“The” British Essayists: ObserverAlexander Chalmers Little, Brown, 1856 - English essays |
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Page 132
... critic , if he is in search for defects , will readily enough discover— In scenam missus magno cum pondere versus . * HOR . ARS POET . 260 . Both were subject to be hurried on by an uncontrol- lable impulse , nor could nature alone ...
... critic , if he is in search for defects , will readily enough discover— In scenam missus magno cum pondere versus . * HOR . ARS POET . 260 . Both were subject to be hurried on by an uncontrol- lable impulse , nor could nature alone ...
Page 144
... critic of language will observe that here is a re- dundancy and crowd of metaphors , but the critic of nature will acknowledge that it is the very truth of character , and join me in the remark which points it out . In a tragedy so ...
... critic of language will observe that here is a re- dundancy and crowd of metaphors , but the critic of nature will acknowledge that it is the very truth of character , and join me in the remark which points it out . In a tragedy so ...
Page 169
... critics and detractors of his day , who thought to convict him of dulness by testifying in fact to his diligence . The magic movements of Shakspeare's muse had been so noted and applauded for their surprising rapidity , that the public ...
... critics and detractors of his day , who thought to convict him of dulness by testifying in fact to his diligence . The magic movements of Shakspeare's muse had been so noted and applauded for their surprising rapidity , that the public ...
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... critic , and defy him to find out an error in the scale and composition of his structure . Putting aside , therefore , any further mention of Shakspeare , who was a poet out of all rule , and be- yond all compass of criticism , one ...
... critic , and defy him to find out an error in the scale and composition of his structure . Putting aside , therefore , any further mention of Shakspeare , who was a poet out of all rule , and be- yond all compass of criticism , one ...
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... critic to examine and compare it by that test . His close adherence to the model of the Greek tragedy is in nothing more conspicuous than in the simplicity of his diction ; in this particular he has curbed his fancy with so tight a hand ...
... critic to examine and compare it by that test . His close adherence to the model of the Greek tragedy is in nothing more conspicuous than in the simplicity of his diction ; in this particular he has curbed his fancy with so tight a hand ...
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Page 97 - Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
Page 94 - And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Page 240 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair, Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre...
Page 166 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake : Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. All. Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. 3 Witch. Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf : Witches...
Page 133 - The effect and it ! Come to my woman's breasts, And take my milk for gall, you murth'ring ministers, Wherever in your sightless substances You wait on nature's mischief ! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry "Hold, hold!
Page 109 - And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Page 180 - But will arise, and his great name assert : Dagon must stoop, and shall ere long receive Such a discomfit, as shall quite despoil him Of all these boasted trophies won on me, And with confusion blank his worshippers.
Page 154 - Give me another horse: bind up my wounds. Have mercy, Jesu! — Soft! I did but dream. 0 coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me! The lights burn blue. It is now dead midnight. Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh.
Page 144 - Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale!
Page 108 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.