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... possession , and thus exasperate you with financial values when you only wish for literary estimates . What do I care how much he paid " in gold " for the bindings of his various Shakespeares ? It is the " inspired leaves " we are after ...
... possession , and thus exasperate you with financial values when you only wish for literary estimates . What do I care how much he paid " in gold " for the bindings of his various Shakespeares ? It is the " inspired leaves " we are after ...
الصفحة 22
... Mr. Pope's he chose to exhibit in sanguinary tint . A copy of this edition , very much thumbed and wanting half a dozen leaves , fell into the possession of Charles Lamb more than a hundred years after it was pub- 22 MY FRIEND'S LIBRARY .
... Mr. Pope's he chose to exhibit in sanguinary tint . A copy of this edition , very much thumbed and wanting half a dozen leaves , fell into the possession of Charles Lamb more than a hundred years after it was pub- 22 MY FRIEND'S LIBRARY .
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... princely copy of Ben Jonson , the Illustrious . Southey lent it , when he possessed the magnifico , to Coleridge , who has begemmed it all over with his fine pencillings . As Ben once handled the trowel MY FRIEND'S LIBRARY . 25.
... princely copy of Ben Jonson , the Illustrious . Southey lent it , when he possessed the magnifico , to Coleridge , who has begemmed it all over with his fine pencillings . As Ben once handled the trowel MY FRIEND'S LIBRARY . 25.
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... your public honors , in possession or in prospect . If they continue to accumulate so rapidly , you will be at the summit of political eminence by that time of life when men are usually just begin- MY FRIEND'S LIBRARY . 33.
... your public honors , in possession or in prospect . If they continue to accumulate so rapidly , you will be at the summit of political eminence by that time of life when men are usually just begin- MY FRIEND'S LIBRARY . 33.
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... , Hereunto sets his hand , On Saturday , 24th July , 1869 . C. D. And this precious volume , thus enriched , is not the least among my friend's possessions . My friend has a habit of placing on the fly- MY FRIEND'S LIBRARY . 37.
... , Hereunto sets his hand , On Saturday , 24th July , 1869 . C. D. And this precious volume , thus enriched , is not the least among my friend's possessions . My friend has a habit of placing on the fly- MY FRIEND'S LIBRARY . 37.
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الصفحة 14 - Latin — rime being no necessary adjunct or true ornament of poem or good verse, in longer works especially, but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre; graced indeed since by the use of some famous modern poets, carried away by custom, but much to their own vexation, hindrance, and constraint to express many things otherwise, and for the most part worse, than else they would have expressed them.
الصفحة 14 - THE measure is English heroic verse without rime, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin, — rime being no necessary adjunct or true ornament of poem or good verse, in longer works especially, but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre...
الصفحة 82 - Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, "Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn...
الصفحة 57 - ... the very hill which we were ascending, through deep snows, in a New England sleigh, when my father made known this purpose to me. I could not speak. How could he, I thought, with so large a family and in such narrow circumstances, think of incurring so great an expense for me. A warm glow ran all over me, and I laid my head on my father's shoulder and wept.
الصفحة 82 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
الصفحة 17 - I thought of Chatterton, the marvellous Boy, The sleepless Soul that perished in his pride; Of Him who walked in glory and in joy Following his plough, along the mountain-side...
الصفحة 28 - It is true, that it is not at all necessary to love many books in order to love them much. The scholar, in Chaucer, who would rather have " At his beddes head A twenty bokes, clothed in black and red, Of Aristotle and his philosophy, Than robes rich, or fiddle, or psaltrie...
الصفحة 32 - B. Franklin, Philadelphia," my friend's library is richly stored. One of them is " The Charter of Privileges, granted by William Penn Esq: to the Inhabitants of Pennsylvania and Territories." " PRINTED AND SOLD BY B. FRANKLIN " looks odd enough on the dingy title-page of this old volume, and the contents are full of interest. Rough days were those when " Jehu Curtis " was
الصفحة 249 - Not to a rage: patience and sorrow strove Who should express her goodliest. You have seen Sunshine and rain at once: her smiles and tears Were like a better way: those happy smilets That play'd on her ripe lip seem'd not to know What guests were in her eyes; which parted thence As pearls from diamonds dropp'd.
الصفحة 291 - All possibilities are in its hands, No danger daunts it, and no foe withstands; In its sublime audacity of faith, "Be thou removed!