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Pagina 6
... tells us at the end of the " Religio Laici : " - " And this unpolished , rugged verse I chose As fittest for discourse , and nearest prose . " Unpolished and rugged the verse certainly was not , nor in his hands could ever be . It is ...
... tells us at the end of the " Religio Laici : " - " And this unpolished , rugged verse I chose As fittest for discourse , and nearest prose . " Unpolished and rugged the verse certainly was not , nor in his hands could ever be . It is ...
Pagina 13
... tell you where and how a thing differs for the worse from established precedent , but not where it differs for the better . This habit of mind would make him distrustful of himself and sterile in ori- ginal production , for his ...
... tell you where and how a thing differs for the worse from established precedent , but not where it differs for the better . This habit of mind would make him distrustful of himself and sterile in ori- ginal production , for his ...
Pagina 16
... tells us that " every sensation in Gray was passionate , " but I very much doubt whether he was capable of that sustained passion of the mind which is fed by a prevailing imagination acting on the consciousness of great powers . That ...
... tells us that " every sensation in Gray was passionate , " but I very much doubt whether he was capable of that sustained passion of the mind which is fed by a prevailing imagination acting on the consciousness of great powers . That ...
Pagina 23
... tells us that he wished rather to be looked on as a gentleman than as a man of letters , and this may have been partly true at a time when authorship was still lodged in Grub Street and in many cases deserved no better . Gray had the ...
... tells us that he wished rather to be looked on as a gentleman than as a man of letters , and this may have been partly true at a time when authorship was still lodged in Grub Street and in many cases deserved no better . Gray had the ...
Pagina 24
... tell you that one who has far more reason than you , I hope , will ever have to look on life with something worse than indifference , is yet no enemy to it , but can look backward on many bitter moments , partly with satisfaction , and ...
... tell you that one who has far more reason than you , I hope , will ever have to look on life with something worse than indifference , is yet no enemy to it , but can look backward on many bitter moments , partly with satisfaction , and ...
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Pagina 199 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Pagina 221 - Had fed the feeling of their masters' thoughts, And every sweetness that inspired their hearts, Their minds, and muses on admired themes ; If all the heavenly quintessence they still From their immortal flowers of poesy, Wherein, as in a mirror, we perceive The highest reaches of a human wit ; If these had made one poem's period, And all combined in beauty's worthiness, Yet should there hover in their restless heads One thought, one grace, one wonder, at the least, Which into words no virtue can...
Pagina 224 - The reluctant pangs of abdicating royalty in Edward furnished hints, which Shakspeare scarcely improved in his Richard the Second ; and the death-scene of Marlowe's king moves pity and terror beyond any scene, ancient or modern, with which I am acquainted.
Pagina 72 - But the Nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes such sweet loud music out of her little instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say...
Pagina 151 - The harmony of their tongues hath into bondage Brought my too diligent ear : for several virtues Have I liked several women ; never any With so full soul, but some defect in her Did quarrel with the noblest grace she owed, And put it to the foil : but you, O you, So perfect, and so peerless, are created Of every creature's best.
Pagina 314 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Pagina 40 - Berkley's roof that ring, Shrieks of an agonizing king ! She-wolf of France, with unrelenting fangs, That tear'st the bowels of thy mangled mate, From thee be born, who o'er thy country hangs The scourge of heaven. What terrors round him wait ! Amazement in his van, with flight combined, And sorrow's faded form, and solitude behind.
Pagina 230 - And kill sick people groaning under walls; Sometimes I go about and poison wells; And now and then, to cherish Christian thieves, I am content to lose some of my crowns, That I may, walking in my gallery, See 'em go pinioned along by my door.
Pagina 235 - I'll leap up to my God! Who pulls me down? See, see where Christ's blood streams in the firmament! One drop would save my soul, half a drop, ah, my Christ!
Pagina 289 - Spit, fire! spout, rain! Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters: I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness; I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription: then, let fall Your horrible pleasure; here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak, and despis'd old man.