The British Essayists: The AdventurerLittle, Brown, 1866 |
From inside the book
Արդյունքներ 49–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ 10
... perhaps , where he excels Theocritus , he sometimes obtains his superiority by deviating from the pastoral character , and performing what Theocritus never attempted . 66 " Yet , though I would willingly pay to Theocritus the honour ...
... perhaps , where he excels Theocritus , he sometimes obtains his superiority by deviating from the pastoral character , and performing what Theocritus never attempted . 66 " Yet , though I would willingly pay to Theocritus the honour ...
Էջ 17
... perhaps , to be discovered in any other author . I shall therefore , from time to time , ex- amine his merit as a poet , without blind admiration , or wanton invective . ex- As Shakspeare is sometimes blamable for the conduct of his ...
... perhaps , to be discovered in any other author . I shall therefore , from time to time , ex- amine his merit as a poet , without blind admiration , or wanton invective . ex- As Shakspeare is sometimes blamable for the conduct of his ...
Էջ 18
... perhaps , only by two writers , Homer and Shakspeare . Of all the plays of Shakspeare , the Tempest is the most striking instance of his creative power . He has there given the reins to his boundless imag- ination , and has carried the ...
... perhaps , only by two writers , Homer and Shakspeare . Of all the plays of Shakspeare , the Tempest is the most striking instance of his creative power . He has there given the reins to his boundless imag- ination , and has carried the ...
Էջ 30
... perhaps , not the most atrocious of literary crimes , the subject on which he treats should be carefully considered . We do not won- der that historians , relating the same facts , agree in their narration ; or that authors , delivering ...
... perhaps , not the most atrocious of literary crimes , the subject on which he treats should be carefully considered . We do not won- der that historians , relating the same facts , agree in their narration ; or that authors , delivering ...
Էջ 35
... perhaps , imagination is more frequently busy when it can only imbitter disappointment and heighten calamity ; and more frequently slumbers when it might increase the tri- umph of success , or animate insensibility to happi- ness , than ...
... perhaps , imagination is more frequently busy when it can only imbitter disappointment and heighten calamity ; and more frequently slumbers when it might increase the tri- umph of success , or animate insensibility to happi- ness , than ...
Բովանդակություն
17 | |
95 | |
101 | |
104 | |
105 | |
106 | |
107 | |
108 | |
123 | |
126 | |
127 | |
128 | |
129 | |
130 | |
131 | |
132 | |
109 | |
111 | |
112 | |
113 | |
114 | |
115 | |
116 | |
117 | |
118 | |
119 | |
133 | |
134 | |
135 | |
136 | |
137 | |
138 | |
139 | |
140 | |
187 | |
247 | |
Common terms and phrases
acquaintance ADVENTURER Almerine Almet appearance bagnio beauty Caliban Caprinus Catiline censure character Clodio considered contempt countenance Covent Garden danger daughters DECEMBER 11 DECEMBER 29 desire diamonds sparkle Diphilus disappointed discovered distress dreadful DRYDEN endeavour enjoy equal Euripides evil excellence eyes father favour fear felicity Flavilla folly fortune frequently gentleman Goneril gratify guilt happiness hast heart Hilario honour hope hour imagination impatient increased insensibility kind knew labour lady Lear less look mankind marriage Menander ment Mercator mind misery nature ness never night obtain OVID passion perceived perpetual pity Plautus pleasure poet Posidippus possession present produced Prospero Quintilian reason received reflected Regan SATURDAY scarce scene sentiments servant Shakspeare Shelimah solicit Soliman sometimes soon Sophocles suffered superaddition tenderness thee Theocritus thou thought tion truth TUESDAY ulmo VIRG virtue wish wretch writers