Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and ImmortalityA.S. Barnes, 1852 - 516 頁 |
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第 3 頁
... desire to make the Poem far more useful than it has hitherto been without notes . It has by no means the erudite character of the Paradise Lost , and does not , on this account , stand in so much need of explanatory observations ; but ...
... desire to make the Poem far more useful than it has hitherto been without notes . It has by no means the erudite character of the Paradise Lost , and does not , on this account , stand in so much need of explanatory observations ; but ...
第 5 頁
... desires to employ but a few moments at a time in its perusal . The " Night Thoughts , " not being very closely connected in its component parts , is particularly susceptible of such a division ; and what renders such a division the more ...
... desires to employ but a few moments at a time in its perusal . The " Night Thoughts , " not being very closely connected in its component parts , is particularly susceptible of such a division ; and what renders such a division the more ...
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... desire to learn something of his history and character : if he be a writer of genius , it is advan- tageous to most readers also , to be furnished with a critical account of his writings , as a preparation for reading them with an ...
... desire to learn something of his history and character : if he be a writer of genius , it is advan- tageous to most readers also , to be furnished with a critical account of his writings , as a preparation for reading them with an ...
第 19 頁
... deserving characters . In his desire to obtain the notice and the patronage of greatness , he was not always sufficiently discriminating in regard to another qua- lity , more deserving - that of goodness . If OF EDWARD YOUNG , LL.D. 19.
... deserving characters . In his desire to obtain the notice and the patronage of greatness , he was not always sufficiently discriminating in regard to another qua- lity , more deserving - that of goodness . If OF EDWARD YOUNG , LL.D. 19.
第 22 頁
... desires of fortune seemed to forsake him . The poem already alluded to , and quoted in part , concludes with a " Wish , " some stanzas of which will serve to throw light upon the author's character . They present it under an aspect ...
... desires of fortune seemed to forsake him . The poem already alluded to , and quoted in part , concludes with a " Wish , " some stanzas of which will serve to throw light upon the author's character . They present it under an aspect ...
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第 363 頁 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed — in breeze or gale or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark heaving, boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of eternity — the throne Of the Invisible ; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made ; each zone Obeys thee ; thou goest forth, dread fathomless alone.
第 185 頁 - tis said) Before was never made, But when of old the sons of morning sung, While the Creator great His constellations set, And the well-balanced world on hinges hung. And cast the dark foundations deep, And bid the weltering waves their oozy channel keep.
第 397 頁 - And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven : and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it...
第 124 頁 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.
第 363 頁 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy...
第 378 頁 - This was the most unkindest cut of all ; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors...
第 270 頁 - Pure as the expanse of heaven I thither went With unexperienced thought and laid me down On the green bank to look into the clear Smooth lake that to me seemed another sky. As I bent down to look just opposite A shape within the watery gleam appeared Bending to look on me. I started back It started back but pleased I soon returned Pleased it returned as soon with answering looks Of sympathy and love.
第 77 頁 - An heir of glory! a frail child of dust! Helpless immortal! insect infinite! A worm! a god! I tremble at myself, . And in myself am lost ! at home a stranger, Thought wanders up and down, surprised, aghast, And wondering at her own: how reason reels!
第 375 頁 - Prone on the ground, as since, but on his rear, Circular base of rising folds, that tower'd Fold above fold a surging maze, his head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes ; With burnish'd neck of verdant gold, erect Amidst his circling spires, that on the grass Floated redundant...
第 75 頁 - To reason, and on reason build resolve, (That column of true majesty in man) Assist me : I will thank you in the grave ; The grave, your kingdom : There this frame shall fall A victim sacred to your dreary shrine.