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... human heart immediately vibrates . Hence the universal testimony which the most improved nations of the earth have united , throughout a long series of ages , to bestow on some few works of genius ; such as the Iliad of Homer , and the ...
... human heart immediately vibrates . Hence the universal testimony which the most improved nations of the earth have united , throughout a long series of ages , to bestow on some few works of genius ; such as the Iliad of Homer , and the ...
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... human nature , as to pass into established rules , and to be conveniently applied for judging of the excellency of any performance . A masterly genius , it is true , will , of himself , untaught , compose in such a manner as shall be ...
... human nature , as to pass into established rules , and to be conveniently applied for judging of the excellency of any performance . A masterly genius , it is true , will , of himself , untaught , compose in such a manner as shall be ...
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... human genius is perfect , there is no writer but may receive assistance from critical observations upon the beauties and faults of those who have gone before him . No rules can , indeed , supply the defect of genius , or inspire it ...
... human genius is perfect , there is no writer but may receive assistance from critical observations upon the beauties and faults of those who have gone before him . No rules can , indeed , supply the defect of genius , or inspire it ...
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... human life ; and those , too , of a kind the most pure and innocent . The necessary purposes of life might have been abundantly answered , though our senses of seeing and hearing had only served to distinguish external objects , without ...
... human life ; and those , too , of a kind the most pure and innocent . The necessary purposes of life might have been abundantly answered , though our senses of seeing and hearing had only served to distinguish external objects , without ...
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... human might , combines a variety of sources In what does the simplest form of external grandeur appear ; and what instances are mentioned ? What effect does all vastness produce ; yet what is to be remarked ; and how is this illustrated ...
... human might , combines a variety of sources In what does the simplest form of external grandeur appear ; and what instances are mentioned ? What effect does all vastness produce ; yet what is to be remarked ; and how is this illustrated ...
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Page 302 - I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar ; Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach Light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm...
Page 305 - O SING unto the LORD a new song: Sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
Page 305 - Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
Page 32 - Commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than Archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Page 103 - I shall detain you no longer in the demonstration of what we should not do, but straight conduct you to a hill-side, where I will point you out the right path of a virtuous and noble education; laborious indeed at the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospect and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming.
Page 301 - Than those of age ; thy forehead wrapt in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms along its slippery way ; I love thee, all unlovely as thou seemest, And dreaded as thou art.
Page 170 - Our imagination loves to be filled with an object, or to grasp at any thing that is too big for its capacity. We are flung into a pleasing astonishment at such unbounded views, and feel a delightful stillness and amazement in the soul at the apprehension of them.
Page 308 - The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Page 125 - Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her ? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Page 101 - And when we look upon their machines, Homer seems like his own Jupiter, in his terrors, shaking Olympus, scattering the lightnings, and firing the heavens; Virgil, like the same power, in his benevolence, counselling with the gods, laying plans for empires, and ordering his whole creation.