The Recreations of Christopher North, Zväzok 2William Blackwood & sons, 1842 |
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Strana 11
... characters we indulge the pleasing hope that there are some striking points of resemblance , on which , however , our modesty will not permit us to dwell - and in our acquirements , more particularly in Plane and Spherical Trigonometry ...
... characters we indulge the pleasing hope that there are some striking points of resemblance , on which , however , our modesty will not permit us to dwell - and in our acquirements , more particularly in Plane and Spherical Trigonometry ...
Strana 14
... character in a Philosophical Poem . He is described as endowed by nature with a great intellect , a noble imagination , a profound soul , and a tender heart . It will not be said that nature keeps these her noblest gifts for human ...
... character in a Philosophical Poem . He is described as endowed by nature with a great intellect , a noble imagination , a profound soul , and a tender heart . It will not be said that nature keeps these her noblest gifts for human ...
Strana 21
... his success was far from encouraging . Among amusing in- cidents , sketches of character , occasional sound and in- telligent remarks upon the manners and prospects of the common classes of society into which he found his way THE MOORS .
... his success was far from encouraging . Among amusing in- cidents , sketches of character , occasional sound and in- telligent remarks upon the manners and prospects of the common classes of society into which he found his way THE MOORS .
Strana 22
... character which none esteems , and almost every one despises . The idea that people of all ranks entertain of them is , that they are mean - spirited loquacious liars , cunning and illiterate , watching every opportunity , and using ...
... character which none esteems , and almost every one despises . The idea that people of all ranks entertain of them is , that they are mean - spirited loquacious liars , cunning and illiterate , watching every opportunity , and using ...
Strana 23
... character of his subjects in " huts where poor men lie " -had he not " stooped his anointed head " beneath the doors of such huts , as willingly as he ever raised it aloft , with all its glorious laurels , in the palaces of nobles and ...
... character of his subjects in " huts where poor men lie " -had he not " stooped his anointed head " beneath the doors of such huts , as willingly as he ever raised it aloft , with all its glorious laurels , in the palaces of nobles and ...
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Strana 382 - These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins; these are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the first-fruits unto God and to the Lamb.
Strana 235 - The Lord giveth, and the Lord ' taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord.
Strana 59 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Strana 134 - That look not like the inhabitants o' the earth, And yet are on't ? Live you ? or are you aught That man may question ? You seem to understand me, By each at once her choppy finger laying Upon her skinny lips.
Strana 381 - Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale, Yet will I fear none ill ; For thou art with me ; and thy rod And staff me comfort still.
Strana 344 - In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth, and, with low-thoughted care.
Strana 354 - So still an image of tranquillity, So calm and still, and looked so beautiful Amid the uneasy thoughts which filled my mind...
Strana 328 - The essence of poetry is invention ; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights. The topics of devotion are few, and being few are universally known ; but few as they are, they can be made no more ; they can receive no grace from novelty of sentiment, and very little from novelty of expression.
Strana 27 - ... starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills. In him the savage virtue of the race, Revenge, and all ferocious thoughts were dead Nor did he change ; but kept in lofty place The wisdom which adversity had bred. Glad were the vales, and every cottage hearth ; The shepherd lord was honoured more and more ; And, ages after he was laid in earth, "The good Lord Clifford
Strana 27 - Bear me to the heart of France Is the longing of the shield — Tell thy name, thou trembling field! Field of death, where'er thou be, Groan thou with our victory! Happy day, and mighty hour, When our shepherd, in his power, Mailed and horsed with lance and sword, To his ancestors restored, Like a re-appearing star, Like a glory from afar, First shall head the flock of war!