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... human beings - for elevating reason , or for guiding affection . We cannot , however , take leave of this delectable specimen of writing and sentiment , which Lord Byron has given us in the form of an epistolary dedication to his friend ...
... human beings - for elevating reason , or for guiding affection . We cannot , however , take leave of this delectable specimen of writing and sentiment , which Lord Byron has given us in the form of an epistolary dedication to his friend ...
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... human happiness . In a strain of poetic fervour he exclaims , " Oh ! that the desert was my dwelling place . " ( Stanza 177. ) And if all the sentiments promulged in this poem were deli- berately his own , one would be apt to wish for ...
... human happiness . In a strain of poetic fervour he exclaims , " Oh ! that the desert was my dwelling place . " ( Stanza 177. ) And if all the sentiments promulged in this poem were deli- berately his own , one would be apt to wish for ...
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... human sorrow , reaching from its origin to its consequences . But as far as the internal evidence of the canto before us goes , we perceive no approach to that panacea . That which has caused us the most pain in the perusal of Lord ...
... human sorrow , reaching from its origin to its consequences . But as far as the internal evidence of the canto before us goes , we perceive no approach to that panacea . That which has caused us the most pain in the perusal of Lord ...
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... human race , that the influence of the sex is always in exact proportion to the honour in which their chastity is held among men . The warm and impassioned strains of Lord Byron's poetry , as they import no respect for women , so no ...
... human race , that the influence of the sex is always in exact proportion to the honour in which their chastity is held among men . The warm and impassioned strains of Lord Byron's poetry , as they import no respect for women , so no ...
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... human race ; for though it produced a temporary alienation of mind , perhaps bordering on insanity , yet with the very extravagance and madness of the sentiments there were inwoven certain imperious principles of virtue and generosity ...
... human race ; for though it produced a temporary alienation of mind , perhaps bordering on insanity , yet with the very extravagance and madness of the sentiments there were inwoven certain imperious principles of virtue and generosity ...
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Page 212 - From you have I been absent in the spring, When proud-pied April, dress'd in all his trim, Hath put a spirit of youth in every thing, That heavy Saturn laugh'd and leap'd with him.
Page 382 - Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I show the salvation of God.
Page 309 - Father, who wouldest not the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live...
Page 428 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it ; and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Page 22 - Where the car climb'd the Capitol; far and wide Temple and tower went down, nor left a site: Chaos of ruins! who shall trace the void, O'er the dim fragments cast a lunar light, And say, 'here was, or is,
Page 15 - My hopes of being remembered in my line With my land's language. If too fond and far These aspirations in their scope incline — If my fame should be, as my fortunes are, Of hasty growth and blight, and dull Oblivion bar...
Page 20 - Fill'd with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse: And now they change; a paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new color as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till — 'tis gone — and all is gray.
Page 19 - Aside for ever: it may be a sound — A tone of music — summer's eve — or spring — A flower — the wind — the ocean — which shall wound, Striking the electric chain wherewith we are darkly bound...
Page 30 - Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," as a proof that the Coliseum was entire, when seen by the Anglo-Saxon pilgrims at the end of the seventh, or the beginning of the eighth century. A notice on the Coliseum may be seen in the " Historical Illustrations,
Page 371 - And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life ; and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son, hath life ; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.