Advice in the Pursuits of Literature: Containing Historical, Biographical, and Critical RemarksGeorge H. Evans, 1832 - 296 Seiten |
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... true that life is short and science long , but this should be used not to discourage the young , but as an in- ducement to industry and perseverance . The young should learn what is meant by literature , and then look at its value , and ...
... true that life is short and science long , but this should be used not to discourage the young , but as an in- ducement to industry and perseverance . The young should learn what is meant by literature , and then look at its value , and ...
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... true glory . It was reserved for an after age to do him justice . Some sketches of his times were worked up by Shakspeare , which have brought down to us this wild , elegant , and gifted Prince , in a blaze of light . His great- ness ...
... true glory . It was reserved for an after age to do him justice . Some sketches of his times were worked up by Shakspeare , which have brought down to us this wild , elegant , and gifted Prince , in a blaze of light . His great- ness ...
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... true spirit of criti- cism . His rules for declamation are admirable , and such as every great orator has followed - that is , in making a speech for a departed great man , to summon up the soul and character of the deceased , and make ...
... true spirit of criti- cism . His rules for declamation are admirable , and such as every great orator has followed - that is , in making a speech for a departed great man , to summon up the soul and character of the deceased , and make ...
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... true minister of Deity , proclaiming just thoughts , and wholesome precepts to man . He was fed by no ravens , nor asked , or expected à car of fire . A well regulated stage may be likened to a CAMERA LUCIDA , in which one desirous of ...
... true minister of Deity , proclaiming just thoughts , and wholesome precepts to man . He was fed by no ravens , nor asked , or expected à car of fire . A well regulated stage may be likened to a CAMERA LUCIDA , in which one desirous of ...
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... true to nature ; for though she had plucked from her soul all remorse , while she could concentrate her powers , no sooner than she slept , her dreams and somnambulism spoke all the horrors of her soul . Shakspeare developed this truth ...
... true to nature ; for though she had plucked from her soul all remorse , while she could concentrate her powers , no sooner than she slept , her dreams and somnambulism spoke all the horrors of her soul . Shakspeare developed this truth ...
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admirable Amphipolis ancient Arymbas beauty born breath Cæsar called Cersobleptes character charm Chaucer Comus death deeds deep delight Demosthenes discovery divine Dryden early earth elegant Eleusinian mysteries eloquence England English language English poetry enterprize eyes fame fear feeling fiction gave genius give glory Greece Greeks hand hath heart heaven Henry VII Hesiod historians Homer honor human Iliad immortal Inca Jove Julius Cæsar king knowledge labors Lady land language laws learning letters light lived mankind master mighty Milton mind moral muse nations nature Neoptolemus never night o'er odes passion period Phemius philosophy poet poetry political Pope praise racter reign Roman Rome satire scholar sentiment Shakspeare Sir William Jones song soon soul sound spirit sweet talents taste thee thine things thou thought Thrace tion truth verse virtue wild writers wrote youth
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Seite 257 - Now o'er the one half world Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse The curtain'd sleep ; now witchcraft celebrates Pale Hecate's offerings ; and wither'd murder, Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf. Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design, Moves like a ghost.
Seite 254 - And sullen Moloch, fled, Hath left in shadows dread His burning idol all of blackest hue ; In vain with cymbals' ring They call the grisly king, In dismal dance about the furnace blue ; The brutish gods of Nile as fast, Isis, and Orus, and the dog Anubis, haste...
Seite 69 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With Nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown : He raised a mortal to the skies: She drew an angel down.
Seite 53 - All hail, great master! grave sir, hail ! I come To answer thy best pleasure ; be't to fly, To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride On the curl'd clouds ; to thy strong bidding, task Ariel, and all his quality.
Seite 253 - In consecrated earth And on the holy hearth The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint; In urns, and altars round A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamens at their service quaint; And the chill marble seems to sweat, While each peculiar Power foregoes his wonted seat.
Seite 104 - How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part, which laws or kings can cause or cure ! Still to ourselves in every place consign'd, Our own felicity we make or find : With secret course, which no loud storms annoy, Glides the smooth current of domestic joy. The lifted axe, the agonising wheel, Luke's iron crown, and Damien's bed of steel, To men remote from power but rarely known, Leave reason, faith, and conscience, all our own.
Seite 64 - I saw them under a green mantling vine, That crawls along the side of yon small hill, Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots. Their port was more than human as they stood : I took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i
Seite 157 - I do remember well the hour which burst My spirit's sleep: a fresh May-dawn it was, When I walked forth upon the glittering grass, And wept, I knew not why; until there rose From the near schoolroom, voices, that, alas! Were but one echo from a world of woes — The harsh and grating strife of tyrants and of foes.
Seite 52 - His nature is too noble for the world : He would not flatter Neptune for his trident, Or Jove for his power to thunder.
Seite 69 - Music the fiercest grief can. charm, And Fate's severest rage disarm ; Music can soften pain to ease, And make despair and madness please : Our joys below it can improve, And antedate the bliss above. This the divine Cecilia found, And to her Maker's praise confin'd the sound. When the full organ joins the tuneful quire, Th...