The borough, continued. Occasional pieces. The world of dreams. TalesJohn Murray, Albemarle Street, 1834 |
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... beauty , by some wretch betray'd , Is drawn away with such distracted speed , That she anticipates a dreadful deed : ( 1 ) [ " There is a certain class of novelists in whose drama nothing is real : their scenes are fancy , and their ...
... beauty , by some wretch betray'd , Is drawn away with such distracted speed , That she anticipates a dreadful deed : ( 1 ) [ " There is a certain class of novelists in whose drama nothing is real : their scenes are fancy , and their ...
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... beauty's name , Then in her reign , and hopes they'll share her fame , And talks of credit , commerce , traffic , trade , As one important by their profit made ; But who can paint the vacancy , the gloom , And spare dimensions of one ...
... beauty's name , Then in her reign , and hopes they'll share her fame , And talks of credit , commerce , traffic , trade , As one important by their profit made ; But who can paint the vacancy , the gloom , And spare dimensions of one ...
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... beauty , novelty , and wine ? " Why paint the wanton smile , the venal vow , " Or friends whose worth I can appreciate now ; " Oft I perceived my fate , and then could say , " I'll think to - morrow , I must live to - day : " So am I ...
... beauty , novelty , and wine ? " Why paint the wanton smile , the venal vow , " Or friends whose worth I can appreciate now ; " Oft I perceived my fate , and then could say , " I'll think to - morrow , I must live to - day : " So am I ...
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... beauty of the landscape- painting are such as must have recommended it to notice in poetry of any order , it derives an unspeakable charm from the lowly simplicity and humble content of the characters- at least , we cannot conceive any ...
... beauty of the landscape- painting are such as must have recommended it to notice in poetry of any order , it derives an unspeakable charm from the lowly simplicity and humble content of the characters- at least , we cannot conceive any ...
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... beauty , though those smiles were dear , Could hardly charm me when that friend was near ; My thoughts bewilder'd in the fond surprise , The woods of Ida danced before my eyes ; I saw the sprightly wanderers pour along , I saw and join ...
... beauty , though those smiles were dear , Could hardly charm me when that friend was near ; My thoughts bewilder'd in the fond surprise , The woods of Ida danced before my eyes ; I saw the sprightly wanderers pour along , I saw and join ...
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Abel ALBEMARLE STREET Aldborough answer'd antè appear'd aunt beauty behold BOROUGH bosom call'd Castle of Otranto comfort Crabbe Crabbe's cried crime Cymbeline dare deed delight disdain dread dream dull Dunciad Edinburgh Review fair fancy fate father fear fear'd feel felt fill'd fix'd fled foes fond friendly pair gain'd gentle GEORGE CRABBE give gloom grace grave grew grief grieved Gwyn happy heart honour hope hour humble Jonas kind knew labour lady live look look'd Lord lover maid meads of asphodel mind Normanston nymph o'er pain pass'd passion Peter PETER GRIMES pity pleasure poet poor possess'd praise pray'd pride remain'd rest scene scorn seem'd shame sigh sigh'd silent smile sorrow soul speak spirit strong sweet Sybil TALE terror thee thou art thought trembling Twas vex'd widow youth
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Page 135 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Page 37 - The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools.
Page 48 - Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the playplace of our early days ; The scene is touching, and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.
Page 225 - I have heard of your paintings too, well enough ; God hath given you one face and you make yourselves another: you jig, you amble, and you lisp, and nick-name God's creatures, and make your wantonness your ignorance.
Page 205 - Yes, I am proud ; I must be proud to see Men, not afraid of God, afraid of me ; Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet touch'd and sham'd by ridicule alone.
Page 10 - I waked one morning in the beginning of last June from a dream, of which all I could recover was, that I had thought myself in an ancient castle (a very natural dream for a head filled like mine with Gothic story) and that on the uppermost bannister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the evening I sat down and began to write, without knowing in the least what I intended to say or relate.
Page 107 - The great cause of the present deplorable state of English poetry is to be attributed to that absurd and systematic depreciation of Pope, in which, for the last few years, there has been a kind of epidemical concurrence.
Page 247 - Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth. And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion.
Page 247 - Ah me ! for aught that ever I could read, Could ever hear by tale or history, . The course of true love never did run smooth : J But, either it was different in blood ; — Lys.
Page 10 - I sat down and began to write, without knowing in the least what I intended to say or relate. The work grew on my hands, and I grew fond of it...