Elements of CriticismHuntington and Savage, 1842 - 504 pagina's |
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... published in Edinburgh before the author's death , and which received his last revision . Having thus briefly stated the character of the work , and the improvements that are proposed to have been added to it EDITOR'S PREFACE . 7 .
... published in Edinburgh before the author's death , and which received his last revision . Having thus briefly stated the character of the work , and the improvements that are proposed to have been added to it EDITOR'S PREFACE . 7 .
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... character and behavior . To the man who has acquired a taste so acute and accomplished , every action , wrong or improper , must be hhly disgustful . If , in any instance , the overbearing power of passio y him from his duty , he ...
... character and behavior . To the man who has acquired a taste so acute and accomplished , every action , wrong or improper , must be hhly disgustful . If , in any instance , the overbearing power of passio y him from his duty , he ...
Pagina 28
... character . I see one delivering a purse of money to another , but I can make nothing of that action , till I learn with what intention the money is given . If it be given to dis- charge a debt , the action pleases me in a slight degree ...
... character . I see one delivering a purse of money to another , but I can make nothing of that action , till I learn with what intention the money is given . If it be given to dis- charge a debt , the action pleases me in a slight degree ...
Pagina 36
... characters with every vice in fashion , however gross . But , as such characters viewed in a true light would be ... character . What woman , tinc- tured with the playhouse morals , would not be the sprightly , the witty , though ...
... characters with every vice in fashion , however gross . But , as such characters viewed in a true light would be ... character . What woman , tinc- tured with the playhouse morals , would not be the sprightly , the witty , though ...
Pagina 37
... character . It would grieve me to think so ; and the direct contrary is exemplified in the Merry Wives of Windsor , where we are highly entertained with the conduct of two ladies , not more remark- able for mirth and spirit than for the ...
... character . It would grieve me to think so ; and the direct contrary is exemplified in the Merry Wives of Windsor , where we are highly entertained with the conduct of two ladies , not more remark- able for mirth and spirit than for the ...
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Pagina 332 - As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest ; with such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles...
Pagina 112 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Pagina 397 - There are a sort of men, whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond...
Pagina 142 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
Pagina 395 - O, you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome, Knew you not Pompey? Many a time and oft Have you climb'd up to walls and battlements, To towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The live-long day, with patient expectation, To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome...
Pagina 445 - With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Pagina 406 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Pagina 329 - And thus still doing, thus he pass'd along. DUCH. Alas, poor Richard! where rides he the whilst? YORK. As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-grac'd actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious : Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard ; no man cried, God save him...
Pagina 84 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life ; but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Pagina 242 - tis an unweeded garden, That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature Possess it merely. That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two...