Essays and CriticismsD. C. Heath & Company, 1911 - 378 էջ |
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... shew him a soul , which , if it were not so , at least deserved to be immortal . The reasoning part is far inferior , sometimes weak , sometimes false , too obscure , too ab- stracted , to convince us of any thing ; yet with a mixture ...
... shew him a soul , which , if it were not so , at least deserved to be immortal . The reasoning part is far inferior , sometimes weak , sometimes false , too obscure , too ab- stracted , to convince us of any thing ; yet with a mixture ...
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... shews the wisdom of God ; and yet adds , every thing does not shew in like manner the goodness of God , conformably to our ideas of this attribute in either ! By wisdom he must only mean , that God knows and employs the fittest means to ...
... shews the wisdom of God ; and yet adds , every thing does not shew in like manner the goodness of God , conformably to our ideas of this attribute in either ! By wisdom he must only mean , that God knows and employs the fittest means to ...
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... shew us the gradual advances of the art within the period which I have as- signed ; for it is not to be imagined that all the forms which I have described made their appear- ance at one and the same time , or that the build- 1 Under the ...
... shew us the gradual advances of the art within the period which I have as- signed ; for it is not to be imagined that all the forms which I have described made their appear- ance at one and the same time , or that the build- 1 Under the ...
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... shew us , that Puttenham , though he lived within about one hundred and fifty years of Chaucer's time , must have been mistaken with regard to what the old writers called their Riding Rhyme ; for the Canterbury Tales , which he gives as ...
... shew us , that Puttenham , though he lived within about one hundred and fifty years of Chaucer's time , must have been mistaken with regard to what the old writers called their Riding Rhyme ; for the Canterbury Tales , which he gives as ...
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... shew why one monument has , and another has not , escaped the wreck of ages ? ( Perhaps rhyme might begin among the common people , and be applied only to the meaner species of poetry , adages , songs , and vulgar histories , passing by ...
... shew why one monument has , and another has not , escaped the wreck of ages ? ( Perhaps rhyme might begin among the common people , and be applied only to the meaner species of poetry , adages , songs , and vulgar histories , passing by ...
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Էջ 135 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up...
Էջ 181 - Fill high the sparkling bowl, The rich repast prepare, Reft of a crown, he yet may share the feast: Close by the regal chair Fell thirst and famine scowl A baleful smile upon their baffled guest. Heard ye the din of battle bray, Lance to lance, and horse to horse ? Long years of havoc urge their destined course, And thro' the kindred squadrons mow their way.
Էջ 181 - Edward, lo! to sudden fate (Weave we the woof; The thread is spun;) Half of thy heart we consecrate. (The web is wove; The work is done.) — Stay, oh stay!
Էջ 180 - Mighty victor, mighty lord! Low on his funeral couch he lies! No pitying heart, no eye, afford A tear to grace his obsequies. Is the sable warrior fled?
Էջ 271 - We take it for a translation ; and should believe it to be a true story, if it were not for St. Nicholas.
Էջ xxi - Perhaps it , i may be said, what signifies so much knowledge, when it produced so little ? Is it worth taking so much pains to leave no memorial but a few poems ? But let it be considered that Mr. Gray was to others, at least innocently employed ; to himself, certainly beneficially.
Էջ 181 - And thro' the kindred squadrons mow their way. Ye Towers of Julius, London's lasting shame, With many a foul and midnight murther fed, Revere his Consort's faith, his Father's fame, And spare the meek Usurper's holy head.
Էջ 183 - Fond impious Man, think'st thou yon sanguine cloud Rais'd by thy breath, has quench'd the Orb of day? To-morrow he repairs the golden flood, And warms the nations with redoubled ray. Enough for me: With joy I see The different doom our Fates assign : Be thine Despair and scept'red Care ; To triumph and to die are mine.
Էջ 265 - He is highly civil to our nation ; but there is one point in which he does not do us justice ; I am the more solicitous about it, because it relates to the only taste we can call our own; the only proof of our original talent in matter of pleasure, I mean our skill in gardening, or rather laying out grounds : and this is no small honour to us, since neither Italy nor France have ever had the least notion of it, nor yet do at all comprehend it when they see it. That the Chinese have this beautiful...
Էջ 199 - Extreme conciseness of expression, yet pure, perspicuous, and musical, is one of the grand beauties of lyric poetry. This I have always aimed at, and never could attain...