History of English Literature, Volume 2Edmonston and Douglas, 1871 - English literature |
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... and romantic truth , accommo- dating himself as well as he could to the new public , which paid and applauded him . 1 Heroic stanzas to the memory of Oliver Cromwell . ... ... ... I ' The language , wit , CHAP . II . ] DRYDEN .
... and romantic truth , accommo- dating himself as well as he could to the new public , which paid and applauded him . 1 Heroic stanzas to the memory of Oliver Cromwell . ... ... ... I ' The language , wit , CHAP . II . ] DRYDEN .
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... truth and naturalness of the libretto of an opera . Incantations abound ; a spirit appears in the Indian Emperor , and declares that the Indian gods ' are driven to exile from their native lands . ' Ballets are also there ; Vasquez and ...
... truth and naturalness of the libretto of an opera . Incantations abound ; a spirit appears in the Indian Emperor , and declares that the Indian gods ' are driven to exile from their native lands . ' Ballets are also there ; Vasquez and ...
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... truth of events matters little . No one before Cymbeline or As you Like it was a politician or a historian ; no one took these military processions , these accessions of princes , seriously ; the spectators were present at dissolving ...
... truth of events matters little . No one before Cymbeline or As you Like it was a politician or a historian ; no one took these military processions , these accessions of princes , seriously ; the spectators were present at dissolving ...
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... truth ; dramatic truth marred literary style ; the work was neither sufficiently vivid nor sufficiently well written the author was too little of a poet or of an orator ; he had neither Shakspeare's fire of imagination nor Racine's ...
... truth ; dramatic truth marred literary style ; the work was neither sufficiently vivid nor sufficiently well written the author was too little of a poet or of an orator ; he had neither Shakspeare's fire of imagination nor Racine's ...
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... truth , there is scarcely any other literary merit . If Dryden is a skilled politician , a trained controversialist , well armed with arguments , knowing all the ins and outs of discussion , versed in the history of men and parties ...
... truth , there is scarcely any other literary merit . If Dryden is a skilled politician , a trained controversialist , well armed with arguments , knowing all the ins and outs of discussion , versed in the history of men and parties ...
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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...
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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...