 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1817 - 552 pages
...blended into one proud and happy composition of elated spirits, the anger of the tempest without doora only heightens and sets off the enjoyment within....though there was no moral purpose, there is a moral •ffcet." FOR THE PORT FOLIO. THE AMERICAN LOUNGER, NO. 508. BY SAMUEL SAUNTER, ESQ.. ON ALLITERATION.... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1816 - 674 pages
...describing the condition of others. Who, but some impenetrable dunce or narrow-minded puritan in the works of art, ever read without delight the picture...there was no moral purpose, there is a moral effect." To revert to the principal object of the letter before us, viz. to point out to Mr. Gilbert Burns the... | |
 | English literature - 1816 - 692 pages
...spirits, the anger of the tempest without doors only heightens and sets off the enjoyment within.—I pity him who cannot perceive that, in all this, though...there was no moral purpose, there is a moral effect.' 1 To revert to the principal object of the letter before us, viz. to point out to Mr. Gilbert Burns... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 734 pages
...spirits, the anger of the tempest without doors only heightens and sets off the enjoyment within.—I pity him who cannot perceive that, in all this, though there was no moral purpose, there i» a moral effect. " Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a" the iff* of life victorious."... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Poets, Scottish - 1828 - 324 pages
...without delight the picture which he has drawn of the convivial exaltation of the rustic adventurer, Tam o'Shanter? The poet fears not to tell the reader in...there was no moral purpose, there is a moral effect. * .I •* " Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills of life victorious." " What... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Poets, Scottish - 1830 - 340 pages
...o'Shanter ? The poet fears not to tell the reader in the outset, that his hero was a desperate aad sottish drunkard, whose excesses were frequent as...there is a moral effect. " Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a* the ills of life victorious. " " What a lesson do these words convey of charitable... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1831 - 338 pages
...the beverage improves upon the palate — conjugal fidelity archly bends to the service of gpneral benevolence — selfishness is not absent, but wearing...there is a moral effect. " Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a" the ills of life victorious." " What a lesson do these words convey of charitable... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 1834 - 356 pages
...the picture which he has drawn of the convivial exaltation of the rustic adventurer. Tam o' Shanter ? The Poet fears not to tell the reader in the outset,...is a moral effect : — ' Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ill* of life victorious.' What a lesson do these words convey of charitable... | |
 | Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart - Scotland - 1837 - 628 pages
...toll the reader in the outset, that his hero was a desperate and sottish drunkard, whose excesse» were frequent as his opportunities. This reprobate...there was no moral purpose, there is a moral effect. " King» may be bleat, but Tarn was glorious, O'er a' the ilia o' life victorious." " What a lesson... | |
 | Robert Burns - Poets, Scottish - 1840 - 368 pages
...the picture which he has drawn of the convivial exaltation of the rustic adventurer Tam o' Shanter ? The poet fears not to tell the reader in the outset...there is a moral effect. " Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills of life victorious." What a lesson do these words convey of charitable... | |
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This reprobate sits down to his cups, while the storm is roaring, and heaven and earth are in confusion; — the night is driven on by song and tumultuous noise — laughter and jest thicken as the beverage improves upon the palate— conjugal fidelity... 
