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Page vii
... literature will soon perceive its vital connection with other agencies . Suppose a man to be ever so much con- vinced that literature is , as indisputably it is , a powerful agency for benefiting the world and for civilising it , such a ...
... literature will soon perceive its vital connection with other agencies . Suppose a man to be ever so much con- vinced that literature is , as indisputably it is , a powerful agency for benefiting the world and for civilising it , such a ...
Page viii
... literature , is a part of it , and a part only ? Civilisa- tion is the humanisation of man in society . Man is civilised when the whole body of society comes to live with a life worthy to be called human , and correspond- ing to man's ...
... literature , is a part of it , and a part only ? Civilisa- tion is the humanisation of man in society . Man is civilised when the whole body of society comes to live with a life worthy to be called human , and correspond- ing to man's ...
Page xi
... NECESSARIUM " " 107 V. A GUIDE TO ENGLISH LITERATURE 134 VI . FALKLAND 154 VII . A FRENCH CRITIC ON MILTON . 178 VIII . A FRENCH CRITIC ON GOETHE . 206 IX . GEORGE SAND 236 I. DEMOCRACY . IN giving an account of education in.
... NECESSARIUM " " 107 V. A GUIDE TO ENGLISH LITERATURE 134 VI . FALKLAND 154 VII . A FRENCH CRITIC ON MILTON . 178 VIII . A FRENCH CRITIC ON GOETHE . 206 IX . GEORGE SAND 236 I. DEMOCRACY . IN giving an account of education in.
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... literature and memoirs of the last century . To give but two illustrations out of a thousand . Let the reader refer to the anecdote told by Robert Wood in his Essay on the Genius of Homer ( London , 1775 ) , p . vii . and to Lord ...
... literature and memoirs of the last century . To give but two illustrations out of a thousand . Let the reader refer to the anecdote told by Robert Wood in his Essay on the Genius of Homer ( London , 1775 ) , p . vii . and to Lord ...
Page 45
... literature , politics , —and a good contingent is now added from business also , this large class , not of the nobility , but with the accomplishments and taste of an upper class , is something peculiar to England . Of this class I may ...
... literature , politics , —and a good contingent is now added from business also , this large class , not of the nobility , but with the accomplishments and taste of an upper class , is something peculiar to England . Of this class I may ...
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Page 19 - Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to.
Page 57 - We don't want to fight, but by jingo if we do, We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money too.
Page 203 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Page 423 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 48 - Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Page 158 - A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower of light.
Page 421 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Page 315 - ... the power of conduct, the power of intellect and knowledge, the power of beauty, and the power of social life and manners...
Page 203 - Homer, to have written indecent things of the gods ; only this my mind gave me, that every free and gentle spirit, without that oath, ought to be born a knight, nor needed to expect the gilt spur, or the laying of a sword upon his shoulder to stir him up both by his counsel and his arm, to secure and protect the weakness of any attempted chastity.
Page 423 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun...