 English compositions (at least for the last three years of our school education) he showed no mercy to phrase, metaphor or image unsupported by a sound sense, or where the same sense might have been conveyed with equal force and dignity in plainer words....  The Imperial Magazine - Page 4621834Full view - About this book
 | 1822 - 666 pages
...might have been conveyed with equal force and dignity in plainer words. Lute, harp, and lyre, muse and inspirations, Pegasus, Parnassus, and Hippocrene, were all an abomination to him." — " There was one custom of oar master's, which I cannot pass over in silence, because I think it... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1831 - 628 pages
...have been conveyed with equal force and dignity in plainer words. Lute, harp, and lyre, muse, muses, ! О ay ! the cloister pump, I eup]K>so.' " In his " Literary Life," Coleridge has gone into the conduct... | |
 | English literature - 1834 - 590 pages
...been conveyed with equal force and dignity in plainer words. Lute, harp, and lyre — muse, muses, and inspirations — Pegasus, Parnassus, and Hippocrene,...! your nurse's daughter, you mean ! Pierian spring ! О ay, the cloister pump, I suppose!' Nay, certain introductions, similes, and examples, were placed... | |
 | William Trollope - Monasteries - 1834 - 546 pages
...Lute, harp, and lyre, muse, * See the list of Grecians at the end of the biographical chapter. T muses and inspirations, — Pegasus, Parnassus, and Hippocrene,...Pen and ink, boy, you mean ! Muse, boy ? Muse ! Your nurses daughter, you mean ! Pierian spring ? Oh ! Aye! the cloister pump, I suppose! " There was one... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Literary Criticism - 1834 - 368 pages
...muses, and inspirations ; .Pe,'. gasus, Parnassus, and Hipocrene, were all an abomination to Kim, ' In fancy, I can almost hear him now, exclaiming, "...Lyre ? Pen and ink, boy, you mean ! Muse, boy, Muse ? Yotir Mine's daughter, you mean! Pierian spring? Oh, aye! iht cloister-pump, I suppose .'" Nay, certain... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1834 - 734 pages
...have been conveyed with equal force and dignity in plainer words. Lute, harp, and lyre, muse, muses, and inspirations, Pegasus, Parnassus, and Hippocrene,...all an abomination to him. In fancy, I can almost bear him DOW exclaiming — " J/arp> Harp? Lyre 9 Pen and ink, boy, you mean! Mute, boy, mute? Your... | |
 | English essays - 1834 - 772 pages
...have been conveyed with equal force and dignity in plainer words. Lute, harp, said lyre, muse, muses, and inspirations, Pegasus, Parnassus, and Hippocrene, were all an abomination to him. In fancy, I on almost hear him now exclaiming — " Harpf Harp? Lyre 9 Pen and ink. boy, «o» 'in an ! Mine, boy,... | |
 | 1835 - 494 pages
...might have been conveyed with equal force and dignity in plainer words. Lute, harp, lyre, muse, muses, and inspirations, Pegasus, Parnassus, and Hippocrene, were all an abomination to him. Nay, certain introductions, similes, and examples, were placed by name on a list of interdiction. Among... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - English drama - 1836 - 496 pages
...plainer words. Lute, harp, and lyre, muse, muses, and inspirations, Pegasus, Parnassus, and Hipocrene, were all an abomination to him. In fancy I can almost...' Harp ! Harp ? Lyre ! Pen and ink, boy, you mean ! Nurse, boy, nurse, your nurse's daughter, you mean ! Pierian spring ! oh! aye! the cloister pump,... | |
 | Baptists - 1850 - 664 pages
...unsupported by a sound sense. They were an abomination to him. " Harp ? harp ?" he would exclaim, " Lyre ? Pen and ink, boy, you mean ! Muse, boy, Muse...Pierian spring ? Oh, ay ! the cloister pump, I suppose." " He sent us to the University excellent Latin and Greek scholars," says Coleridge, " and tolerable... | |
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