Literary Reviews and CriticismsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908 - 312 pagina's |
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Pagina 21
... perhaps the longest and severest apprenticeship ever served by a great writer ; his unacknowledged work alone would constitute in quantity a very respectable achievement . And yet he never succeeded in mastering a style or acquir- ing a ...
... perhaps the longest and severest apprenticeship ever served by a great writer ; his unacknowledged work alone would constitute in quantity a very respectable achievement . And yet he never succeeded in mastering a style or acquir- ing a ...
Pagina 28
... perhaps , but the likest of man's creation , in that as in other respects , to the world in which we live . It is incoherent , confused , and fragmentary ; often dull , frequently trivial , always unsettling , but altogether ...
... perhaps , but the likest of man's creation , in that as in other respects , to the world in which we live . It is incoherent , confused , and fragmentary ; often dull , frequently trivial , always unsettling , but altogether ...
Pagina 29
... perhaps more than any other great French novelist , conceive of literary composition in the English way . It has always been more or less charac- teristic of the English that they should value writing for its spontaneity , for its ...
... perhaps more than any other great French novelist , conceive of literary composition in the English way . It has always been more or less charac- teristic of the English that they should value writing for its spontaneity , for its ...
Pagina 46
... perhaps in classi- fying one's impressions , in keeping them from encroaching upon one another , and in isolating , if necessary , the particular impression one wishes to receive . In this way arise the great works of genius . ' And of ...
... perhaps in classi- fying one's impressions , in keeping them from encroaching upon one another , and in isolating , if necessary , the particular impression one wishes to receive . In this way arise the great works of genius . ' And of ...
Pagina 48
... announcement finally comes , it falls flat on his tired ear like an asser- tion of the obvious . Perhaps this faultiness , behind which lies • always her too ready fluency , may be explained 48 Reviews and Criticisms.
... announcement finally comes , it falls flat on his tired ear like an asser- tion of the obvious . Perhaps this faultiness , behind which lies • always her too ready fluency , may be explained 48 Reviews and Criticisms.
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Pagina 143 - Holds such an enmity with blood of man, That, swift as quicksilver, it courses through The natural gates and alleys of the body ; And, with a sudden vigour, it doth posset And curd, like eager droppings into milk, The thin and wholesome blood...
Pagina 172 - In vain, they gaze, turn giddy, rave, and die. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame, nor private dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine Lo, thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored; Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all.
Pagina 175 - Learn hence for ancient rules a just esteem ;' To copy Nature is to copy them.
Pagina 171 - The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
Pagina 161 - Blank verse is acknowledged to be too low for a poem — nay more, for a paper of verses; but if too low for an ordinary sonnet, how much more for tragedy, which is by Aristotle, in the dispute betwixt the epic poesy and the dramatic, for many reasons he there alleges, ranked above it?
Pagina 132 - Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel, Is emptied of this folk, this pious morn? And, little town, thy streets for evermore Will silent be; and not a soul to tell Why thou art desolate, can e'er return.
Pagina 296 - When good is near you, when you have life in yourself, it is not by any known or accustomed way ; you shall not discern the footprints of any other; you shall not see the face of man; you shall not hear any name ; — the way, the thought, the good, shall be wholly strange and new.
Pagina 136 - ... who, by the mere strength of natural parts, and without any assistance of art or learning, have produced works that were the delight of their own times and the wonder of posterity.
Pagina 134 - Witness the lameness of their plots; many of which, especially those which they writ first (for even that age refined itself in some measure), were made up of some ridiculous incoherent story, which in one play many times took up the business of an age. I suppose I need not name Pericles, Prince of Tyre, nor the historical plays of Shakespeare: besides many of the rest, as the Winter's Tale, Love's Labour's Lost, Measure for Measure, which were either grounded on impossibilities, or at least so meanly...
Pagina 181 - Since I have raised to myself so great an Audience, I shall spare no Pains to make their Instruction agreeable, and their Diversion useful. For which Reasons I shall endeavour to enliven Morality with Wit, and to temper Wit with Morality, that my Readers may, if possible, both Ways find their Account in the Speculation of the Day.