Literary Essays, Volume 4Macmillan, 1890 - European literature |
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... passionate elations that could not be tuned to the lullaby seesaw of the couplet . The satisfactions of a conventional taste were very well in their own way , but were they , after all , the high- est of which men were capable who had ...
... passionate elations that could not be tuned to the lullaby seesaw of the couplet . The satisfactions of a conventional taste were very well in their own way , but were they , after all , the high- est of which men were capable who had ...
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... passion was a very different thing from the exaggeration which heaps phrase on phrase , and that genius , like beauty , can always plead its privilege . Dryden , by his powerful example , by the charm of his verse which combines vigor ...
... passion was a very different thing from the exaggeration which heaps phrase on phrase , and that genius , like beauty , can always plead its privilege . Dryden , by his powerful example , by the charm of his verse which combines vigor ...
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... passion within the magic circle of courtliness , or to combine the appearance of careless ease and gayety of thought with intellect- ual exactness of statement . The eternal watchful- ness of a wit that never slept had made it distrust ...
... passion within the magic circle of courtliness , or to combine the appearance of careless ease and gayety of thought with intellect- ual exactness of statement . The eternal watchful- ness of a wit that never slept had made it distrust ...
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... passion has no April in her eyes : I cannot spend in mists ; I cannot mizzle ; My fluent brains are too severe to drizzle Slight drops . " 1 Good taste is an excellent thing when it confines itself to its own rightful province of the ...
... passion has no April in her eyes : I cannot spend in mists ; I cannot mizzle ; My fluent brains are too severe to drizzle Slight drops . " 1 Good taste is an excellent thing when it confines itself to its own rightful province of the ...
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... passionate repetitions are here ! We see what the direction of the new tendency was , but it would be an inadequate or a dishonest criticism that should hold Pope responsible for the narrow compass of the instrument which was his legacy ...
... passionate repetitions are here ! We see what the direction of the new tendency was , but it would be an inadequate or a dishonest criticism that should hold Pope responsible for the narrow compass of the instrument which was his legacy ...
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Page 45 - Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers load, On wings of winds came flying...
Page 203 - Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Page 39 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurled, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Page 45 - Peace to all such! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please. And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne; View him with scornful, yev with jealous eyes.
Page 40 - But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Page 110 - Him the Almighty Power Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms.
Page 41 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent! Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect in vile Man that mourns, As the rapt Seraph that adores and burns; To him no high, no low, no great, no...
Page 203 - For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead : so that they are without excuse. Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened : professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.
Page 38 - AWAKE, my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; A wild where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot, Or garden tempting with forbidden fruit.
Page 85 - Lastly, I should not choose this manner of writing, wherein knowing myself inferior to myself, led by the genial power of nature to another task, I have the use, as I may account, but of my left hand.