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... never say exactly in what it consists . As soon as we think that we have found a satisfactory definition , there comes an awkward but undeniable exception to put us to confusion . Literature defies the foot - rule , and any attempt to ...
... never say exactly in what it consists . As soon as we think that we have found a satisfactory definition , there comes an awkward but undeniable exception to put us to confusion . Literature defies the foot - rule , and any attempt to ...
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... never be content merely to take a passive part . The relation between reader and writer , if it is to produce the best result , makes as great demands upon the one as upon the other . the other . " The reader , " says Mr E. J. Payne ...
... never be content merely to take a passive part . The relation between reader and writer , if it is to produce the best result , makes as great demands upon the one as upon the other . the other . " The reader , " says Mr E. J. Payne ...
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... never so belittled their art . Let us hear Dryden on this matter : " We must not only choose our words for elegance , but for sound - to perform which a mastery in the language is required ; the poet must have a magazine of words , and ...
... never so belittled their art . Let us hear Dryden on this matter : " We must not only choose our words for elegance , but for sound - to perform which a mastery in the language is required ; the poet must have a magazine of words , and ...
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... never so dazzling as when placed next to black . So we must have contrast as well as unity . Indeed , it would be more correct to say that contrast is essential to the preservation of unity . It is the business of art to reconcile the ...
... never so dazzling as when placed next to black . So we must have contrast as well as unity . Indeed , it would be more correct to say that contrast is essential to the preservation of unity . It is the business of art to reconcile the ...
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... never charm . Byron's Love watching madness with unalterable mien is an example . The two figures are so evenly balanced that there is no rest for the mind's eye as it glances first at one and then at the other . There is no resolution ...
... never charm . Byron's Love watching madness with unalterable mien is an example . The two figures are so evenly balanced that there is no rest for the mind's eye as it glances first at one and then at the other . There is no resolution ...
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Page 74 - I arise from dreams of thee In the first sweet sleep of night, When the winds are breathing low, And the stars are shining bright...
Page 183 - I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news ; Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, — which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet...
Page 54 - I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone ; that of sophisters, economists and calculators, has succeeded : and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever.
Page 73 - Thou that singest wheat and woodland, tilth and vineyard, hive and horse and herd; All the charm of all the Muses often flowering in a lonely word...
Page 41 - Now the salt tides seaward flow; Now the wild white horses play, Champ and chafe and toss in the spray. Children dear, let us away. This way, this way. Call her once before you go. Call once yet. In a voice that she will know : "Margaret! Margaret!
Page 92 - The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and Crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill...
Page 125 - No more firing was heard at Brussels — the pursuit rolled miles away. Darkness came down on the field and city : and Amelia was praying for George, who was lying on his face, dead, with a bullet through his heart.
Page 55 - Homer ruled as his demesne; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold: Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes...
Page 125 - And bore him to a chapel nigh the field, A broken chancel with a broken cross, That stood on a dark strait of barren land. On one side lay the Ocean, and on one Lay a great water, and the moon was full.
Page 79 - Sun, and sky, and breeze, and solitary walks, and summer holidays, and the greenness of fields, and the delicious juices of meats and fishes, and society, and the cheerful glass, and candlelight, and fireside conversations, and innocent vanities, and jests, and irony itself — do these things go out with life...