Lacon: or, Many things in few words, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme&Brown, 1822 |
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Page 7
... Poet , " Adsum qui feci , in me convertite ferrum . " As to the frequent recurrence of antithesis , I admit that wherever this figure presents itself to my imagination , I never reject it , if the de- ductions proposed to be drawn from ...
... Poet , " Adsum qui feci , in me convertite ferrum . " As to the frequent recurrence of antithesis , I admit that wherever this figure presents itself to my imagination , I never reject it , if the de- ductions proposed to be drawn from ...
Page 8
... poet , on the birth of a child : " When born , in tears we saw thee drown'd , " While thine assembled friends around " With smiles their joy confest . " So live , that at thy parting hour , " They may the flood of sorrow pour , " And ...
... poet , on the birth of a child : " When born , in tears we saw thee drown'd , " While thine assembled friends around " With smiles their joy confest . " So live , that at thy parting hour , " They may the flood of sorrow pour , " And ...
Page 50
... poet has lent his fictions , the painter his colours , the orator his tropes to pourtray death as the grand destroyer , the enemy , the prince of phantoms and of shades ; but can he be called a destroyer ? who for a perishable state ...
... poet has lent his fictions , the painter his colours , the orator his tropes to pourtray death as the grand destroyer , the enemy , the prince of phantoms and of shades ; but can he be called a destroyer ? who for a perishable state ...
Page 67
... poets were so scrupulous to preserve probability in actions purely human , and violated it after so abominable a manner , when they come to recount the actions of the gods . Even those who have spoken of their nature more soberly than ...
... poets were so scrupulous to preserve probability in actions purely human , and violated it after so abominable a manner , when they come to recount the actions of the gods . Even those who have spoken of their nature more soberly than ...
Page 72
... poet , " Dark ! dark ! amidst a blaze of light ! " Desperate by his own calamities , and infuriated also by the prosperity of another , he would fain fly to that hell that is beyond him , to escape that which is within . In short , envy ...
... poet , " Dark ! dark ! amidst a blaze of light ! " Desperate by his own calamities , and infuriated also by the prosperity of another , he would fain fly to that hell that is beyond him , to escape that which is within . In short , envy ...
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