On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With Occasional Remarks on the Laws, Customs, Manners, and Opinions of Various Nations, Volume 4G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823 |
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... " Sans son atelier , sars ses amis , sans son beau ciel , sans sa Rome . " So well did the sculptor feel the power and influence of that city . 1 Ammianus Marcellinus . VI . Meditating on the rise of republics ; the 8 Ruins of Rome .
... " Sans son atelier , sars ses amis , sans son beau ciel , sans sa Rome . " So well did the sculptor feel the power and influence of that city . 1 Ammianus Marcellinus . VI . Meditating on the rise of republics ; the 8 Ruins of Rome .
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... Meditating on the rise of republics ; the revolu- tions of empires ; the changes of manners , customs , laws , and opinions ; a progression of ages is exhibited to the mind , in characters and pictures , which , giving an enlarged view ...
... Meditating on the rise of republics ; the revolu- tions of empires ; the changes of manners , customs , laws , and opinions ; a progression of ages is exhibited to the mind , in characters and pictures , which , giving an enlarged view ...
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... eyes to heaven , without indulging the silent charm of meditating on the cross . When , therefore , his favourite wish was realized , impossible is it to describe the solemn interest , with which he beheld the 28 Pleasures of Memory .
... eyes to heaven , without indulging the silent charm of meditating on the cross . When , therefore , his favourite wish was realized , impossible is it to describe the solemn interest , with which he beheld the 28 Pleasures of Memory .
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... meditates , more certain and complete . For , for one man , that despair ruins , hope ruins ninety ; an hun- dred ; nay , even a thousand . The temple of fortune was built of a species of alabaster , so transparent , that even when the ...
... meditates , more certain and complete . For , for one man , that despair ruins , hope ruins ninety ; an hun- dred ; nay , even a thousand . The temple of fortune was built of a species of alabaster , so transparent , that even when the ...
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... meditative , whose only dower of inheritance was independance of mind : when the captivating bloom of youth has faded into ugliness , penury , and age : when the electrical fibres of the heart freeze before the touches of selfish indif ...
... meditative , whose only dower of inheritance was independance of mind : when the captivating bloom of youth has faded into ugliness , penury , and age : when the electrical fibres of the heart freeze before the touches of selfish indif ...
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Page 97 - Where each old poetic mountain Inspiration breathed around ; Every shade and hallow'd fountain Murmur'd deep a solemn sound : Till the sad Nine, in Greece's evil hour Left their Parnassus for the Latian plains.
Page 194 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in, glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy.
Page 166 - But o'er the twilight groves and dusky caves, Long-sounding aisles, and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence., and a dread repose: Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Page 33 - He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.
Page 138 - Yet are thy skies as blue, thy crags as wild; Sweet are thy groves, and verdant are thy fields, Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smiled, And still his...
Page 99 - And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
Page 164 - From the first Of days, on them his love divine he fix'd, His admiration : till in time complete, What he admired and loved, his vital smile Unfolded into being. Hence the breath Of life informing each organic frame, Hence the green earth, and wild resounding waves; Hence light and shade alternate ; warmth and cold ; And clear autumnal skies, and vernal showers, And all the fair variety of things.
Page 188 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world, at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads, to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Page 202 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies : The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Page 126 - Wrapt in a pleasing fit of melancholy, To meditate my rural minstrelsy, Till fancy had her fill. But ere a close The wonted roar was up amidst the woods...