Essays in CriticismMacmillan and Company, 1865 - Всего страниц: 302 |
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... reason for existing . Elsewhere I expressly spoke of the merit of his version ; but I confess that the phrase , qualified as I have shown , about its want of a proper reason for existing , I used . Well , the phrase had , perhaps , too ...
... reason for existing . Elsewhere I expressly spoke of the merit of his version ; but I confess that the phrase , qualified as I have shown , about its want of a proper reason for existing , I used . Well , the phrase had , perhaps , too ...
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... reason are absolute , unchanging , of universal validity ; to count by tens is the simplest way of counting , * — * A writer in the Saturday Review , who has offered me some counsels about style for which I am truly grateful , suggests ...
... reason are absolute , unchanging , of universal validity ; to count by tens is the simplest way of counting , * — * A writer in the Saturday Review , who has offered me some counsels about style for which I am truly grateful , suggests ...
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... reason so strongly that they legislated in accordance with it . They may have been wrong in so doing ; they may have foolishly omitted to take other prescriptions of reason into account ; -the non - English world does not seem to think ...
... reason so strongly that they legislated in accordance with it . They may have been wrong in so doing ; they may have foolishly omitted to take other prescriptions of reason into account ; -the non - English world does not seem to think ...
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... reason was fatal . Here an Englishman is in his element : on this theme we can all go on for hours . And all we are in the habit of saying on it has undoubtedly a great deal of truth . Ideas cannot be too much prized in and for ...
... reason was fatal . Here an Englishman is in his element : on this theme we can all go on for hours . And all we are in the habit of saying on it has undoubtedly a great deal of truth . Ideas cannot be too much prized in and for ...
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... reason for asserting them again and again . Criticism must maintain its independence of the practical spirit and its aims . Even with well - meant efforts of the practical spirit it must express dissatisfaction , if in the sphere of the ...
... reason for asserting them again and again . Criticism must maintain its independence of the practical spirit and its aims . Even with well - meant efforts of the practical spirit it must express dissatisfaction , if in the sphere of 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?