Essays in CriticismMacmillan and Company, 1865 - Всего страниц: 302 |
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Стр. viii
... Letter to the Dean of Canterbury , complaining of some remarks of mine , uttered now a long while ago , on his version of the Iliad . One cannot be always studying one's own works , and I was really under the impression , viii PREFACE .
... Letter to the Dean of Canterbury , complaining of some remarks of mine , uttered now a long while ago , on his version of the Iliad . One cannot be always studying one's own works , and I was really under the impression , viii PREFACE .
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... letters , and not as an office- bearer in a hierarchy , the whole responsibility for all I write ; it is much more out of genuine devotion to the University of Oxford , for which I feel , and always must feel , the fondest , the most ...
... letters , and not as an office- bearer in a hierarchy , the whole responsibility for all I write ; it is much more out of genuine devotion to the University of Oxford , for which I feel , and always must feel , the fondest , the most ...
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... letters : - " The writers in these publications " ( the Reviews ) , " while they prosecute their inglorious employment , can- not be supposed to be in a state of mind very favour- able for being affected by the finer influences of a ...
... letters : - " The writers in these publications " ( the Reviews ) , " while they prosecute their inglorious employment , can- not be supposed to be in a state of mind very favour- able for being affected by the finer influences of a ...
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... letter in the Times declaring that a decimal coinage is an absurdity . That a whole nation should have been pene- trated with an enthusiasm for pure reason , and with an ardent zeal for making its prescriptions triumph , is a very ...
... letter in the Times declaring that a decimal coinage is an absurdity . That a whole nation should have been pene- trated with an enthusiasm for pure reason , and with an ardent zeal for making its prescriptions triumph , is a very ...
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... letters ever can forget it ? It is no such common matter for a gifted nature to come into possession of a current of true and living ideas , and to produce amidst the inspira- tion of them , that we are likely to underrate it . The ...
... letters ever can forget it ? It is no such common matter for a gifted nature to come into possession of a current of true and living ideas , and to produce amidst the inspira- tion of them , that we are likely to underrate it . The ...
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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?