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... language is in many places of this play worse than prosaic , it is harsh and grating : " Ma mel vieta L'odio , che mal di un sol colpo fia pago- Abbiti in pegno di mia fe l'ardente Ma , chi altronde mi appella ? Un fragor Brama , che in ...
... language is in many places of this play worse than prosaic , it is harsh and grating : " Ma mel vieta L'odio , che mal di un sol colpo fia pago- Abbiti in pegno di mia fe l'ardente Ma , chi altronde mi appella ? Un fragor Brama , che in ...
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... language by no be their sentiments , when they per means admit of . They often render ceive these men , in whom they placed his meaning highly obscure ; they so much reliance , shrinking from the also give a studied air to passages that ...
... language by no be their sentiments , when they per means admit of . They often render ceive these men , in whom they placed his meaning highly obscure ; they so much reliance , shrinking from the also give a studied air to passages that ...
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... language ? bick powder'd in its Weight of Wine , I have sometimes heard that its omis- and throw this on the Back in the sion in Johnson arose from prejudice ; Pewter - dish or Saucer , that it may but , as it is equally omitted in ...
... language ? bick powder'd in its Weight of Wine , I have sometimes heard that its omis- and throw this on the Back in the sion in Johnson arose from prejudice ; Pewter - dish or Saucer , that it may but , as it is equally omitted in ...
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... language , and signify the vowel e , preserve his portrait in her chamber pronounced at the end of their words , with the same sound as that of de . Thus , in the subsequent line of Cor- neille , Mais ne rejettons pas une esperance ...
... language , and signify the vowel e , preserve his portrait in her chamber pronounced at the end of their words , with the same sound as that of de . Thus , in the subsequent line of Cor- neille , Mais ne rejettons pas une esperance ...
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... LANGUAGE . With respect to the pronunciation I BEG leave to offer some remarks of the vowels , as he appears to allude on an article in your last , signed to some former observations of his , Erua , on the pronunciation of the Latin I ...
... LANGUAGE . With respect to the pronunciation I BEG leave to offer some remarks of the vowels , as he appears to allude on an article in your last , signed to some former observations of his , Erua , on the pronunciation of the Latin I ...
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Page 517 - d, then she picks her way, Slowly and cautious, in the clinging clay ; Till, in mid-green, she trusts a place unsound, And deeply plunges in th' adhesive ground ; Thence, but with pain, her slender foot she takes, While hope the mind, as strength the frame, forsakes : For, when so full the cup of sorrow grows, Add but a drop, it instantly o'erflows.
Page 429 - ... would suppose him animated by the spirit of the creature he describes. And with all his drollery there is a mixture of rational and even religious reflection, at times, and always an air of pleasantry, good-nature, and humanity, that makes him, in my mind, one of the most amiable writers in the world.
Page 375 - My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.
Page 429 - I love the memory of Vinny Bourne. I think him a better Latin poet than Tibullus, Propertius, Ausonius, or any of the writers in his way, except Ovid, and not at all inferior to him. I love him too with a love of partiality, because he was usher of the fifth form at Westminster, when I passed through it.
Page 517 - Correct in thought, she judged a servant's place Preserved a rustic beauty from disgrace; But yet on Sunday-eve, in freedom's hour, With secret joy she felt that beauty's power, When some proud bliss upon the heart would steal, That, poor or rich, a beauty still must feel.
Page 429 - ... rational and even religious reflection at times ; and always an air of pleasantry, good-nature, and humanity, that makes him, in my mind, one of the most amiable writers in the world. It is not common to meet with an author who can make you smile, and yet at nobody's expense ; who is always entertaining, and yet always harmless ; and who, though always elegant, and classical to a degree not always found in the classics themselves, charms more by the simplicity and playfulness of his ideas, than...
Page 332 - I gave them, that I would never stir against you. But my misfortune was such as to meet with some horrid people, that made me believe things of your majesty, and gave me so many false arguments, that I was fully led away to believe, that it was a shame and a sin before God not to do it.
Page 517 - And tears unnoticed from their channels flow; Serene her manner, till some sudden pain Frets the meek soul, and then she's calm again; Her broken pitcher to the pool she takes, And every step with cautious terror makes; For not alone that infant in her arms, But nearer cause, her anxious soul alarms. With water burthen'd, then she picks her way, Slowly and cautious, in the clinging clay; Till, in mid-green, she trusts a place unsound, And deeply plunges in th...
Page 346 - A Descriptive Catalogue of the Oriental Library of the Late Tippoo Sultan of Mysore.
Page 517 - Lo! now with red rent cloak and bonnet black, And torn green gown loose hanging at her back, One who an infant in her arms sustains, And seems in patience striving with her pains...