History of English Literature, Volume 2Edmonston & Douglas, 1874 - English literature |
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... passions . . . . He who will look upon their plays which have been written till these last ten years , or thereabouts , will find it an hard matter to pick out two or three passable humours amongst them . Corneille himself , their arch ...
... passions . . . . He who will look upon their plays which have been written till these last ten years , or thereabouts , will find it an hard matter to pick out two or three passable humours amongst them . Corneille himself , their arch ...
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... passions , these features of Shakspeare become each other . Order , measure , eloquence , aristocratic refinement , worldly urbanity , exquisite painting of delicacy and virtue , all Racine's features suit each other . It would destroy ...
... passions , these features of Shakspeare become each other . Order , measure , eloquence , aristocratic refinement , worldly urbanity , exquisite painting of delicacy and virtue , all Racine's features suit each other . It would destroy ...
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... passion , the accumulation of despair or hate which have unchained the will and nerved the hand . When the unchecked words , the fits of rage , the convulsive ejaculations of exasperated desire , have brought me in contact with all the ...
... passion , the accumulation of despair or hate which have unchained the will and nerved the hand . When the unchecked words , the fits of rage , the convulsive ejaculations of exasperated desire , have brought me in contact with all the ...
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... passions contend for a human heart . We perceive the tragical vicissitude of the strife , the progress of a sentiment , the overthrow of obstacles , the slow growth of desire or wrath , to the very instant when the resolution , rising ...
... passions contend for a human heart . We perceive the tragical vicissitude of the strife , the progress of a sentiment , the overthrow of obstacles , the slow growth of desire or wrath , to the very instant when the resolution , rising ...
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... passions of a soldier ; it is this heat of blood , this too quick sentiment of honour , which has caused his ruin ; he cannot forgive his own crime ; he possesses not that lofty genius which , dwelling in a region superior to ordinary ...
... passions of a soldier ; it is this heat of blood , this too quick sentiment of honour , which has caused his ruin ; he cannot forgive his own crime ; he possesses not that lofty genius which , dwelling in a region superior to ordinary ...
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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!