The rhapsodist; or, Mes souvenirs, an epistle [in verse].Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Browne, 1817 - 99 pages |
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... considered as one of those little stratagems , by which self - love seeks to gratify itself at second - hand . I must , however , mention his name , lest illiberal minds might suppose that I introduced some factitious character . That ...
... considered as one of those little stratagems , by which self - love seeks to gratify itself at second - hand . I must , however , mention his name , lest illiberal minds might suppose that I introduced some factitious character . That ...
Page xxiii
... It is scarcely possible to read these lines , without conceiving that the poet is describing his own character . Considered in this point of view , they are peculiarly interesting . profession , is , I think , probable , to xxiii.
... It is scarcely possible to read these lines , without conceiving that the poet is describing his own character . Considered in this point of view , they are peculiarly interesting . profession , is , I think , probable , to xxiii.
Page xxiv
... Deities , to which the automatical term can hardly be considered as suitable . They are as well known to his readers , as the human personages of the scene . He brought down his Gods to the level of his Heroes , xxiv.
... Deities , to which the automatical term can hardly be considered as suitable . They are as well known to his readers , as the human personages of the scene . He brought down his Gods to the level of his Heroes , xxiv.
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... considered as a romance , nor poetry as the mere amusement of literary indolence ; where the bard was regarded as the favourite of heaven , and his song as the sponta- neous effect of inspiration ; * among the Greeks , it is + -O'U YU ...
... considered as a romance , nor poetry as the mere amusement of literary indolence ; where the bard was regarded as the favourite of heaven , and his song as the sponta- neous effect of inspiration ; * among the Greeks , it is + -O'U YU ...
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... considered the latter as superior in design or execution to the former . In short , it appears to me , that the characters in the Odyssey will lose nothing , by the severest scrutiny , in comparison with those of the Iliad ; and that ...
... considered the latter as superior in design or execution to the former . In short , it appears to me , that the characters in the Odyssey will lose nothing , by the severest scrutiny , in comparison with those of the Iliad ; and that ...
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Academus admiration ANACREON ARISTUS arms atque bade bard beauties beneath blaze bosom CÆSAR character charms Cicero composition conceit Copies coursers critic cùm Demosthenes despotism divine earth epic Epicurus ev'n fame feel fire forms frenzy glory grace Greece Greeks heav'n Homer Homer's genius human Iliad immortal impious ingenii inspired Jove judgment Jupiter labour language LATIUM Lord Byron lustre lyre mankind mighty mihi mind moral muse nations nature neque nihil nobler numbers o'er Odyssey passion Persia PHEIDIAS plain poem Poet Poet's powers praise pride prose quæ quid rays Reilly rerum Rhapsodist rhyme Robert Atkins Roman Rome sacred scene sensibility sentiment SHAKESPEAR's skies Sophocles soul spirit splendour sublime superior tamen taste tempest Tertullian thine thing thunder tion tone verò verse videtur Voltaire Whate'er Whilst William Reilly writer yield γαρ δε και Όμηρου ου τε τὴν
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Page 65 - Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases.
Page 60 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Page 5 - HIIMANO capiti cervicem pictor equinam Jungere si velit, et varias inducere plumas Undique collatis membris, ut turpiter atrum Desinat in piscem mulier formosa superne, Spectatum admissi risum teneatis, amici...
Page 61 - ... methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam ; purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means, and in their envious gabble would prognosticate a year of sects and schisms.
Page 59 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 54 - Deus, ecce, deus!' Cui talia fanti ante fores subito non vultus, non color unus, non comptae mansere comae; sed pectus anhelum, et rabie fera corda tument; maiorque videri nec mortale sonans, afflata est numine quando 50 iam propiore dei. 'Cessas in vota precesque, Tros
Page 55 - Cum tot sustineas et tanta negotia solus, Res Italas armis tuteris, moribus ornes, Legibus emendes, in publica commoda peccem. Si longo sermone morer tua tempora, Caesar.
Page 59 - And this spirit of liberty is so deeply implanted in our constitution, and rooted even in our very soil, that a slave or a negro, the moment he lands in England, falls under the protection of the laws, and so far becomes a freeman (g) ; though the master's right to his service may possibly still continue (6), (7).
Page 83 - When the bookseller offered Milton five pounds for his Paradise Lost, he did not reject it and commit his poem to the flames, nor did he accept the miserable pittance as the reward of his labor. He knew that the real price of his work was immortality, and that posterity would pay it.
Page 55 - O navis, referent in mare te novi fluctus ! o quid agis ? fortiter occupa portum ! nonne vides ut nudum remigio latus et malus celeri saucius Africo 5 antennaeque gemant ac sine funibus vix durare carinae possint imperiosius aequor?