Landmarks of English LiteratureD. Appleton, 1886 - 460 Seiten |
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... cause of his frequently dark and harsh views of human character and destiny . We need hardly dwell on the additional interest given to a book by a knowledge of the circumstances under which it was composed . Byron's poetry owes half its ...
... cause of his frequently dark and harsh views of human character and destiny . We need hardly dwell on the additional interest given to a book by a knowledge of the circumstances under which it was composed . Byron's poetry owes half its ...
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... caused them so much pain as the verses of certain minor singers of our day have done . No parody is at once so scathing and so ridiculous as an attempt made by a writer of feeble powers to emulate the production . of a man of genius ...
... caused them so much pain as the verses of certain minor singers of our day have done . No parody is at once so scathing and so ridiculous as an attempt made by a writer of feeble powers to emulate the production . of a man of genius ...
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... cause others to admire them , but they are written in a vein which he cannot bring himself to like the tone of sentiment running through them , or the style in which they are written , is repugnant to his nature . The fact that this is ...
... cause others to admire them , but they are written in a vein which he cannot bring himself to like the tone of sentiment running through them , or the style in which they are written , is repugnant to his nature . The fact that this is ...
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... causes he walked , yet needs he mought be sun - burnt ; and , having the sound of these ancient poets still ringing in his ears , he mought needs in singing hit out some of their tunes . " He then goes on at considerable length to ...
... causes he walked , yet needs he mought be sun - burnt ; and , having the sound of these ancient poets still ringing in his ears , he mought needs in singing hit out some of their tunes . " He then goes on at considerable length to ...
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... causing some writers to err on the opposite side . John Austin , no mean judge , spoke of the first book of the " Ecclesiastical Polity " as " tustian . " The truth , as is usual in such cases , lies between the two extremes . Hooker's ...
... causing some writers to err on the opposite side . John Austin , no mean judge , spoke of the first book of the " Ecclesiastical Polity " as " tustian . " The truth , as is usual in such cases , lies between the two extremes . Hooker's ...
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Seite 123 - I modestly but freely told him ; and, after some further discourse about it, I pleasantly said to him, ' Thou hast said much here of Paradise Lost, but what hast thou to say of Paradise Found...
Seite 273 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame.
Seite 62 - With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the skies ; How silently ; and with how wan a face ! What ! may it be, that even in heavenly place That busy Archer his sharp arrows tries ? Sure, if that long-with-love-acquainted eyes Can judge of love, thou feel'st a lover's case ; I read it in thy looks ; thy languisht grace To me, that feel the like, thy state descries...
Seite 85 - He was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul, All the images of Nature were still present to him, and he drew them, not laboriously, but luckily: when he describes any thing, you more than see it, you feel it too.
Seite 116 - Enow of such, as for their bellies' sake Creep and intrude and climb into the fold! Of other care they little reckoning make Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest; Blind mouths!
Seite 92 - His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end.
Seite 111 - GATHER ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse and worst Times still succeed the former.
Seite 72 - Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, And burnt the topless towers of Ilium? — Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss. — Her lips suck forth my soul : see, where it flies ! — Come, Helen, come, give me my soul again. Here will I dwell, for heaven is in these lips, And all is dross that is not Helena.
Seite 156 - Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.
Seite 247 - In this poem there is no nature, for there is no truth; there is no art, for there is nothing new. Its form is that of a pastoral, easy, vulgar, and therefore disgusting: whatever images it can supply, are long ago exhausted; and its inherent improbability always forces dissatisfaction on the mind.