Letters to a Young Lady on a Course of English Poetry: By J. AikinJ. Johnson, 1807 - 297 pages |
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... languages been found agreeable to the car , and a means of impressing the sense of words upon the mind with peculiar force and sweetness . To assist you in acquiring an ear for the melody of verse , will therefore be the first object of ...
... languages been found agreeable to the car , and a means of impressing the sense of words upon the mind with peculiar force and sweetness . To assist you in acquiring an ear for the melody of verse , will therefore be the first object of ...
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... language from the sublime conceptions of the Hebrew bards . It was , indeed , a noble foretaste of what the young poet was destined to be , and showed that grandeur was not less his cha- racteristic than elegance . It has been ob ...
... language from the sublime conceptions of the Hebrew bards . It was , indeed , a noble foretaste of what the young poet was destined to be , and showed that grandeur was not less his cha- racteristic than elegance . It has been ob ...
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... language of poetry as exhibited in the best models , I now , my dear Mary , carry you back to one who is regarded as the master of Pope , and whom many think his superior . This is the ce- lebrated DRYDEN , a name scarcely second to any ...
... language of poetry as exhibited in the best models , I now , my dear Mary , carry you back to one who is regarded as the master of Pope , and whom many think his superior . This is the ce- lebrated DRYDEN , a name scarcely second to any ...
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... language de- serve more attention . Dryden was versed in the learning of the schools , and was fond on all occasions of pouring forth his know- ledge upon abstruse and speculative points . You will therefore find , intermixed with the ...
... language de- serve more attention . Dryden was versed in the learning of the schools , and was fond on all occasions of pouring forth his know- ledge upon abstruse and speculative points . You will therefore find , intermixed with the ...
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... language and sentiments are those of human beings . It is true , supposing them to converse at all , is giving them the principal attribute of man ; yet the most correct fabulists limit their discourse to the mere illustration of the ...
... language and sentiments are those of human beings . It is true , supposing them to converse at all , is giving them the principal attribute of man ; yet the most correct fabulists limit their discourse to the mere illustration of the ...
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Page 273 - Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet, when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions and a will resign...
Page 44 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Page 270 - When lovely woman stoops to folly. And finds, too late, that men betray. What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away? The only art her guilt to cover. To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, — is to die.
Page 138 - To quell the mighty of the earth, the oppressor, The brute and boisterous force of violent men, Hardy and industrious to support Tyrannic power, but raging to pursue The righteous, and all such as honour truth...
Page 26 - Whilst listening to the murmuring leaves he stood, More than a mile immers'd within the wood, At once the wind was laid, the whispering sound Was dumb; a rising earthquake rock'd the ground; With deeper brown the grove was overspread; A sudden horror seiz'd his giddy head, And his ears tinkled, and his colour fled ; Nature was in alarm; some danger nigh Seem'd threaten'd, though unseen to mortal eye.
Page 94 - She, who ne'er answers till a husband cools, Or, if she rules him, never shows she rules; Charms by accepting, by submitting sways, Yet has her humour most, when she obeys...
Page 267 - Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There, as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet their young ; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school ; The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion...
Page 282 - And Reason, now, through Number, Time, and Space, ' Darts the keen lustre of her serious eye, ' And learns, from facts compared, the laws to trace, ' Whose long progression leads to Deity.
Page 87 - Others on earth o'er human race preside, Watch all their ways, and all their actions guide : Of these the chief the care of nations own, And guard with arms divine the British throne. Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing, tho' less glorious care ; To save the powder from too rude a gale, Nor let th...
Page 68 - Your generous boldness to defend An innocent and absent friend; That courage which can make you just To merit humbled in the dust; The detestation you express For vice in all its glittering dress...