The Poetical Decameron, Or, Ten Conversations on English Poets and Poetry: Particularly of the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I.Archibald Constable, 1820 - 674 էջ |
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Էջ xix
... true it might be in the time of Martial do we not every day see poems that might be included in small volumes , at the price of a few shillings , sold in immense numbers for about as many guineas ? Besides , it is somewhat strange ...
... true it might be in the time of Martial do we not every day see poems that might be included in small volumes , at the price of a few shillings , sold in immense numbers for about as many guineas ? Besides , it is somewhat strange ...
Էջ xxi
... true at the time he wrote , how much more likely is it to be true at the time when we are speaking ? But putting poetry out of the question for the moment , is there nothing else to be gained from studying our early English authors ? As ...
... true at the time he wrote , how much more likely is it to be true at the time when we are speaking ? But putting poetry out of the question for the moment , is there nothing else to be gained from studying our early English authors ? As ...
Էջ xxiii
... true of books as of every thing else ; because so much pains have been bestowed in raking and sifting dust and rubbish for some neglected relic , it is considered by the discoverer much more valuable than its real worth . I admit the ...
... true of books as of every thing else ; because so much pains have been bestowed in raking and sifting dust and rubbish for some neglected relic , it is considered by the discoverer much more valuable than its real worth . I admit the ...
Էջ xxiv
... true . It is almost a proverb in Germany , especially since the publication of the Lectures of Schlegel has shown off our illustrators to such disadvantage , that as it has pleased heaven to bestow upon England the best dramatic poet ...
... true . It is almost a proverb in Germany , especially since the publication of the Lectures of Schlegel has shown off our illustrators to such disadvantage , that as it has pleased heaven to bestow upon England the best dramatic poet ...
Էջ xxvii
... true ( remarked Bourne ) , but I by no means think him the worst of the annotators ; as for Malone , he was quite as self- conceited as Steevens , with as little capacity of de- ciding what was or was not really good in poetry . One ...
... true ( remarked Bourne ) , but I by no means think him the worst of the annotators ; as for Malone , he was quite as self- conceited as Steevens , with as little capacity of de- ciding what was or was not really good in poetry . One ...
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Էջ 270 - Oft expectation fails, and most oft there Where most it promises ; and oft it hits, Where hope is coldest, and despair most sits.
Էջ 22 - Shakespeare that from his works may be collected a system of civil and economical prudence ; yet his real power is not shown in the splendour of particular passages, but by the progress of his fable and the tenor of his dialogue ; and he that tries to recommend him by select quotations, will succeed like the pedant in Hierocles, who, when he offered his house to sale, carried a brick in his pocket as a specimen.
Էջ xix - ... genius through the shades of age, as the eye surveys the sun through artificial opacity. The great contention of criticism is to find the faults of the moderns and the beauties of the ancients.
Էջ 244 - Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Էջ 68 - ENTITLED To the noble and vertuous Gentleman, most worthy of all titles both of learning and chevalrie, MA1STER PHILIP SIDNEY.
Էջ xliii - Of a Jew, who would for his Debt have a Pound of the Flesh of a Christian.
Էջ xliv - Wonder not (for with thee will I first begin), thou famous gracer of tragedians, that Greene, who hath said with thee like the fool in his heart, "There is no God...
Էջ 160 - twixt each drop, he nigardly, As loth to enrich mee, so tells many a lie. More than ten Hollensheads, or Halls, or Stowes, Of triviall houshold trash he knowes ; He knowes When the Queene frown'd, or smil'd, and he knowes what A subtle States-man may gather of that...
Էջ 251 - I can willinglyer conceive then dare to prescribe; yet let me have the substance rough, not the shadow. I cannot, nay, I will not delude your sight with mists; yet I dare defend my plainenesse against the verjuice-face of the crabbedst Satyrist that ever stuttered.
Էջ 90 - tis true ; but now, if any Should for that cause despise it, we have many Reasons, both just and pregnant, to maintain Antiquity, and those, too, not all vain. We know (and not long since) there was a time, Strong lines were not look'd after ; but if rhyme, Oh ! then 'twas excellent...