The Age of DrydenG. Bell, 1895 - 292 էջ |
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... says a contemporary , Burnet , had little or no literature , but true and good sense , and had got a right notion of style , for he was in France at a time when they were much set on reforming their language . It soon appeared that he ...
... says a contemporary , Burnet , had little or no literature , but true and good sense , and had got a right notion of style , for he was in France at a time when they were much set on reforming their language . It soon appeared that he ...
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... says Matthew Arnold with justice , ' marks the real moment of birth of our modern English prose . ' This prose , indeed , has since been vastly enriched by recurrence to antique models , but gains from this source have always been felt ...
... says Matthew Arnold with justice , ' marks the real moment of birth of our modern English prose . ' This prose , indeed , has since been vastly enriched by recurrence to antique models , but gains from this source have always been felt ...
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... say the letters of Cromwell , but those of Charles I. , with the despatches of Wellington , cannot but be sensible of an enormous advance , not merely in the effectiveness of speech , but in its dignity and simplicity , and of a great ...
... say the letters of Cromwell , but those of Charles I. , with the despatches of Wellington , cannot but be sensible of an enormous advance , not merely in the effectiveness of speech , but in its dignity and simplicity , and of a great ...
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... says Johnson , appears to want book - learning but when he mentions books ) justifies the conclusion that his time had been employed in study : how greatly his mind had matured was attested by his verses on the death of Cromwell ( 1658 ) ...
... says Johnson , appears to want book - learning but when he mentions books ) justifies the conclusion that his time had been employed in study : how greatly his mind had matured was attested by his verses on the death of Cromwell ( 1658 ) ...
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... says , ' is slow and dull , my humour saturnine and reserved ' ) , we have seen reason to attribute to Dry- den . We are told of his humanity and compassion , of his readiness to forgive injuries , of a friendship that exceeded his ...
... says , ' is slow and dull , my humour saturnine and reserved ' ) , we have seen reason to attribute to Dry- den . We are told of his humanity and compassion , of his readiness to forgive injuries , of a friendship that exceeded his ...
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Էջ 182 - What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? 275 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Էջ 88 - tis all a cheat ; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit ; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay : To-morrow's falser than the former day ; Lies worse, and, while it says we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possessed.
Էջ 27 - True wit is nature to advantage drest; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well exprest.
Էջ 47 - Some Passages of the Life and Death of John, Earl of Rochester," which the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety.
Էջ 25 - But though heaven made him poor, with reverence speaking, He never was a poet of God's making ; The midwife laid her hand on his thick skull, With this prophetic blessing — Be thou dull...
Էջ 267 - As I left this place and entered into the next field, a second pleasure entertained me. 'Twas a handsome milk-maid that had not yet attained so much age and wisdom as to load her mind with any fears of many things that will never be, as too many men too often do; but she cast away all care and sung like a nightingale.
Էջ 72 - Y/"E living lamps, by whose dear light The nightingale does sit so late, And studying all the summer night, Her matchless songs does meditate; Ye country comets, that portend No war nor prince's funeral, Shining unto no higher end Than to presage the grass's fall...
Էջ 267 - I sat down, when I was last this way a-fishing, and the birds in the adjoining grove seemed to have a friendly contention with an echo, whose dead voice seemed to live in a hollow tree, near to the brow of that primrose-hill...
Էջ 55 - On Butler, who can think without just rage, The glory and the scandal of the age ? Fair stood his hopes, when first he came to town, Met everywhere with welcomes of renown.
Էջ 21 - Promiscuous use of concubine and bride, Then Israel's monarch after Heaven's own heart His vigorous warmth did variously impart To wives and slaves, and, wide as his command, Scattered his Maker's image through the land.