The Works of Anna Lætitia Barbauld: With a Memoir, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825 - 814 pages V. 1. Memoir. Poems -- v. 2. Correspondence. Miscellaneous pieces. |
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Page ix
... delight ; and while yet a child , she was surprised to find herself a poet . Just at the period when longer seclusion might have proved seriously injurious to her spirits , an invitation given to her learned and exemplary father to ...
... delight ; and while yet a child , she was surprised to find herself a poet . Just at the period when longer seclusion might have proved seriously injurious to her spirits , an invitation given to her learned and exemplary father to ...
Page xxvii
... she like- wise excelled ; and the neglected though delightful arts of good reading and grace- ful speaking were nowhere taught with more assiduity and success . In 1775 Mrs. Barbauld committed to the press a small xxvii.
... she like- wise excelled ; and the neglected though delightful arts of good reading and grace- ful speaking were nowhere taught with more assiduity and success . In 1775 Mrs. Barbauld committed to the press a small xxvii.
Page xxx
... delight ; and thus , by deep , strong and permanent associa- tions , to lay the best foundation for prac- tical devotion in future life . ” None of her works is a fairer monument than this , of the elevation of her soul and the ...
... delight ; and thus , by deep , strong and permanent associa- tions , to lay the best foundation for prac- tical devotion in future life . ” None of her works is a fairer monument than this , of the elevation of her soul and the ...
Page xxxi
... delight the taste and warm the piety of the most accomplished minds and finest spirits . Meantime Palgrave school was progres- sively increasing in numbers and reputa- tion , and several sons of noble families were sent to share in its ...
... delight the taste and warm the piety of the most accomplished minds and finest spirits . Meantime Palgrave school was progres- sively increasing in numbers and reputa- tion , and several sons of noble families were sent to share in its ...
Page xl
... delightful piece may perhaps be re- garded as the most successful of her efforts in literary criticism ; and that it should be so , is easily to be accounted for . There were many striking points of resemblance between her genius and ...
... delightful piece may perhaps be re- garded as the most successful of her efforts in literary criticism ; and that it should be so , is easily to be accounted for . There were many striking points of resemblance between her genius and ...
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Page 321 - Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines ; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat ; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls : Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 261 - I know not what thou art, But know that thou and I must part ; And when, or how, or where we met I own to me 'sa secret yet.
Page 321 - PRAISE to God, immortal praise, For the love that crowns our days ; Bounteous source of every joy, Let Thy praise our tongues employ...
Page 324 - AGAIN the Lord of life and light Awakes the kindling ray, Unseals the eyelids of the morn, And pours increasing day.
Page 262 - Life ! we've been long together, Through pleasant and through cloudy weather ; 'Tis hard to part when friends are dear — Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear : — Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time ; Say not ' Good night ' — but in some brighter clime Bid me
Page 322 - All that spring with bounteous hand Scatters o'er the smiling land ; All that liberal autumn pours From her rich, o'erflowing stores...
Page 330 - 11 mount aloft to thine abode ; On wings of love our souls shall fly, Nor tire amidst the heavenly road. 273. LM MBS BARBAULD. The Christian Warfare. 1 AWAKE, my soul ! lift up thine eyes ; See where thy foes against thee rise, In long array, a numerous host ; Awake, my soul ! or thou art lost.
Page 332 - How blest the sacred tie that binds In union sweet according minds ! How swift the heavenly course they run, Whose hearts, whose 'faith, whose hopes are one ! 2.
Page 262 - To the vast ocean of empyreal flame From whence thy essence came Dost thou thy flight pursue, when freed From matter's base encumbering weed? Or dost thou, hid from sight, Wait, like some spell-bound knight, Through blank oblivious years th' appointed hour To break thy trance and reassume thy power?
Page 316 - How bright the unchanging morn appears! Farewell, inconstant world, farewell ! 5 Life's labor done, as sinks the clay, Light from its load the spirit flies, While heaven and earth combine to say, " How blest the righteous when he dies !