Critical and Miscellaneous Essays ...Carey & Hart, 1841 |
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... reader may have often observed in conversa- tion , that the person who professes himself most incredu- lous on the subject of marvellous stories , often ends his remarks by indulging the company with some well - attested anecdote ...
... reader may have often observed in conversa- tion , that the person who professes himself most incredu- lous on the subject of marvellous stories , often ends his remarks by indulging the company with some well - attested anecdote ...
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... said to be better than the whole . The marvellous , more than any other attribute of fictitious narrative , loses its effect by being brought much into view . The imagination of the reader is to HOFFMANN'S NOVELS . 11.
... said to be better than the whole . The marvellous , more than any other attribute of fictitious narrative , loses its effect by being brought much into view . The imagination of the reader is to HOFFMANN'S NOVELS . 11.
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Walter Scott. into view . The imagination of the reader is to be excited if possible , without being gratified . If once , like Macbeth , we " sup full with horrors , " our taste for the banquet is ended , and the thrill of terror with ...
Walter Scott. into view . The imagination of the reader is to be excited if possible , without being gratified . If once , like Macbeth , we " sup full with horrors , " our taste for the banquet is ended , and the thrill of terror with ...
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... reader . To this species of composition belong the Eastern tales , which contribute so much to the amusement of our ... readers , of any imagination , who have not at one time or other in their life sympathized with the poet Collins ...
... reader . To this species of composition belong the Eastern tales , which contribute so much to the amusement of our ... readers , of any imagination , who have not at one time or other in their life sympathized with the poet Collins ...
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... reader . By this species of delineation the reader will perceive that the supernatural style of writing is entirely travestied and held up to laughter , instead of being made the subject of respectful attention , or heard with at least ...
... reader . By this species of delineation the reader will perceive that the supernatural style of writing is entirely travestied and held up to laughter , instead of being made the subject of respectful attention , or heard with at least ...
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Seite 13 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up...
Seite 12 - A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues, that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses.
Seite 45 - Some say no evil thing that walks by night, In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost, That breaks his magic chains at curfew time, No goblin or swart faery of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity.
Seite 31 - When I lie, sit, or walk alone, I sigh, I grieve, making great...
Seite 412 - And thus ends all that I doubt I shall ever be able to do with my own eyes in the keeping of my Journal, I being not able to do it any longer, having done now so long as to undo my eyes almost every time that I take a pen in my hand...
Seite 204 - Because you are not merry : and 'twere as easy For you to laugh and leap and say you are merry, Because you are not sad. Now, by two-headed Janus, Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time : Some that will evermore peep through their eyes And laugh like parrots at a bag-piper, And other of such vinegar aspect That they'll not show their teeth in way of smile, Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable.
Seite 12 - The other Shape — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either — black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart: what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Seite 12 - ... shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb: Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, — For each seemed either; black he stood as night; Fierce as ten furies; terrible as hell; And shook a deadly dart. What seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. In this description all is dark, uncertain, confused, terrible and sublime to the last degree.
Seite 13 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
Seite 157 - Thornton. A SPORTING TOUR THROUGH THE NORTHERN PARTS OF ENGLAND AND GREAT PART OF THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. By Colonel T. THORNTON, of Thornville Royal, in Yorkshire. With the Original Illustrations by GARRARD, and other Illustrations and Coloured Plates by GE LODGE.