantage drest; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well exprest.
Pagina 168 - THE lapse of time and rivers is the same, Both speed their journey with a restless stream ; The silent pace with which they steal away, No wealth can bribe, no prayers persuade to stay; Alike irrevocable both when past, And a wide ocean swallows both at last.
Pagina 168 - Christ, and he is fighting for his own notions. He thinks that he is skilfully searching the hearts of others, when he is only gratifying the malignity of his own, and charitably supposes his hearers destitute of all grace, that he may shine the more in his own eyes by comparison.
Pagina 113 - ONCE in the heart, cold in yon narrow cell, Did each mild grace, each ardent virtue dwell ; Kind aid, kind tears for others
Pagina 104 - Art thou, my Gregory, for ever fled ! And am I left to unavailing woe ! When fortune's storms assail this weary. head, Where cares long since have shed untim'ely snow ! Ah, now for comfort whither shall I go ! No more thy soothing voice my anguish cheers : Thy placid eyes with smiles no longer glow, My hopes to cherish, and allay my fears. Tis meet that I should mourn : flow forth afresh, my tears.