 ' brown chief" some time, the bards conclude by giving him their advice to " raise his fair locks ;" then to " spread them on the arch of the rainbow;" and «< to smile through the tears of the storm." Of this kind of thing there are no less than nine...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 2781808Full view - About this book
 | Matthew Iley, J. M. Millingen - 1825 - 448 pages
...him their advice to ' raise his fair locks ;' then to ' spread them on the arch of a rainbow ;' and ' to smile through the tears of the storm.' Of this...privilege of poets to be egotists ; but they should ' use it as not abusing it ;' and particularly one who piques himself (though indeed at the ripe age... | |
 | Victor Hugo - 2008 - 350 pages
...adieu to Thermopylae. pherson itself, were we to express our opinion of Lord Byron's rhapsodies. . . . We can so far venture an opinion in their favour,...positive they are pretty nearly as stupid and tiresome. . . . " As the author has dedicated a part of his volume to immortalize his employments at school and... | |
 | Victor Hugo - 2008 - 350 pages
...adieu to Thermopylae. pherson itself, were we to express our opinion of Lord Byron's rhapsodies. . . . We can so far venture an opinion in their favour,...positive they are pretty nearly as stupid and tiresome. . . . " As the author has dedicated a part of his volume to immortalize his employments at school and... | |
 | 1820 - 568 pages
...[Here he allows him a species of talent, because it belongs to a species which the Critic dislikes.] It is a sort of privilege of poets to be egotists ; but they should ' use it as not abusing it ;' and particularly one who piques himself (though indeed at the ripe age... | |
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