The Port Folio, Volumes 1-2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1806 |
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Page 8
... kind of dialogued romance , a series of incidents at once destitute of pro- bability and decency . At last , good taste opened her school at Port - Royal ; and from this school came Pascal and Racine : Pascal , who gave us the first ...
... kind of dialogued romance , a series of incidents at once destitute of pro- bability and decency . At last , good taste opened her school at Port - Royal ; and from this school came Pascal and Racine : Pascal , who gave us the first ...
Page 32
... kind Heav'n or . dain'd To hold its lofty vigils ; and await The fearful crisis of the coming storm , Flings its broad beam no more ; while Freedom sits Disconsolate ; and heav'nward sighing , veils Her form in sackcloth , and her face ...
... kind Heav'n or . dain'd To hold its lofty vigils ; and await The fearful crisis of the coming storm , Flings its broad beam no more ; while Freedom sits Disconsolate ; and heav'nward sighing , veils Her form in sackcloth , and her face ...
Page 42
... kind of Melodrame , invented by the immortal Gluck ; a singular anecdote of whom is told in relation to " The Last Judgment . " Gluck , having reflected for a long time on the manner in which he should make the Messiah sing , consulted ...
... kind of Melodrame , invented by the immortal Gluck ; a singular anecdote of whom is told in relation to " The Last Judgment . " Gluck , having reflected for a long time on the manner in which he should make the Messiah sing , consulted ...
Page 44
... kind so different , that they might be justly said ( in the language which a Roman critic employs in speaking of Livy and Sallust ) to be pares magis quam similes . They divide between them the honor of having supplied an important ...
... kind so different , that they might be justly said ( in the language which a Roman critic employs in speaking of Livy and Sallust ) to be pares magis quam similes . They divide between them the honor of having supplied an important ...
Page 63
... kind of joy , But for it TIME permits us use it ; TIME ' tis delightful to employ , And bliss , still more , it is to lose it ! How slow its motion , tells the lover To her who , cruel , still denies ; And , a favour would he ravish ...
... kind of joy , But for it TIME permits us use it ; TIME ' tis delightful to employ , And bliss , still more , it is to lose it ! How slow its motion , tells the lover To her who , cruel , still denies ; And , a favour would he ravish ...
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