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... looks at it, looks again, then shakes his wings, and screeches out his hoarse repulsive note to testify his ecstacy of ... Look how that mighty lion, with horrid shaggy mane and outstretched paws, lies slumbering in his den, and in his ...
... looks at it, looks again, then shakes his wings, and screeches out his hoarse repulsive note to testify his ecstacy of ... Look how that mighty lion, with horrid shaggy mane and outstretched paws, lies slumbering in his den, and in his ...
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... look in her face makes us forget all their daubs ; so with La Fontaine , a single page of his works will reveal to the reader more of his nameless graces than he would collect from us , even though we were to fol- low the bent of our ...
... look in her face makes us forget all their daubs ; so with La Fontaine , a single page of his works will reveal to the reader more of his nameless graces than he would collect from us , even though we were to fol- low the bent of our ...
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... look the elaborate pains of the com- position , he will in fact be paying the highest compliment to La Fontaine ; for " ars est celare artem . " Lastly , we must say a few words of his badinage ; and we doubt whether we do not enjoy his ...
... look the elaborate pains of the com- position , he will in fact be paying the highest compliment to La Fontaine ; for " ars est celare artem . " Lastly , we must say a few words of his badinage ; and we doubt whether we do not enjoy his ...
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... the learned universities , send forth the same predictive notices in huge broad- side sheets , which make walls and doors , and wainscotting look glorious ments . Mr He with the same antithesis , and 10 [ April , Fables from La Fontaine .
... the learned universities , send forth the same predictive notices in huge broad- side sheets , which make walls and doors , and wainscotting look glorious ments . Mr He with the same antithesis , and 10 [ April , Fables from La Fontaine .
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... look upon the sacred light of day , are there preserved , to gratify the view of prying wisdom , or the empty gaze of idle folly folly that looks with equal unconcern on nature's beautiful and frightful things . Here are the halls of ...
... look upon the sacred light of day , are there preserved , to gratify the view of prying wisdom , or the empty gaze of idle folly folly that looks with equal unconcern on nature's beautiful and frightful things . Here are the halls of ...
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Page 174 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Page 474 - LIFE IN LONDON : or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his Elegant Friend, Corinthian Tom.
Page 162 - HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! How is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, And princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Page 163 - Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 370 - Tis midnight : on the mountains brown The cold, round moon shines deeply down ; Blue roll the waters, blue the sky Spreads like an ocean hung on high, Bespangled with those isles of light, So wildly, spiritually bright ; Who ever gazed upon them shining And turn'd to earth without repining, Nor wish'd for wings to flee away, And mix with their eternal ray...
Page 142 - And from this constant light, so regular And so far seen, the House itself, by all Who dwelt within the limits of the vale, Both old and young, was named THE EVENING STAR.
Page 198 - twere anew, the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful which still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old ! — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns.
Page 79 - Establishment, and the means of exciting among its members a spirit of devotion, to which the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and Church Union, in the diocese of St David's, adjudged a premium of £50 in December 1820 ; by Rev.
Page 369 - The Sun's rim dips; the stars rush out: At one stride comes the dark; With far-heard whisper, o'er the sea, Off shot the spectre-bark.
Page 271 - So that since the ever praiseworthy poesy is full of virtue-breeding delightfulness, and void of no gift that ought to be in the noble name of learning; since the blames laid against it are either false or feeble; since the cause why it is not esteemed in England is the fault of poet-apes, not poets; since, lastly, our tongue is most fit to...