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The Philosophy of Rhetoric - Page 218
by George Campbell - 1801
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The Literary magnet of the belles lettres, science, and the fine ..., Volume 2

Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 476 pages
...cup of sweets; he seems exalted to something above humanity, — and at length, like Philip's sen, " Assumes the God, Affects to nod, — And seems to shake the spheres." There are few among the numerous readers of a periodical journal, who are capable of appreciating the...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - Diccion - 1825 - 382 pages
...sovereign of the world. The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound ; f A present deity, they shoot around ; A present deity ; the vaulted roofs rebound....hears, Assumes the god, affects to nod, And seems to snake the spheres. The praise of Bacchus, then, the sweet musician sung ; Of Bacchus, ever fair and...
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Select Poets of Great Britain: To which are Prefixed, Criticial Notices of ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...slender waist he eurl'd, [world. And stamp'd an image of himself, a sovereign of the The listening erowd Fi D" ~ lx j M oO 9 q w b72l n % %, \ E Hژ fڦ...q1 D 8~ [+i /( f w G | ̲$ 1DTē ͪ 2 Y U gN Q* ! monareh hears, Assumes the god, Affeets to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. The praise of Baeehus...
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Select satires; with notes, for the use of the Royal military college

Juvenal - 1825 - 234 pages
...his " Alexander's Feast," draws a striking picture of a poor silly mortal intoxicated by adulation : With ravish'd ears The monarch hears; Assumes the...god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. 71. Patina mensura] Patina satis magna. R. 72. Quos oderat ille, fyc.] We have here a striking representation...
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The elementary elocutionist: a selection of pieces in prose and verse, by J ...

John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...fair Olyrapia press'd, And stamp'd an image of himself, a sovereign of the world! The listening crowd admire the lofty sound : " A present deity !" they...god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. The praise of Bacchus, then, the sweet musician sung, Of Bacchus, ever fair and ever young !— The...
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Elegant Extracts: Book V. Pindaric, Horatian, and other odes ; Book VI ...

English poetry - 1826 - 310 pages
...slender waist he curl'd, And stamp'd an image of himself, a sovereign of the world. The listening crowd admire the lofty sound : A present deity ! they shout...present deity ! the vaulted roofs rebound. With ravish'd tears The monarch hears ; Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. The praise...
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The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 82

1822 - 608 pages
...the patron who suffers himself to be exalted almost into the throne of omnipotence, — where he " Assumes the God, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres." Happily, these lords of the creation have no existence at present. —English noblemen are too enlightened...
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The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1827 - 412 pages
...to fair Olympia press'd, And stamp'du image of himself, a sovereign of the worldHie list nmg crowd admire the lofty sound : A present deity they shout...god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung Of Bacchus ever fair, and ever young : *' The jolly...
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The London Magazine, Volume 17

English literature - 1827 - 608 pages
...any little nonsense in that quarter, instantly conceives it to be Wisdom herself, and forthwith he " assumes the god, affects to nod, and seems to shake the spheres." Jobanna Southeote, in her seventieth year, observing that her zone or her apron string, whichever it...
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An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors

J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...press'd, ***** * # * * * . And stamp'd an image of himself, a sovereign of the world. The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound ; A present deity, they shout...god, affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. The praise of Bacchus, then, the sweet musician sung : Of Bacchus, ever fair and ever young. The jolly...
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