History of English Literature, Том 3Chatto & Windus, 1883 |
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... present at dissolving views . They not demand that things should proceed after the la of nature ; on the contrary , they willingly did require that they should proceed against the laws of natu The irrationality is the charm . That new ...
... present at dissolving views . They not demand that things should proceed after the la of nature ; on the contrary , they willingly did require that they should proceed against the laws of natu The irrationality is the charm . That new ...
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... present Our Alexandrian revels ; Antony Shall be brought drunken forth , and I shall see Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness I ' the posture of a whore . • 1 and I have foreseen it as soon as she. AP . II 25 DRYDEN .
... present Our Alexandrian revels ; Antony Shall be brought drunken forth , and I shall see Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness I ' the posture of a whore . • 1 and I have foreseen it as soon as she. AP . II 25 DRYDEN .
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... present in you , even above their 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 ...
... present in you , even above their 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 ...
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... present of six broad pieces , which were presented to Monmouth by Marvell , the member for Hull . Modern scruples were not yet born . I can believe that Dryden , with all his prostrations , lacked spirit more than honour . A second ...
... present of six broad pieces , which were presented to Monmouth by Marvell , the member for Hull . Modern scruples were not yet born . I can believe that Dryden , with all his prostrations , lacked spirit more than honour . A second ...
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... present and practical interests , embittered by the rancour of old and wounded passions . Dryden plunged in ; and his poem of Absalom and Achitophel was a political pamphlet . " They who can criticise so weakly , " he says in the ...
... present and practical interests , embittered by the rancour of old and wounded passions . Dryden plunged in ; and his poem of Absalom and Achitophel was a political pamphlet . " They who can criticise so weakly , " he says in the ...
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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.