Essays in CriticismMacmillan and Company, 1883 - Всего страниц: 379 |
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... criticism was excessive , and asserted the inherent superiority of the creative effort of the human spirit over its critical effort . VOL . I. W $ B And the other day , having been led by a THE FUNCTION OF CRITICISM AT THE PRESENT TIME •
... criticism was excessive , and asserted the inherent superiority of the creative effort of the human spirit over its critical effort . VOL . I. W $ B And the other day , having been led by a THE FUNCTION OF CRITICISM AT THE PRESENT TIME •
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... human nature , that a man capable of producing some effect in one line of literature , should , for the greater good of society , voluntarily doom himself to impotence and obscurity in another . Still less is this to be expected from ...
... human nature , that a man capable of producing some effect in one line of literature , should , for the greater good of society , voluntarily doom himself to impotence and obscurity in another . Still less is this to be expected from ...
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... human spirit looked for its satisfaction in itself and in the increased play of its own activity . The French Revolution took a political , practical character . The movement which went on in France under the old régime , from 1700 to ...
... human spirit looked for its satisfaction in itself and in the increased play of its own activity . The French Revolution took a political , practical character . The movement which went on in France under the old régime , from 1700 to ...
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... - burgh obeyed an impulse to which millions of the human race may be permitted to remain strangers . But the prescriptions of reason are absolute , unchang- ing , of universal validity ; to count by tens 10 [ 1 . ESSAYS IN CRITICISM .
... - burgh obeyed an impulse to which millions of the human race may be permitted to remain strangers . But the prescriptions of reason are absolute , unchang- ing , of universal validity ; to count by tens 10 [ 1 . ESSAYS IN CRITICISM .
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... human affairs , the minds of men will be fitted to it ; the general opinions and feelings will draw that way . Every fear , every hope will forward it ; and then they who persist in opposing this mighty current in human affairs , will ...
... human affairs , the minds of men will be fitted to it ; the general opinions and feelings will draw that way . Every fear , every hope will forward it ; and then they who persist in opposing this mighty current in human affairs , will ...
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Стр. 325 - Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way. 9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.) 10 Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go.
Стр. 146 - If Thou, LORD, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss : O LORD, who may abide it?
Стр. 347 - 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. xi - And yet, steeped in sentiment as she lies, spreading PREFACE. xi her gardens to the moonlight, and whispering from her towers the last enchantments of the Middle Age, who will deny that Oxford, by her ineffable charm, keeps ever calling us nearer to the true goal of all of us, to the ideal, to perfection...
Стр. 365 - From my brother Severus, to love my kin, and to love truth, and to love justice; and through him I learned to know Thrasea, Helvidius, Cato, Dion, Brutus; and from him I received 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. 19 - Its business is to do this with inflexible honesty, with due ability ; but its business is to do no more, and to leave alone all questions of practical consequences and applications, questions which will never fail to have due prominence given to them.
Стр. 213 - Praised be my Lord for our sister, the death of the body, from whom no man escapeth. Woe to him who dieth in mortal sin. Blessed are they who are found walking by thy most holy will, for the second death shall have no power to do them harm. Praise ye and bless the Lord, and give thanks unto him and serve him with great humility.
Стр. 18 - By keeping aloof from what is called " the practical view of things ; " by resolutely following the law of its own nature, which is to be a free play of the mind on all subjects which it touches.
Стр. 21 - 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? Can you not walk from one end of England to the other in perfect security? 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. 366 - What hast thou now in thy thoughts ? with perfect openness thou mightest immediately answer, This or That; so that from thy words it should be plain that everything in thee is simple and benevolent, and such as befits a social animal, and one that cares not for thoughts about pleasure or sensual enjoyments at all, nor has any rivalry or envy and suspicion, or anything else for which thou wouldst blush if thou shouldst say that thou hadst it in thy mind.