Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c., Delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831Harper, 1833 - 324 pages |
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... syllable , even when Philip was at the gates , -we must necessarily form very imperfect ideas from reading them in a dead language , addressed only to the eye , for the sounds , whatever be our pronunciation , are little more than ...
... syllable , even when Philip was at the gates , -we must necessarily form very imperfect ideas from reading them in a dead language , addressed only to the eye , for the sounds , whatever be our pronunciation , are little more than ...
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... syllables , corresponding to speech and song- prose and verse . In the former , the rhythm or cadence is allowed to flow on , without interruption , into lengths and subdivisions of period , according to the requirements of the subject ...
... syllables , corresponding to speech and song- prose and verse . In the former , the rhythm or cadence is allowed to flow on , without interruption , into lengths and subdivisions of period , according to the requirements of the subject ...
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... syllable , word , accent , or quantity , that can enter into English sentences , are jumbled in juxta- position , like disrupted strata , where convulsions of nature have thrown down mountains and heaved up valleys . Characteristics of ...
... syllable , word , accent , or quantity , that can enter into English sentences , are jumbled in juxta- position , like disrupted strata , where convulsions of nature have thrown down mountains and heaved up valleys . Characteristics of ...
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... syllables , there is an indescribable mannerism which distinguishes poetry from prose . This may be best apprehended from an example , -it shall be an illus- trious one , -of the same subject , treated with con- summate ability by the ...
... syllables , there is an indescribable mannerism which distinguishes poetry from prose . This may be best apprehended from an example , -it shall be an illus- trious one , -of the same subject , treated with con- summate ability by the ...
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... syllables , and , in some languages , of accent . But the true pronunciation of Hebrew is lost - lost to a degree far beyond what can be the case of any European language preserved only in writing ; for the Hebrew , like most oriental ...
... syllables , and , in some languages , of accent . But the true pronunciation of Hebrew is lost - lost to a degree far beyond what can be the case of any European language preserved only in writing ; for the Hebrew , like most oriental ...
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Page 28 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low— And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won.
Page 263 - Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Page 29 - And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him— he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not— his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away...
Page 225 - And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: For I have slain a man to my wounding, And a young man to my hurt. 24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
Page 243 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain; who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; who maketh the clouds his chariot; who walketh upon the wings of the wind; who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire.
Page 13 - Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark Illumine; what is low, raise and support; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.
Page 227 - And he said, BLESSED be the Lord God of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant.
Page 86 - As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
Page 139 - Could I embody and unbosom now That which is most within me, — could I wreak My thoughts upon expression, and thus throw Soul, heart, mind, passions, feelings, strong or weak, All that I would have sought, and all I seek, Bear, know, feel, and yet breathe— into one word, And that one word were Lightning, I would speak ; But as it is, I live and die unheard, With a most voiceless thought, sheathing it as a sword.
Page 119 - ... the primary laws of our nature: chiefly, as far as regards the manner in which we associate ideas in a state of excitement.