De Quincey's Writings, Volume 2Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850 |
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... Greek ; and finally he became unusually learned for his rank , but the most absolute and undistinguishing pedant that perhaps literature has to show . He sneers continually at the regular built academic pedant ; but he himself , though ...
... Greek ; and finally he became unusually learned for his rank , but the most absolute and undistinguishing pedant that perhaps literature has to show . He sneers continually at the regular built academic pedant ; but he himself , though ...
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... Greek word for superstition . In fact , he had evidently read little beyond the list of names in Shakspeare ; yet there is proof enough that the irresistible beauty of what little he had read was too much for all his pedan- try , and ...
... Greek word for superstition . In fact , he had evidently read little beyond the list of names in Shakspeare ; yet there is proof enough that the irresistible beauty of what little he had read was too much for all his pedan- try , and ...
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... Greek and Latin , with regard to the profane classics . Intellectually they admired , and would not belie their admiration ; but they did not give their hearts cordially , they did not abandon themselves to their natural impulses . They ...
... Greek and Latin , with regard to the profane classics . Intellectually they admired , and would not belie their admiration ; but they did not give their hearts cordially , they did not abandon themselves to their natural impulses . They ...
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... Greek poets could not exhibit any approxima- tions to female character , without violating the truth of Grecian life , and shocking the feelings of the audience . The drama with the Greeks , as with us , though much less than with us ...
... Greek poets could not exhibit any approxima- tions to female character , without violating the truth of Grecian life , and shocking the feelings of the audience . The drama with the Greeks , as with us , though much less than with us ...
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... Greek poet , if a wise poet , could not address himself genially to a task in which he must begin by shocking the sensibili- ties of his countrymen . And hence followed , not only the dearth of female characters in the Grecian drama ...
... Greek poet , if a wise poet , could not address himself genially to a task in which he must begin by shocking the sensibili- ties of his countrymen . And hence followed , not only the dearth of female characters in the Grecian drama ...
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Page 44 - Too old, by heaven; Let still the woman take An elder than herself; so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart. For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are.
Page 45 - Sour-ey'd 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.
Page 199 - ... the hopes which youth blends with the passion which disturbs and ennobles it : not even that he did all this cheerfully, and without pluming himself upon his brotherly nobleness as a virtue, or seeking to repay himself (as some uneasy martyrs do) by small instalments of long repining...
Page 164 - Night and silence call out the starry fancies. Milton's Morning Hymn in Paradise, we would hold a good wager, was penned at midnight; and Taylor's rich description of a sun-rise smells decidedly of the taper.
Page 114 - 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'.
Page 135 - 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...
Page 13 - Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James!
Page 163 - This is our peculiar and household planet. Wanting it, what savage unsocial nights must our ancestors have spent, wintering in caves and unillumined fastnesses ! They must have lain about and grumbled at one another in the dark.
Page 147 - ... interesting; interesting moreover by means of those very qualities which guarantee their non-popularity. The same qualities which will be found forbidding to the worldly and the thoughtless, which will be found insipid to many even amongst robust and powerful minds, are exactly those which will continue to command a select audience in every generation. The prose essays, under the signature of " Elia, " form the most delightful section amongst Lamb's works. They traverse a peculiar field of observation,...
Page 166 - He was not eloquent, in the true sense of the term ; for his thoughts were too weighty to be moved along by the shallow stream of feeling which an evening's excitement can rouse. He wrote all his lectures, and read them as they were written ; but his deep voice and earnest manner suited his matter well.