Outlines of English LiteratureH.C. Lea, 1865 - 489 σελίδες |
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... expressions of the religious , social , and intellectual physiognomy of their times ; and secondly , in their own individuality : and he hopes that the sketches of the great Baconian revolution in philosophy , of the state of the Drama ...
... expressions of the religious , social , and intellectual physiognomy of their times ; and secondly , in their own individuality : and he hopes that the sketches of the great Baconian revolution in philosophy , of the state of the Drama ...
Σελίδα 27
... expression either more picturesque and forcible than the equivalent which already existed in English ( of Norman or Saxon origin ) , or else a lively and characteristic image for some object or idea peculiarly Celtic . Of the former ...
... expression either more picturesque and forcible than the equivalent which already existed in English ( of Norman or Saxon origin ) , or else a lively and characteristic image for some object or idea peculiarly Celtic . Of the former ...
Σελίδα 29
... expressing , in words which 1300 years have not deprived of their original bitterness , his detestation of the Sassenagh - the Saxon . A moment's inspection of the map of England will show the immense number of places which have ...
... expressing , in words which 1300 years have not deprived of their original bitterness , his detestation of the Sassenagh - the Saxon . A moment's inspection of the map of England will show the immense number of places which have ...
Σελίδα 30
... expressing the simpler ideas and the most uni- versally known objects — such objects and ideas , in short , as cannot but possess equivalents in every human speech , however rude its state or imperfect its development . Following this ...
... expressing the simpler ideas and the most uni- versally known objects — such objects and ideas , in short , as cannot but possess equivalents in every human speech , however rude its state or imperfect its development . Following this ...
Σελίδα 31
... expressing even the most complex and refined ideas , but that , by a curious fatality , those words have generally given place , in the tongue of the present day , to equivalents drawn from the Latin and Greek origins . That this ...
... expressing even the most complex and refined ideas , but that , by a curious fatality , those words have generally given place , in the tongue of the present day , to equivalents drawn from the Latin and Greek origins . That this ...
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admirable adventures ancient appeared Bacon beautiful Boccaccio burlesque Byron Canterbury Tales character charm Chaucer comedy comic composition criticism degree delineation drama dramatists Dryden Dunciad eloquence England English English language English literature exhibited existence expression exquisite Faery Queen feeling fiction French genius give glory grace hero Hudibras human humour idea immortal impressive inimitable intellectual intense interest language learning less literary literature manners merit Middle Ages Milton mind mock-heroic modern moral narrative nature noble novel original Paradise Lost passages passion pathos peculiar perhaps period personages Petrarch philosophy picture picturesque poem poet poetical poetry political Pope popular possessed principles productions prose racter reader religious remarkable rich romantic romantic fiction satire Saxon scenery scenes Scotland Scott sentiment Shakspeare singular society species Spenser spirit splendour style sublime sympathy tale taste thought tion tone Trouvères true verse versification wonderful words writings written
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Σελίδα 289 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Σελίδα 234 - I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives, to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth.
Σελίδα 244 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.
Σελίδα 218 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies ; ' The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Σελίδα 168 - Homer, and those other two of Virgil and Tasso, are a diffuse, and the book of Job a brief model: or whether the rules of Aristotle herein are strictly to be kept, or nature to be...
Σελίδα 160 - Areopagitica: A Speech for the Liberty of unlicensed Printing, to the Parliament of England.
Σελίδα 134 - Invest me in my motley ; give me leave To speak my mind, and I will through and through Cleanse the foul body of the infected world, If they will patiently receive my medicine.
Σελίδα 157 - Or the unseen Genius of the wood. But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.
Σελίδα 123 - You wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry 'Hold, hold!
Σελίδα 266 - The successors of Charles V. may disdain their brethren of England: but the romance of 'Tom Jones,' that exquisite picture of human manners, will outlive the palace of the Escurial and the Imperial Eagle of Austria.