A Thousand and One Gems of English ProseG. Routledge, 1872 - 534 էջ |
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... stand alone . It is manifestly impossible to comprise within a single volume a whole Cyclopædia of English prose literature , as to include a specimen of every author . All that has been aimed at is a selection from the works of the ...
... stand alone . It is manifestly impossible to comprise within a single volume a whole Cyclopædia of English prose literature , as to include a specimen of every author . All that has been aimed at is a selection from the works of the ...
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... standing and judgment , which is ever This communicating of a man's self to his friend , works two contrary effects , for it redoubleth joys , and cutteth griefs in halves ; for there is no man that im- parteth his joys to his friend ...
... standing and judgment , which is ever This communicating of a man's self to his friend , works two contrary effects , for it redoubleth joys , and cutteth griefs in halves ; for there is no man that im- parteth his joys to his friend ...
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... standing is slippery , and the regress is either a downfall , or at least an eclipse , which is a melancholy thing : Cum non sis , qui fueris , non esse , cur velis vivere ? [ " Since you are no longer what you were , here is no reason ...
... standing is slippery , and the regress is either a downfall , or at least an eclipse , which is a melancholy thing : Cum non sis , qui fueris , non esse , cur velis vivere ? [ " Since you are no longer what you were , here is no reason ...
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... stands pictured among his armed ances- tors . So does the fairest beauty change ; and it will be as bad with you and me ; and then what servants shall we have to wait upon us in the grave ? what friends to visit us ? what officious ...
... stands pictured among his armed ances- tors . So does the fairest beauty change ; and it will be as bad with you and me ; and then what servants shall we have to wait upon us in the grave ? what friends to visit us ? what officious ...
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... stands in admiration of fortel its ruin without the gift of pro- them fools are fond of them , and wise phecy . And when ignorance succeeds in men are afraid of them ; they are talked the place of learning , weakness in the of , they ...
... stands in admiration of fortel its ruin without the gift of pro- them fools are fond of them , and wise phecy . And when ignorance succeeds in men are afraid of them ; they are talked the place of learning , weakness in the of , they ...
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Էջ 94 - He was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul. All the images of nature were still present to him, and he drew them not laboriously, but luckily: when he describes anything, you more than see it, you feel it too.
Էջ 400 - And let those that play your clowns, speak no more than is set down for them : for there be of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question of the play be then to be considered: that's villainous; and . shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.
Էջ 400 - As Caesar loved me, I weep for him ; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it ; as he was valiant, I honour him ; but as he was ambitious, I slew him. There is tears for his love, joy for his fortune, honour for his valour, and death for his ambition.
Էջ 445 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Էջ 416 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood! Let their last feeble and lingering glance, rather, behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original...
Էջ 436 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the...
Էջ 4 - ... consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously ; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others ; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading...
Էջ 399 - Be not too tame neither; but let your own discretion be your tutor. Suit the action to the word, the word to the action: with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature...
Էջ 399 - Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus: but use all gently: for in the very torrent, tempest, and (as I may say) whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance, that may give it smoothness.
Էջ 436 - Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes his aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces; but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could...