 Here the self-torturing sophist, wild Rousseau, The apostle of affliction, he who threw Enchantment over passion, and from woe Wrung overwhelming eloquence, first drew The breath which made him wretched; yet he knew How to make madness beautiful, and...  Southern Quarterly Review - Page 82edited by - 1846Full view - About this book
 | 1817 - 628 pages
...application. ' Here the self-torturing sophist, he who threw Enchantment over passion, and from woe Wrung overwhelming eloquence, first drew The breath which made him wretched : yet he knew Hota to make madness beautiful, and cast O'er erring deeds and thoughts, a heavenly hue Of words, like... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...foolish quest, The which to gain and keep , he sacrificed all rest. LXXVH. Here the self- torturing sophist, wild Rousseau, The apostle of affliction, he who threw Enchantment over passion, and from woe Wrung overwhelming eloquence first drew The breath which made him wretched; yet he knew How to... | |
 | William Coxe - 1819 - 760 pages
...this mysterious retreat, calls to mind the eloquent, the impassioned, but self-torturing sophist, the wild ROUSSEAU. The apostle of affliction, he who threw Enchantment over passion, and from woe 'Wrung overwhelming eloquence, yet knew How to make madness beantiful, and cast O'er erring deeds... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 pages
...to be glorious; 'twas a foolish quest, The which to gain and keep, he sacrificed all rest. LXXVII. Here the self-torturing sophist, wild Rousseau, The...affliction, he who threw Enchantment over passion, and from woe Wrung overwhelming eloquence, first drew The breath which made him wretched ; yet he knew How to... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 308 pages
...to be glorious; 'twas a foolish quest, The which to gain and keep, he sacrificed all rest. LXXVII. Here the self-torturing sophist, wild Rousseau, The...affliction, he who threw Enchantment over passion, and from woe Wrung overwhelming eloquence, first drew The breath which made him wretched ; yet he knew How to... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 334 pages
...Was to he glorious ; 'twas a foofish quest, The which to gain and keep, he sacrificed aB reatr LXXVn. Here the self-torturing sophist, wild Rousseau, The apostle of affliction, he who threw Enehantment over passion, and from wo Wrong overwhelming eloquence, first drew The hreath which made... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 538 pages
...his genius unhappily enabled him to throw a seductive halo around the merest gratifications of sense: Here the self-torturing sophist, wild Rousseau, The...affliction, he who threw Enchantment over passion, and from woe Wrung overwhelming eloquence, first drew The breath that made him wretched ; yet he knew HOw to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 530 pages
...genius unhappily enabled him to throw a seductive halo around the merest gratifications of sense : Here the self-torturing sophist, wild Rousseau, The...affliction, he who threw Enchantment over passion, and from woe Wrung overwhelming eloquence, first drew The breath that made him wretched , yet he knew How to... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...to be glorious; 't was a foolish quest, The which to gain and keep, he sacrificed all rest. LXXVII. Here the self-torturing sophist, wild Rousseau, The...affliction, he who threw Enchantment over passion, and from woe Wrung overwhelming eloquence, first drew i The breath which made him wretched; yet he knew How... | |
 | George Clinton - 1825 - 826 pages
...which he has aptly painted that singular compound of vice, freaks, madness, and vulgarity : Here tin: self-torturing sophist, wild Rousseau, The apostle...affliction, he who threw Enchantment over passion, and from woe Wrung overwhelming eloquence, first drew The breath which made him wretched ; yet he knew Mow lo... | |
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