Critical and Miscellaneous Essays ...Carey & Hart, 1841 |
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Pàgina 18
... attended , will often find that it possesses points of interest , of nature , and of effect , which , though irreconcilable to sober truth , carry with them something that the mind is not averse to believe , something in short of ...
... attended , will often find that it possesses points of interest , of nature , and of effect , which , though irreconcilable to sober truth , carry with them something that the mind is not averse to believe , something in short of ...
Pàgina 27
... attended with total destruction . Under the in- fluence of such feelings , Hoffmann formed a vow never again to touch a card , which he kept till the end of his life . " The lesson of the officer , " says Hoffmann , " was good , and its ...
... attended with total destruction . Under the in- fluence of such feelings , Hoffmann formed a vow never again to touch a card , which he kept till the end of his life . " The lesson of the officer , " says Hoffmann , " was good , and its ...
Pàgina 63
... attended the death of his own father , and which , while they indicate a bloody catastrophe to the story , bear no reference to that which really attends it . But although these objections may be started , they affect , in a slight ...
... attended the death of his own father , and which , while they indicate a bloody catastrophe to the story , bear no reference to that which really attends it . But although these objections may be started , they affect , in a slight ...
Pàgina 73
... attend it in the character of secretary . Here the original account of his adventures , published in 1824 , closed , with a promise that , if they ap- peared to wish it , the public should be informed , in due season , of Hajji's ...
... attend it in the character of secretary . Here the original account of his adventures , published in 1824 , closed , with a promise that , if they ap- peared to wish it , the public should be informed , in due season , of Hajji's ...
Pàgina 110
... attend on funeral ceremonies . Yet within the memory of most of the present generation , an idiot [ called Jamie Duff ] , of an appearance equally hideous and absurd , dressed , as if in mockery , in a rusty and ragged black coat ...
... attend on funeral ceremonies . Yet within the memory of most of the present generation , an idiot [ called Jamie Duff ] , of an appearance equally hideous and absurd , dressed , as if in mockery , in a rusty and ragged black coat ...
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Pàgina 13 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up...
Pàgina 12 - A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues, that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses.
Pàgina 45 - Some say no evil thing that walks by night, In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost, That breaks his magic chains at curfew time, No goblin or swart faery of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity.
Pàgina 31 - When I lie, sit, or walk alone, I sigh, I grieve, making great...
Pàgina 412 - And thus ends all that I doubt I shall ever be able to do with my own eyes in the keeping of my Journal, I being not able to do it any longer, having done now so long as to undo my eyes almost every time that I take a pen in my hand...
Pàgina 204 - Because you are not merry : and 'twere as easy For you to laugh and leap and say you are merry, Because you are not sad. Now, by two-headed Janus, Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time : Some that will evermore peep through their eyes And laugh like parrots at a bag-piper, And other of such vinegar aspect That they'll not show their teeth in way of smile, Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable.
Pàgina 12 - The other Shape — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either — black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart: what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Pàgina 12 - ... shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb: Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, — For each seemed either; black he stood as night; Fierce as ten furies; terrible as hell; And shook a deadly dart. What seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. In this description all is dark, uncertain, confused, terrible and sublime to the last degree.
Pàgina 13 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
Pàgina 157 - Thornton. A SPORTING TOUR THROUGH THE NORTHERN PARTS OF ENGLAND AND GREAT PART OF THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. By Colonel T. THORNTON, of Thornville Royal, in Yorkshire. With the Original Illustrations by GARRARD, and other Illustrations and Coloured Plates by GE LODGE.