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... nature . For as he , who attempts to write biography , ought to have had a near acquaintance with the person whose life and character he means to delineate ; it is my pride to say , that during the long period of almost forty years , I ...
... nature . For as he , who attempts to write biography , ought to have had a near acquaintance with the person whose life and character he means to delineate ; it is my pride to say , that during the long period of almost forty years , I ...
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... nature , in his poetical compositions . He has been heard to say , for instance , that the description of the owl , in his charming poem on " Retirement , " " Whence the scar'd owl , on pinions grey , " Breaks from the rustling boughs ...
... nature , in his poetical compositions . He has been heard to say , for instance , that the description of the owl , in his charming poem on " Retirement , " " Whence the scar'd owl , on pinions grey , " Breaks from the rustling boughs ...
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... nature , in which he probably had in view Homer's sublime description of the moon , in the eighth book of the Iliad , so admirably translated by Pope , that an eminent critic has not scrupled to declare it to be superior to the original ...
... nature , in which he probably had in view Homer's sublime description of the moon , in the eighth book of the Iliad , so admirably translated by Pope , that an eminent critic has not scrupled to declare it to be superior to the original ...
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... at Slains - Castle , the seat of Lord Erroll , in Aber- deenshire . For some farther account of this accomplished nobleman , vide Appendix , [ D ] . * communicating knowledge of the most important nature , and LIFE OF DR BEATTIE . 21.
... at Slains - Castle , the seat of Lord Erroll , in Aber- deenshire . For some farther account of this accomplished nobleman , vide Appendix , [ D ] . * communicating knowledge of the most important nature , and LIFE OF DR BEATTIE . 21.
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Sir William Forbes. * communicating knowledge of the most important nature , and thus promoting the best interests of mankind . His first business , was to prepare a course of lectures , which he began to deliver to his pupils during the ...
Sir William Forbes. * communicating knowledge of the most important nature , and thus promoting the best interests of mankind . His first business , was to prepare a course of lectures , which he began to deliver to his pupils during the ...
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Сторінка 306 - Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Сторінка 498 - His studies had been so various, that I am not able to name a man of equal knowledge. His acquaintance with books was great; and what he did not immediately know he could at least tell where to find.
Сторінка 306 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Сторінка 543 - Oh, how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven, Oh, how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ! X.
Сторінка 14 - Thy shades, thy silence, now be mine, Thy charms my only theme ; My haunt the hollow cliff, whose pine Waves o'er the gloomy stream, Whence! the scared owl on pinions grey Breaks from the rustling boughs, And down the lone vale sails away To more profound repose.
Сторінка 191 - Reynolds,, who was the intimate and beloved friend of that great man ; the friend whom he declared to be " the most invulnerable man he knew ; whom, if he should quarrel with him, he should find the most difficulty how to abuse.
Сторінка 351 - True wit is nature to advantage dressed, — What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed; Something whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind.
Сторінка 340 - I know not who will go to heaven if Langton does not. Sir, I could almost say, Sit anima mea cum Langtono.
Сторінка 520 - gainst Passion's threatful blast Let steady Reason urge the struggling oar ; Shot through the dreary gloom, the morn at last Gives to thy longing eye the blissful shore. Forget my frailties, thou art also frail ; Forgive my lapses, for thyself may'st fall ; Nor read, unmoved, my artless tender tale, — I was a friend, O man, to thee, to all.
Сторінка 79 - See the grisly texture grow, ("Tis of human entrails made,) And the weights, that play below, Each a gasping warrior's head. Shafts for shuttles, dipt in gore, Shoot the trembling cords along Sword, that once a Monarch bore, Keep the tissue close and strong.