History of English Literature, Том 3Chatto & Windus, 1883 |
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... original , abandoned ' the minds of men to the excitement and caprice of im- . agination , the eccentricities , curiosities , outbreaks of a fancy which only cares to content itself , breaks out into singularities , has need of ...
... original , abandoned ' the minds of men to the excitement and caprice of im- . agination , the eccentricities , curiosities , outbreaks of a fancy which only cares to content itself , breaks out into singularities , has need of ...
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... original artists love exclu- sively and unjustly a certain idea and a certain world ; the rest disappears from their eyes ; confined one region of art , they deny or scorn the other ; it isecause they are limited that they are strong ...
... original artists love exclu- sively and unjustly a certain idea and a certain world ; the rest disappears from their eyes ; confined one region of art , they deny or scorn the other ; it isecause they are limited that they are strong ...
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... original souls , and to Consider the imitator on his own merits , without rcing an overwhelming comparison . There is vigour and art in this tragedy of Dryden , ll for Love . " He has informed us , that this was the 30 THE CLASSIC AGE ...
... original souls , and to Consider the imitator on his own merits , without rcing an overwhelming comparison . There is vigour and art in this tragedy of Dryden , ll for Love . " He has informed us , that this was the 30 THE CLASSIC AGE ...
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... originals ; you only want a Homer or a Tasso to make you equal to them . Youth , beauty , and courage ( all which you possess in the height of their perfection ) are the most desirable gifts of Heaven . " 4 His Grace did not frown nor ...
... originals ; you only want a Homer or a Tasso to make you equal to them . Youth , beauty , and courage ( all which you possess in the height of their perfection ) are the most desirable gifts of Heaven . " 4 His Grace did not frown nor ...
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... be as great works as original compositions . When he took the Eneid in hand , the nation , as Johnson tells us , appeared to think These its honour interested in the issue . Addison furnished him 62 BOOK III . THE CLASSIC AGE .
... be as great works as original compositions . When he took the Eneid in hand , the nation , as Johnson tells us , appeared to think These its honour interested in the issue . Addison furnished him 62 BOOK III . THE CLASSIC AGE .
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Стр. 321 - WE were now treading that illustrious Island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible.
Стр. 124 - Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by...
Стр. 174 - It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven, to inhabit among Men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-Tables and in CoffeeHouses.
Стр. 70 - Now strike the golden lyre again; A louder yet, and yet a louder strain. Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark, the horrid sound Has raised up his head; As awaked from the dead, And, amazed, he stares around. "Revenge, revenge!
Стр. 417 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Стр. 53 - Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to all succeeding ages curst : For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit, Restless, unfixed in principles and place, 7° In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace; A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay And o'er-informed the tenement of clay.
Стр. 357 - Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between ; in doubt to act, or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a God or beast...
Стр. 54 - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Стр. 69 - Flush'd with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes ! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain ; Bacchus...
Стр. 193 - I had ever heard. They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.