The National Review, Volume 6Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot Robert Theobald, 1858 - Books |
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... remarkable for depth either of insight or thought , was strong , aggressive , and capacious ; and its stores , laboriously compiled , were in the grasp of a tenacious memory . Some men owe their preeminence to fineness of intellect and ...
... remarkable for depth either of insight or thought , was strong , aggressive , and capacious ; and its stores , laboriously compiled , were in the grasp of a tenacious memory . Some men owe their preeminence to fineness of intellect and ...
Page 114
... all they had hitherto been accustomed to admire . He stood alone in his own times , as indeed he stands alone in the whole history of English literature . The mass of the plays of his time were remarkable 114 Ben Jonson .
... all they had hitherto been accustomed to admire . He stood alone in his own times , as indeed he stands alone in the whole history of English literature . The mass of the plays of his time were remarkable 114 Ben Jonson .
Page 115
... remarkable for their utter disregard of scenic proprieties : they made no regard of place and time . The French code of dramatic unities had not as yet been deduced from the ancient models . Each man , under the sole limitation of a few ...
... remarkable for their utter disregard of scenic proprieties : they made no regard of place and time . The French code of dramatic unities had not as yet been deduced from the ancient models . Each man , under the sole limitation of a few ...
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... remarkable in this patient occupation of the imagination with one theme , which is observable in all Jonson's writings . Out of how few and narrow elements is The Fox constructed . Volpone , a rich Vene- K tian , feigns sickness , and ...
... remarkable in this patient occupation of the imagination with one theme , which is observable in all Jonson's writings . Out of how few and narrow elements is The Fox constructed . Volpone , a rich Vene- K tian , feigns sickness , and ...
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... remarkable for its power and originality . The picture is in great measure probably true to the original ; and the stage has no figure like it , of deep and crafty dissimulation and unbounded self - indulgence pressing into their ...
... remarkable for its power and originality . The picture is in great measure probably true to the original ; and the stage has no figure like it , of deep and crafty dissimulation and unbounded self - indulgence pressing into their ...
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Page 192 - I have of late— but wherefore I know not— lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Page 141 - QUEEN and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess excellently bright. Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose; Cynthia's shining orb was made Heaven to clear when day did close: Bless us then with wished sight, Goddess excellently bright.
Page 123 - Triumph, my Britain ! thou hast one to show, To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time...
Page 192 - What a piece of work is man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculties! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel ! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? man delights not me; no, nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so.
Page 124 - Yet must I not give nature all; thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part ; For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion : and, that he Who casts to write a living line, must sweat, (Such as thine are) and strike the second heat Upon the Muses...
Page 124 - 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 ! But stay ! I see thee in the hemisphere Advanced, and made a constellation there ! Shine forth, thou Star of poets, and with rage, Or influence, chide, or cheer the drooping stage, Which, since thy flight from hence, hath mourn'd like night, And despairs day, but for thy volume's light.
Page 455 - Dark but not awful, dismal but yet mean, With anxious bustle moves the cumbrous scene; Presents no objects tender or profound, But spreads its cold unmeaning gloom around.
Page 340 - I have been called to a holy office by the Lord himself, who most graciously manifested himself in person to me, his servant, in the year 1743 ; when he opened my sight to the view of the spiritual world, and granted me the privilege of conversing with spirits and angels which I enjoy to this day.
Page 464 - Mother of this unfathomable world ! Favour my solemn song, for I have loved Thee ever, and thee only ; I have watched Thy shadow, and the darkness of thy steps, And my heart ever gazes on the depth Of thy deep mysteries.