History of English Literature, Volume 2Edmonston and Douglas, 1871 - English literature |
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... sense . Many of ( their plots ) were made up of some ridiculous incoherent story , which in one play many times took up the business of an age . I suppose I need not name Pericles Prince of Tyre , nor the historical plays of Shakespeare ...
... sense . Many of ( their plots ) were made up of some ridiculous incoherent story , which in one play many times took up the business of an age . I suppose I need not name Pericles Prince of Tyre , nor the historical plays of Shakespeare ...
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... sense ; all their wit is in their ceremony ; they want the genius which animates our stage . . . . Thus , their Hippolytus is so scrupulous in point of decency , that he will rather expose himself to death than accuse his step - mother ...
... sense ; all their wit is in their ceremony ; they want the genius which animates our stage . . . . Thus , their Hippolytus is so scrupulous in point of decency , that he will rather expose himself to death than accuse his step - mother ...
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... sense , the depth of impression , the bold originality and poetic folly of the cava- liers and adventurers of the Renaissance ; nor will they ever acquire the aptness of speech , sweetness of manners , courtly habits , and cultivation ...
... sense , the depth of impression , the bold originality and poetic folly of the cava- liers and adventurers of the Renaissance ; nor will they ever acquire the aptness of speech , sweetness of manners , courtly habits , and cultivation ...
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... sense . He has the tastes and the weaknesses which suit his cast of intellect . He holds in the highest estimation ' the admirable Boileau , whose numbers are excellent , whose expressions are noble , whose thoughts are just , whose ...
... sense . He has the tastes and the weaknesses which suit his cast of intellect . He holds in the highest estimation ' the admirable Boileau , whose numbers are excellent , whose expressions are noble , whose thoughts are just , whose ...
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... sense . From all sides , through the streets littered with paper , the nations assembled to look upon the young hero , standing near the throne of his father , his brow surrounded with fogs , the vacant smile of satisfied imbecility ...
... sense . From all sides , through the streets littered with paper , the nations assembled to look upon the young hero , standing near the throne of his father , his brow surrounded with fogs , the vacant smile of satisfied imbecility ...
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Page 282 - 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 : A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying Glory smiles O'er the far times, when many a subject land Look'd to the winged Lion's marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles...
Page 246 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 189 - 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 523 - 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 77 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Page 43 - Now strike the golden lyre again, A louder yet, and yet a louder strain. Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark, the horrid sound Has raised up his head : As awaked from the dead, And amazed, he stares around. Revenge, revenge...
Page 147 - I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London that a young, healthy child well nursed is, at a year old, . a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.
Page 204 - This day, black Omens threat the brightest Fair, That e'er deserv'da watchful spirit's care; Some dire disaster, or by force, or slight; But what, or where, the fates have wrapt in night. Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail China jar receive a flaw; Or stain her honour or her new brocade; Forget her pray'rs, or miss a masquerade; Or lose her heart, or necklace, at a ball; Or whether Heav'n has doom'd that Shock must fall.
Page 103 - It was said of Socrates, that he brought philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit among men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffee-houses.
Page 148 - A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends, and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish...