Outlines of English LiteratureH.C. Lea, 1865 - 489 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 28
... sentiment , and character of Spain , during the glorious dominion of the Mahommedans in Granada , and we shall see that , while the Moorish or Arab element forms an integral , per- manent , and essential ingredient in the language of ...
... sentiment , and character of Spain , during the glorious dominion of the Mahommedans in Granada , and we shall see that , while the Moorish or Arab element forms an integral , per- manent , and essential ingredient in the language of ...
Σελίδα 41
... well on account of the weight and value of the sentiments , as on that of the language in which they are conveyed . It should be remarked that Sir Thomas Hoby had requested Cheke's opinion of his work CHAP . 1. ] 41 SIXTEENTH CENTURY .
... well on account of the weight and value of the sentiments , as on that of the language in which they are conveyed . It should be remarked that Sir Thomas Hoby had requested Cheke's opinion of his work CHAP . 1. ] 41 SIXTEENTH CENTURY .
Σελίδα 68
... sentiments described with such a sweet luxuriance of beautiful language were reflections of true events in Sidney's own chivalrous life , and transcripts from his own gentle and heroic heart . We cannot better conclude our notice on ...
... sentiments described with such a sweet luxuriance of beautiful language were reflections of true events in Sidney's own chivalrous life , and transcripts from his own gentle and heroic heart . We cannot better conclude our notice on ...
Σελίδα 76
... sentiment , or a finer flush in the colours of language , than in this Rubens of English poetry . " But perhaps the best and most comprehensive criticism upon Spenser's merit is that recorded by Pope in one of his letters to Spence ...
... sentiment , or a finer flush in the colours of language , than in this Rubens of English poetry . " But perhaps the best and most comprehensive criticism upon Spenser's merit is that recorded by Pope in one of his letters to Spence ...
Σελίδα 98
... sentiments addressed to their patriotism . Ignorant , barbarous , and oppressed , how could men love their country , who could not call their wives and children their own ? How could men , reduced to a mere brutish state of animal ...
... sentiments addressed to their patriotism . Ignorant , barbarous , and oppressed , how could men love their country , who could not call their wives and children their own ? How could men , reduced to a mere brutish state of animal ...
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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.