The Nineteenth Century: A Monthly Review, Volume 7Sampson Low, Marston, 1880 - Great Britain |
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... declare . It is no place here to speculate as to his character ; though , from the internal evidence of his works , we may be inclined to adopt Mr. Mahaffy's view that he was a man of a great and reflective mind , living apart from the ...
... declare . It is no place here to speculate as to his character ; though , from the internal evidence of his works , we may be inclined to adopt Mr. Mahaffy's view that he was a man of a great and reflective mind , living apart from the ...
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... declaration by Phèdre to Hippolyte of her love for him . This is borrowed from the Latin tragedy Hippolytus of Seneca . 5. The various incidents which contribute to the justification of the character of Phèdre , to be noted hereafter ...
... declaration by Phèdre to Hippolyte of her love for him . This is borrowed from the Latin tragedy Hippolytus of Seneca . 5. The various incidents which contribute to the justification of the character of Phèdre , to be noted hereafter ...
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... declaration by Phèdre of her passion , contrasting as it does with the reserve of Phædra , has been censured . It however accords with the impetuous character of Phèdre , and cannot be con- sidered as vulgarising her . It is the scene ...
... declaration by Phèdre of her passion , contrasting as it does with the reserve of Phædra , has been censured . It however accords with the impetuous character of Phèdre , and cannot be con- sidered as vulgarising her . It is the scene ...
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... declaration ) Rachel was tran- scendent . There was a subtle indication of the diseased passion , of its fiery but unhealthy , irresistible and yet odious character , in the febrile energy with which she portrayed it . It was terrible ...
... declaration ) Rachel was tran- scendent . There was a subtle indication of the diseased passion , of its fiery but unhealthy , irresistible and yet odious character , in the febrile energy with which she portrayed it . It was terrible ...
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... declare the bona fide purchase by laymen of next presentations to be illegal ; but that the legality of such sales was doubtful , or at least that they were not often practised , may be inferred from the fact that until early in the ...
... declare the bona fide purchase by laymen of next presentations to be illegal ; but that the legality of such sales was doubtful , or at least that they were not often practised , may be inferred from the fact that until early in the ...
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Page 93 - There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.
Page 362 - Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go ? thou hast the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
Page 862 - To move, but doth if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th
Page 862 - A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls, to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say, The breath goes now, and some say, no: So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move, Twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love. Moving of th...
Page 287 - Cut me to pieces, Volsces ; men and lads, Stain all your edges on me. — Boy ! False hound ! If you have writ your annals true, 'tis there, That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I Flutter'd your Volscians in Corioli : Alone I did it. — Boy ! Auf.
Page 280 - Let's kill him boldly, but not wrathfully; Let's carve him as a dish fit for the gods, Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds...
Page 862 - As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls, to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say, The breath goes now, and some say, no: So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move, Twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love. Moving of the earth brings harms and fears, Men reckon what it did and meant, But trepidation of the spheres, Though greater far, is innocent. Dull sublunary lovers' love (Whose soul is sense) cannot admit Absence, because...
Page 860 - tis my outward soul, Viceroy to that which, unto heaven being gone, Will leave this to control And keep these limbs, her provinces, from dissolution.
Page 827 - With fairest flowers, Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave. Thou shalt not lack The flower, that's like thy face, pale primrose ; nor The azured harebell, like thy veins; no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweetened not thy breath.
Page 165 - So that no school can avoid taking for the ultimate moral aim a desirable state of feeling called by whatever name — gratification, enjoyment, happiness. Pleasure somewhere, at some time, to some being or beings, is an inexpugnable element of the conception. It is as much a necessary form of moral intuition as space is a necessary form of intellectual intuition.