Prose of the Romantic PeriodCarl Woodring Houghton Mifflin, 1961 - 600 pages Prose excerpts from the works of William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Walter Savage Landor, Charles Lamb, William Hazlitt, Leigh Hunt, Thomas de Quincey, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, and others. |
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Page 122
... light , and there was light ; " not there was light.1 As the feeling with which we startle at a shooting star , compared with that of watching the sunrise at the pre- established moment , such and so low is surprise compared with ...
... light , and there was light ; " not there was light.1 As the feeling with which we startle at a shooting star , compared with that of watching the sunrise at the pre- established moment , such and so low is surprise compared with ...
Page 128
... light ! I'll make you quiet . — What ! cheerly , - ― - For shame ! my hearts ! " Act I. , Scene 5 . The line " This ... lights burn dimly , Capulet turns his anger against the servants . Thus we see that no one passion is so predominant ...
... light ! I'll make you quiet . — What ! cheerly , - ― - For shame ! my hearts ! " Act I. , Scene 5 . The line " This ... lights burn dimly , Capulet turns his anger against the servants . Thus we see that no one passion is so predominant ...
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... light or shade . Some things must dazzle us by their preternatural light ; others must hold us in suspense , and tempt our curiosity to explore their obscurity . Those who would dispel these various illusions , to give us their drab ...
... light or shade . Some things must dazzle us by their preternatural light ; others must hold us in suspense , and tempt our curiosity to explore their obscurity . Those who would dispel these various illusions , to give us their drab ...
Contents
JEREMY BENTHAM | 4 |
THOMAS PAINE | 11 |
THOMAS ROBERT MALTHUS | 20 |
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