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Pagina 4
... called , and that his diction is , in consequence , more conversa- tional than that which had been traditional with any of the more considerable poets who had pre- ceded him . It is hard to justify a general impres- sion by conclusive ...
... called , and that his diction is , in consequence , more conversa- tional than that which had been traditional with any of the more considerable poets who had pre- ceded him . It is hard to justify a general impres- sion by conclusive ...
Pagina 11
... called to - day his own by a securer title , and held his hours with a sense of divine right now obsolete . It is an absurd fancy , I know , and would be sent to the right - about by the first physicist or historian you happened to meet ...
... called to - day his own by a securer title , and held his hours with a sense of divine right now obsolete . It is an absurd fancy , I know , and would be sent to the right - about by the first physicist or historian you happened to meet ...
Pagina 12
... called the elegant literature of our own tongue ( to speak only of the most eminent ) , it gave us Addison and Steele , who together made a man of genius ; Pope , whose vivid genius almost persuaded wit to renounce its proper nature and ...
... called the elegant literature of our own tongue ( to speak only of the most eminent ) , it gave us Addison and Steele , who together made a man of genius ; Pope , whose vivid genius almost persuaded wit to renounce its proper nature and ...
Pagina 15
... there was a tint of effeminacy in his nature . That he should have admired Norse poetry , Ossian , and the Scot- tish ballads is not inconsistent with this , but may be explained by what is called the attraction of opposites GRAY 15.
... there was a tint of effeminacy in his nature . That he should have admired Norse poetry , Ossian , and the Scot- tish ballads is not inconsistent with this , but may be explained by what is called the attraction of opposites GRAY 15.
Pagina 16
James Russell Lowell. be explained by what is called the attraction of opposites , which means merely that we are wont to overvalue qualities or aptitudes which we feel to be wanting in ourselves . Moreover these anti - clas- sical ...
James Russell Lowell. be explained by what is called the attraction of opposites , which means merely that we are wont to overvalue qualities or aptitudes which we feel to be wanting in ourselves . Moreover these anti - clas- sical ...
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Pagina 199 - With the best gamesters : 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 35 - Phoebus lifts his golden fire: The birds in vain their amorous descant join, Or cheerful fields resume their green attire. These ears, alas! for other notes repine; A different object do these eyes require ; My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine; And in my breast the imperfect joys expire...
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 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 ? DOCTOR Therein the patient Must minister to himself.
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 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. But yet I call you servile ministers, That have with two pernicious daughters join'd Your high-engender'd battles 'gainst a head So old and white as this.
Pagina 224 - Yet Lamb was hardly extravagant in saying that " the death scene of Marlowe's king moves pity and terror beyond any scene, ancient or modern, with which I am acquainted.
Pagina 36 - It will easily be perceived that the only part of this sonnet which is of any value is the lines printed in italics; it is equally obvious that, except in the rhyme, and in the use of the single word "fruitless...
Pagina 151 - And put it to the foil : but you, O you, So perfect, and so peerless, are created Of every creature's best.