An Essay on Light Reading: As it May be Supposed to Influence Moral Conduct and Literary TasteJ. Carpenter, 1808 - 213 Seiten |
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... of which the light reading alluded to may be thought productive , I shall arrange the different orders of works of fancy under their proper heads . Thus , to borrow a phrase from the system of the naturalist , the word novel is a 4.
... of which the light reading alluded to may be thought productive , I shall arrange the different orders of works of fancy under their proper heads . Thus , to borrow a phrase from the system of the naturalist , the word novel is a 4.
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... head also ; and decency , reason , and gram- matical accuracy , fall unlamented be- fore him . The author of the novel feels no compunction , nor his reader any dis- gust ; the former acquires money , and the latter finds amusement ...
... head also ; and decency , reason , and gram- matical accuracy , fall unlamented be- fore him . The author of the novel feels no compunction , nor his reader any dis- gust ; the former acquires money , and the latter finds amusement ...
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... perfectly inexcusable ; and very unseemly , as the labour of a head white with the snows of time , and crowned , as it is , with li- terary laurels . The author of Henry might have lost somewhat of his popu- larity , but 54.
... perfectly inexcusable ; and very unseemly , as the labour of a head white with the snows of time , and crowned , as it is , with li- terary laurels . The author of Henry might have lost somewhat of his popu- larity , but 54.
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... head : " Shall I assist you , my dear ? " I said . " Oh , no , sir , " she answered , colouring . " Come , come , make no ceremony , " said I ; and helped her to lift the pail : < she thanked me , and went up the steps , ' smiling ...
... head : " Shall I assist you , my dear ? " I said . " Oh , no , sir , " she answered , colouring . " Come , come , make no ceremony , " said I ; and helped her to lift the pail : < she thanked me , and went up the steps , ' smiling ...
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... head . And , in the first in- stance , offer my opinion candidly on the general characteristics of the poems of Swift and Pope : I mean those parts of their poetical labours which are more particularly in every one's possession , and ...
... head . And , in the first in- stance , offer my opinion candidly on the general characteristics of the poems of Swift and Pope : I mean those parts of their poetical labours which are more particularly in every one's possession , and ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 176 - And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit, in these degenerate times of shame, To catch the heart or strike for honest fame...
Seite 175 - And pinch'd with cold, and shrinking from the shower, With heavy heart deplores that luckless hour, When idly first, ambitious of the town, She left her wheel and robes of country brown.
Seite 168 - While the pent ocean, rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile ; — The slow canal, the yellow-blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated plain — A new creation rescued from his reign.
Seite 167 - To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And, sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward, methinks, and diligently slow, The...
Seite 181 - But urg'd by storms along its slippery way, I love thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st, And dreaded as thou art! Thou...
Seite 188 - British earth, that the ground on which he treads is holy, and consecrated by the genius of universal emancipation. No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced ; no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have...
Seite 174 - As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Tho' round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Seite 189 - No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced; no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon him; no matter in what disastrous battle his liberty may have been cloven down; no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of Slavery; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust...
Seite 183 - Tis morning ; and the sun, with ruddy orb Ascending, fires the horizon ; while the clouds, That crowd away before the driving wind, More ardent as the disk emerges more, Resemble most some city in a blaze, Seen through the leafless wood.
Seite 188 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.