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... a small compass all the common sense and freedom of thought of Dryden ; but , at the same time , all the coarseness of his education and of his age . ... and confining themselves in their unities and their rules , CHAP . II . ] DRYDEN .
... a small compass all the common sense and freedom of thought of Dryden ; but , at the same time , all the coarseness of his education and of his age . ... and confining themselves in their unities and their rules , CHAP . II . ] DRYDEN .
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... thought that the drama would be regenerated . The drama was dead , and tragedy could not replace it ; or rather each one died by the other ; and their union , which robbed them of strength in Dryden's time , enervated them also in the ...
... thought that the drama would be regenerated . The drama was dead , and tragedy could not replace it ; or rather each one died by the other ; and their union , which robbed them of strength in Dryden's time , enervated them also in the ...
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... thought 2 1 1 The Soldier's Fortune , 1. 1 . 3Who'd be that sordid foolish thing called man , To cringe thus , fawn ... thoughts have been abroad , And brought in wanton wishes to her heart ; I ' th ' very minute when her virtue nods , I ...
... thought 2 1 1 The Soldier's Fortune , 1. 1 . 3Who'd be that sordid foolish thing called man , To cringe thus , fawn ... thoughts have been abroad , And brought in wanton wishes to her heart ; I ' th ' very minute when her virtue nods , I ...
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... thought to equal Racine by counterfeiting his style . They did not know that in this style visible elegance conceals an admirable justness ; that if it is a masterpiece of art , it is also a picture of manners ; that the most refined ...
... thought to equal Racine by counterfeiting his style . They did not know that in this style visible elegance conceals an admirable justness ; that if it is a masterpiece of art , it is also a picture of manners ; that the most refined ...
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... thought accuse thy toil of wit . . . . Let them be all by thy own model made Of dulness and desire no foreign aid , That they to future ages may be known , Not copies drawn , but issue of thy own : Nay , let thy men of wit too be the ...
... thought accuse thy toil of wit . . . . Let them be all by thy own model made Of dulness and desire no foreign aid , That they to future ages may be known , Not copies drawn , but issue of thy own : Nay , let thy men of wit too be the ...
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Page 187 - WE were now treading that illustrious Island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible.
Page 280 - I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand...
Page 359 - Now, what I want is Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts : nothing else will ever be of any service to them. This is the principle on which I bring up my own children, and this is the principle on which 1 bring up these children. Stick to Facts, sir...
Page 521 - Love took up the harp of life, and smote on all the chords with might; Smote the chord of self, that, trembling, passed in music out of sight.
Page 256 - I may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear, be a good man - be virtuous - be religious - be a good man. Nothing else will give you any comfort when you come to lie here.
Page 33 - Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to all succeeding ages cursed ; For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit, Restless, unfixed in principles and place, In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay.
Page 33 - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 263 - The primal duties shine aloft — like stars ; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man — like flowers.
Page 526 - On lips that are for others; deep as love, Deep as first love, and wild with all regret; O Death in Life, the days that are no more.
Page 526 - TEARS, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy Autumn-fields, And thinking of the days that are no more. Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail, That brings our friends up from the underworld, Sad as the last which reddens over one That sinks with all we love below the verge ; So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more.