Literary Hours: Or, Sketches Critical and Narrative, Volume 1J. Burkitt, 1800 - English literature |
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... of this poem . Several of her sonnets are entitled to the appella- tions of sublime , pathetic and pictoresque , and few are deficient , either in choice of diction , or harmony of versification . gave . 114 NO . VI . LITERARY.
... of this poem . Several of her sonnets are entitled to the appella- tions of sublime , pathetic and pictoresque , and few are deficient , either in choice of diction , or harmony of versification . gave . 114 NO . VI . LITERARY.
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... pictoresque improver , nothing can more happily accord with the wishes of taste , and the genius of the surrounding scenery ; they are appropriate to the soil , and suggest the most interesting retrospect of the religion , manners , and ...
... pictoresque improver , nothing can more happily accord with the wishes of taste , and the genius of the surrounding scenery ; they are appropriate to the soil , and suggest the most interesting retrospect of the religion , manners , and ...
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... pictoresque manner , the glimpses of the water , and the notes of the nightingale , who now began to fill the valley with her song , were more than sufficient to take off the sense of fatigue , and they wandered on , still eager to ...
... pictoresque manner , the glimpses of the water , and the notes of the nightingale , who now began to fill the valley with her song , were more than sufficient to take off the sense of fatigue , and they wandered on , still eager to ...
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... pictoresque beauties so profusely scattered over that classic soil . To this attachment to , and practice of paint- ing , which , though he afterwards assumed the clerical profession , continued through life , we owe that accuracy ...
... pictoresque beauties so profusely scattered over that classic soil . To this attachment to , and practice of paint- ing , which , though he afterwards assumed the clerical profession , continued through life , we owe that accuracy ...
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... pictoresque and interesting descriptions . In our own country some attempts have been made to introduce arabian imagery into the eclogue , but we seldom meet with it in poetry of a higher cast . Dyer however has appositely interwoven ...
... pictoresque and interesting descriptions . In our own country some attempts have been made to introduce arabian imagery into the eclogue , but we seldom meet with it in poetry of a higher cast . Dyer however has appositely interwoven ...
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Page 195 - Whose midnight revels, by a forest side, Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course ; they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear ; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds.
Page 375 - 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 409 - With lust and violence the house of God? In courts and palaces he also reigns, And in luxurious cities, where the noise Of riot ascends above their loftiest towers, And injury, and outrage: And when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
Page 411 - A pillar of state : deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat, and public care : And princely counsel in his face yet shone, Majestic though in ruin...
Page 66 - With fairest flowers Whilst summer lasts and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave: thou shalt not lack The flower that's like thy face, pale primrose, nor The azured harebell, like thy veins, no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath...
Page 331 - Now gliding remote, on the verge of the sky, The moon half extinguished her crescent displays ; But lately I marked, when majestic on high She shone, and the planets were lost in her blaze. Roll on, thou fair orb, and with gladness pursue The path that conducts thee to splendor again : But man's faded glory what change shall renew? Ah, fool...
Page 338 - As I left this place, and entered into the next field, a second pleasure entertained me : 'twas a handsome milkmaid, that had not yet attained so much age and wisdom as to load her mind with any fears of many things that will never be...
Page 412 - On the other side up-rose Belial, in act more graceful and humane : A fairer person lost not Heaven ; he seem'd For dignity compos'd, and high exploit : But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels : for his thoughts were low...
Page 331 - Tis night, and the landscape is lovely no more ; I mourn, but, ye woodlands, I mourn not for you; For morn is approaching, your charms to restore...
Page 30 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.