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Pagina 4
They are homiletic in spirit , as most good essays are , but they transcend the
homily in their shrewdness of observation , their note of personal experience ,
and their frequent ironic wit . It is probable that no inconsiderable portion of these
...
They are homiletic in spirit , as most good essays are , but they transcend the
homily in their shrewdness of observation , their note of personal experience ,
and their frequent ironic wit . It is probable that no inconsiderable portion of these
...
Pagina 7
That same noble curiosity and spirit of inquiry into the traditions of mankind which
had hurried Christendom across the breadth of a continent , armed and militant ,
sceptical or penitent , to the sepulchre of its Lord , now crowded the highways ...
That same noble curiosity and spirit of inquiry into the traditions of mankind which
had hurried Christendom across the breadth of a continent , armed and militant ,
sceptical or penitent , to the sepulchre of its Lord , now crowded the highways ...
Pagina 12
Florio , while preserving the spirit of Montaigne , nevertheless has given the book
an English dress so admirably quaint and idiomatic that to all intents and
purposes it is an English classic . The knowledge of Montaigne among English
readers ...
Florio , while preserving the spirit of Montaigne , nevertheless has given the book
an English dress so admirably quaint and idiomatic that to all intents and
purposes it is an English classic . The knowledge of Montaigne among English
readers ...
Pagina 17
There are no conventions to curtail the liberty of his spirit . He may select any
theme , treat it in any way , intrude his own opinions or reflections , insist upon his
own prejudices , intersperse his most serious passages with grotesque humour ...
There are no conventions to curtail the liberty of his spirit . He may select any
theme , treat it in any way , intrude his own opinions or reflections , insist upon his
own prejudices , intersperse his most serious passages with grotesque humour ...
Pagina 24
Though a convinced Royalist , he preferred his quiet to the contentions of parties
, and dwelt remote in spirit with his eyes upon the stars . At the opening of the war
he published his Religio ; when the Royal cause was already approaching its ...
Though a convinced Royalist , he preferred his quiet to the contentions of parties
, and dwelt remote in spirit with his eyes upon the stars . At the opening of the war
he published his Religio ; when the Royal cause was already approaching its ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 330 - Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare; Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss Though winning near the goal — yet, do not grieve; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair!
Pagina 290 - And yet, steeped in sentiment as she lies, spreading her gardens to the moonlight, and whispering from her towers the last enchantments of the Middle Age, who will deny that Oxford, by her ineffable charm, keeps ever calling us nearer to the true goal of all of us, to the ideal, to perfection, — to beauty, in a word, which is only truth seen from another side?
Pagina 319 - English man-ofwar, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Pagina 337 - Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into nothingness ; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing A flowery band to bind us to the earth...
Pagina 29 - It is a strange thing to note the excess of this passion, and how it braves the nature and value of things by this, that the speaking in a perpetual hyperbole, is comely in nothing but in love : neither is it merely in the phrase; for whereas it hath been well said, " That the arch " flatterer, with whom all the petty flatterers have " intelligence, is a man's self...
Pagina 41 - Truth, indeed, came once into the world with her divine Master, and was a perfect shape most glorious to look on...
Pagina 291 - Every moment some form grows perfect in hand or face; some tone on the hills or the sea is choicer than the rest; some mood of passion or insight or intellectual excitement is irresistibly real and attractive to us, - for that moment only.
Pagina 237 - And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, And as the hasty fruit before the summer; Which when he that looketh upon it seeth, While it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
Pagina 183 - I loved Ophelia: forty thousand brothers Could not with all their quantity of love, Make up my sum.
Pagina 289 - Beautiful city ! so venerable, so lovely, so unravaged by the fierce intellectual life of our century, so serene ! " There are our young barbarians, all at play ! " And yet, steeped in sentiment as she lies, spreading her gardens to the moonlight, and whispering from her towers the last enchantments of the Middle Age, who will deny that Oxford, by her ineffable charm, keeps ever calling us nearer to the true goal of all of us, to the ideal, to perfection...
Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | The Great English Essayists: With Introductory Essays and Notes Lights of literature Volume 3 van Reader's library. [vol. III], William James Dawson |
| Auteurs | William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson |
| Redacteurs | William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson |
| Bijdragers | William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson |
| Uitgever | Harper & brothers, 1909 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | de University of Michigan |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 7 feb 2007 |
| Lengte | 351 pagina's |
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