History of English Literature, Volume 2Edmonston & Douglas, 1874 - English literature |
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... manner of writing - Sustained and oratorical diction . 1X . Lack of general ideas in this age and this stamp of mind - Dryden's transla- tions - Adaptations - Imitations - Tales and letters - Faults - Merits- VOL . II . A Gravity of his ...
... manner of writing - Sustained and oratorical diction . 1X . Lack of general ideas in this age and this stamp of mind - Dryden's transla- tions - Adaptations - Imitations - Tales and letters - Faults - Merits- VOL . II . A Gravity of his ...
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... manners show that literature had become a matter of study rather than of inspiration , an employment for the taste rather than for the enthusiasm , a source of distraction rather than of emotion . His audience , his friendships , his ...
... manners show that literature had become a matter of study rather than of inspiration , an employment for the taste rather than for the enthusiasm , a source of distraction rather than of emotion . His audience , his friendships , his ...
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... manners and tastes of the world of fashion , of the idle , the drawing - room frequenters , lovers of pleasure , conversation , wit , and breeding , occupied with the piece in vogue , less to amuse themselves than to criticise it . Thus ...
... manners and tastes of the world of fashion , of the idle , the drawing - room frequenters , lovers of pleasure , conversation , wit , and breeding , occupied with the piece in vogue , less to amuse themselves than to criticise it . Thus ...
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... manners does the excellency of French poetry consist . Their heroes are the most civil people breathing , but their good breeding seldom extends to a word of sense ; all their wit is in their ceremony ; they want the genius which ...
... manners does the excellency of French poetry consist . Their heroes are the most civil people breathing , but their good breeding seldom extends to a word of sense ; all their wit is in their ceremony ; they want the genius which ...
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... manners , he wishes to marry her lawfully , and to repudiate his wife . Still , to omit no expedient , he employs a magician , who utters invocations ( on the stage ) , summons the in- fernal spirits , and brings up a troop of Spirits ...
... manners , he wishes to marry her lawfully , and to repudiate his wife . Still , to omit no expedient , he employs a magician , who utters invocations ( on the stage ) , summons the in- fernal spirits , and brings up a troop of Spirits ...
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Page 283 - I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying Glory smiles O'er the far times, when many a subject land Look'd to the winged Lion's marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles...
Page 529 - On lips that are for others ; deep as love, Deep as first love, and wild with all regret; O Death in Life, the days that are no more.
Page 148 - I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London that a young, healthy child well nursed is, at a year old, . a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.
Page 104 - It was said of Socrates that he brought Philosophy down from, heaven, to inhabit among men ; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffeehouses.
Page 205 - This day, black Omens threat the brightest Fair, That e'er deserv'da watchful spirit's care; Some dire disaster, or by force, or slight; But what, or where, the fates have wrapt in night. Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail China jar receive a flaw; Or stain her honour or her new brocade; Forget her pray'rs, or miss a masquerade; Or lose her heart, or necklace, at a ball; Or whether Heav'n has doom'd that Shock must fall.
Page 115 - Bridge, said I, standing in the Midst of the Tide. The Bridge thou seest, said he, is human Life, consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely Survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire Arches, with several broken Arches, which added to those that were entire, made up the Number about an hundred.
Page 535 - The old order changeth, yielding place to new, And God fulfils himself in many ways, Lest one good custom should corrupt the world Comfort thyself: what comfort is in me?
Page 529 - TEARS, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy Autumn-fields, And thinking of the days that are no more. Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail, That brings our friends up from the underworld, Sad as the last which reddens over one That sinks with all we love below the verge ; So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more.
Page 362 - Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else.
Page 44 - Now strike the golden lyre again! A louder yet, and yet a louder strain, Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark! the horrid sound Has raised up his head! As awaked from the dead, And amazed, he stares around. Revenge! revenge!