The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey, Volume 4A. and C. Black, 1890 - 439 pagina's |
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Pagina 6
... once back in London for several months together , writing in lodgings , and trying whether London might not be the best permanent residence for himself and his family . Baffled in that experiment after all his exertions , he is again at ...
... once back in London for several months together , writing in lodgings , and trying whether London might not be the best permanent residence for himself and his family . Baffled in that experiment after all his exertions , he is again at ...
Pagina 21
... once read may be understood from Tate , who , in his dedication to the altered play of King Lear , speaks of the original as an obscure piece , recommended to his notice by a friend ; and the author of the Tatler , having occasion to ...
... once read may be understood from Tate , who , in his dedication to the altered play of King Lear , speaks of the original as an obscure piece , recommended to his notice by a friend ; and the author of the Tatler , having occasion to ...
Pagina 30
... once due will be due for ever , the saints of the theatre , on the other hand , must bend to the local genius , and to the very reasons for having a theatre at all . Men go thither for amusement : this is the paramount purpose ; and ...
... once due will be due for ever , the saints of the theatre , on the other hand , must bend to the local genius , and to the very reasons for having a theatre at all . Men go thither for amusement : this is the paramount purpose ; and ...
Pagina 46
... once denounces himself as below his subject if he can entertain such a question as seriously affecting the glory of the poet . In some legends of saints , we find that they were born with a lambent circle or golden aureola about their ...
... once denounces himself as below his subject if he can entertain such a question as seriously affecting the glory of the poet . In some legends of saints , we find that they were born with a lambent circle or golden aureola about their ...
Pagina 49
... once asking of the bannes of matri- mony " " —that is , in effect , dispensing with two out of the three customary askings ; the second or subordinate part of the document being a bond entered into by two sureties , viz . Fulke Sandells ...
... once asking of the bannes of matri- mony " " —that is , in effect , dispensing with two out of the three customary askings ; the second or subordinate part of the document being a bond entered into by two sureties , viz . Fulke Sandells ...
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Pagina 53 - Sour-eyed disdain, and discord, shall bestrew The union of your bed with weeds so loathly That you shall hate it both : therefore, take heed, As Hymen's lamps shall light you.
Pagina 287 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Pagina 27 - Sweet Swan of Avon! what a sight it were To see thee in our water yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James!
Pagina 119 - I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth.
Pagina 153 - Thus warranted, the Fellows brought their cause before the Queen's Bench, and before the end of Easter term, 1713, obtained a rule for the Bishop to show cause why a mandamus should not issue to compel him to discharge his judicial functions. Two considerable advantages had been obtained by Bentley about this time ; he had been able to apply the principle of divide...
Pagina 98 - Thus much I should perhaps have said though I were sure I should have spoken only to trees and stones; and had none to cry to, but with the Prophet, O earth, earth, earth!
Pagina 263 - Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a Papist), who had begun a translation of Homer into English verse, for which he must have them all subscribe. "For," says he, "the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.
Pagina 280 - Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk...
Pagina 29 - Then to the well-trod stage anon If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild.
Pagina 381 - ... the same plethoric fulness of thought, the same fine sense of the beautiful — and (I think) the same incapacity for dealing with simple and austere grandeur.