Essays in CriticismMacmillan and Company, 1865 - Всего страниц: 302 |
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Стр. xviii
... century , so serene ! " There are our young barbarians , all at play . " And yet , steeped in sentiment as she lies , spreading her gardens to the moonlight , and whispering from her towers the last enchantments of the Middle Age , who ...
... century , so serene ! " There are our young barbarians , all at play . " And yet , steeped in sentiment as she lies , spreading her gardens to the moonlight , and whispering from her towers the last enchantments of the Middle Age , who ...
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... warfare against the Philistines , compared with the warfare which this Queen of Romance has been waging against them for centuries , and will wage after we are gone ? " Our antagonist is our helper . This amicable conflict PREFACE . xix.
... warfare against the Philistines , compared with the warfare which this Queen of Romance has been waging against them for centuries , and will wage after we are gone ? " Our antagonist is our helper . This amicable conflict PREFACE . xix.
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... century , and still followed in France , of printing a notice of this kind , - —a notice by a competent critic , -to serve as an introduction to an eminent author's works , might be revived among us with advantage . To introduce all ...
... century , and still followed in France , of printing a notice of this kind , - —a notice by a competent critic , -to serve as an introduction to an eminent author's works , might be revived among us with advantage . To introduce all ...
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... the burst of creative activity in our literature , through the first quarter of this century , had about it , in fact , something premature ; and that from this cause its productions are doomed , most 6 THE FUNCTION OF CRITICISM.
... the burst of creative activity in our literature , through the first quarter of this century , had about it , in fact , something premature ; and that from this cause its productions are doomed , most 6 THE FUNCTION OF CRITICISM.
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... century , with plenty of energy , plenty of creative force , did not know enough . This makes Byron so empty of matter , Shelley so incoherent , Words- worth even , profound as he is , yet so wanting in com- pleteness and variety ...
... century , with plenty of energy , plenty of creative force , did not know enough . This makes Byron so empty of matter , Shelley so incoherent , Words- worth even , profound as he is , yet so wanting in com- pleteness and variety ...
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Стр. 272 - The sun shall be no more thy light by day, neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee; but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
Стр. 61 - Il ira, cet ignorant dans l'art de bien dire, avec cette locution rude, avec cette phrase qui sent l'étranger, il ira en cette Grèce polie, la mère des philosophes et des orateurs ; et malgré la résistance du monde, il y établira plus d'églises que Platon n'ya gagné de disciples par cette éloquence qu'on a crue divine.
Стр. 22 - I look around me and ask what is the state of England? Is not property safe? Is not every man able to say what he likes?
Стр. 20 - Review, existing as an organ of the Tories, and for as much play of mind as may suit its being that ; we have the British Quarterly Review, existc 2 ing as an organ of the political Dissenters, and for as much play of mind as may suit its being that ; we have the Times, existing as an organ of the common, satisfied, well-to-do Englishman, and for as much play of mind as may suit its being that.
Стр. 21 - I ask you whether the world over, or in past history, there is anything like it? Nothing. I pray that our unrivalled happiness may last.
Стр. 81 - Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again!
Стр. xx - He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.
Стр. 289 - And, when that ruler is a Roman emperor, what an " idea " is this to be written down and meditated by him: — " The idea of a polity in which there is the same law for all, a polity administered with regard to equal rights and equal freedom of speech, and the idea of a kingly government which respects most of all the freedom of the governed.
Стр. 233 - I cannot build a house for my ideas," said he; "I have tried to do without words, and words take their revenge on me by their difficulty." "If there is a man upon earth tormented by the cursed desire to get a whole book into a page, a whole page into a phrase, and this 5 phrase into one word, — that man is myself.
Стр. 142 - If Thou, LORD, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss : O LORD, who may abide it?