The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Page 218
... Almanzor by a kind of concentration . He is above all laws ; he is exempt from all restraints ; he ranges the world at will , and governs wherever he appears . He fights without inquiring the cause , and loves in spite of the ...
... Almanzor by a kind of concentration . He is above all laws ; he is exempt from all restraints ; he ranges the world at will , and governs wherever he appears . He fights without inquiring the cause , and loves in spite of the ...
Page 219
... Almanzor is not more copied from Achilles than from ancient Pistol . " But I am , " says he , " strangely mistaken if I have not seen this very Almanzor of yours in some disguise about this town , and passing under another name . Pr ...
... Almanzor is not more copied from Achilles than from ancient Pistol . " But I am , " says he , " strangely mistaken if I have not seen this very Almanzor of yours in some disguise about this town , and passing under another name . Pr ...
Page 222
... Almanzor's fate is fixed , I cannot guess : but , wherever it is , I believe Almanzor , and think that all Abdalla's subjects , piled upon one another , might not pull down his fate so well as without piling ; besides , I think Abdalla ...
... Almanzor's fate is fixed , I cannot guess : but , wherever it is , I believe Almanzor , and think that all Abdalla's subjects , piled upon one another , might not pull down his fate so well as without piling ; besides , I think Abdalla ...
Page 223
... Almanzor speaks of himself ; and sure for one man to conquer an army within the city , and another without the city , at once , is something difficult : but this flight is pardon- able to some we meet with in ' Granada : ' Osmin ...
... Almanzor speaks of himself ; and sure for one man to conquer an army within the city , and another without the city , at once , is something difficult : but this flight is pardon- able to some we meet with in ' Granada : ' Osmin ...
Page 289
... Almanzor " call out for vengeance upon him : " but I knew , ' says he , " that they were bad enough to please , even when I wrote them . " There is surely reason to suspect that he pleased himself as well as his audience ; and that ...
... Almanzor " call out for vengeance upon him : " but I knew , ' says he , " that they were bad enough to please , even when I wrote them . " There is surely reason to suspect that he pleased himself as well as his audience ; and that ...
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