Biographical and Critical MiscellaniesRichard Bentley, 1845 - 565 páginas |
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... poetic feeling will readily accommo- date itself to the popular superstitions of the coun- try he is depicting . This reserve on his part , in- deed , arising from a truly poetic view of the subject , and an honest reliance on a similar ...
... poetic feeling will readily accommo- date itself to the popular superstitions of the coun- try he is depicting . This reserve on his part , in- deed , arising from a truly poetic view of the subject , and an honest reliance on a similar ...
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... poetic interest that lay beneath the crust of society . Brown was aware of the capabil- ities of our country , and the poverty of the results he was less inclined to impute to the soil than to the cultivation of it ; at least this would ...
... poetic interest that lay beneath the crust of society . Brown was aware of the capabil- ities of our country , and the poverty of the results he was less inclined to impute to the soil than to the cultivation of it ; at least this would ...
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... poetic eye . But there is no servile im- itation in all this . He has borrowed the same torch , indeed , to read the page of human nature , but the lesson he derives from it is totally different . His great object seems to be to exhibit ...
... poetic eye . But there is no servile im- itation in all this . He has borrowed the same torch , indeed , to read the page of human nature , but the lesson he derives from it is totally different . His great object seems to be to exhibit ...
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... , " As the wakeful bird Sings darkling , and , in shadiest covert hid , Tunes her nocturnal note . " The greatest epic poem of antiquity was probably , as that of the moderns was certainly , composed in ASYLUM FOR THE BLIND . 61.
... , " As the wakeful bird Sings darkling , and , in shadiest covert hid , Tunes her nocturnal note . " The greatest epic poem of antiquity was probably , as that of the moderns was certainly , composed in ASYLUM FOR THE BLIND . 61.
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... Poem of the Cid , " which ap- peared , according to Sanchez , before the middle of the twelfth century , contributed ... poems of Homer to have been the princi- pal bond which united the Grecian states ; " and every one knows the ...
... Poem of the Cid , " which ap- peared , according to Sanchez , before the middle of the twelfth century , contributed ... poems of Homer to have been the princi- pal bond which united the Grecian states ; " and every one knows the ...
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Página 270 - 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, HUGHES.
Página 590 - A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind!
Página 602 - The truth of it is, the finest writers among the modern Italians express themselves in such a florid form of words and such tedious circumlocutions as are used by none but pedants in our own country ; and at the same time fill their writings with such poor imaginations and conceits as our youths are ashamed of before they have been two years at the university.
Página 198 - At length he said, with perfect cheerfulness, ' Well, well, James, so be it — but you know we must not droop, for we can't afford to give over. Since one line has failed, we must just stick to something else:' — and so he dismissed me, and resumed his novel.
Página 196 - Harold, a space of nearly sixteen years. There has been no reposing under the shade of his laurels, no living upon the resource of past reputation ; none of that coddling and petty precaution, which little authors call " taking care of their fame." Byron let his fame take care of itself. His foot was always in the arena, his shield hung always in the lists; and although his own gigantic renown increased the difficulty of the struggle, since he could produce nothing, however great, which exceeded...
Página 324 - The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amid the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
Página 201 - In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique pageantry; Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream.
Página 428 - Know that this theory is false; his bark The daring mariner shall urge far o'er The western wave, a smooth and level plain, Albeit the earth is fashioned like a wheel. Man was in ancient days of grosser mould, And Hercules might blush to learn how far Beyond the limits he had vainly set, The dullest sea-boat soon shall wing her way. Man shall descry another hemisphere. Since to one common centre all things tend, So earth, by curious mystery divine Well balanced, hangs amid the starry spheres.
Página 476 - She was not old, nor young, nor at the years Which certain people call a " certain age," Which yet the most uncertain age appears, Because I never heard, nor could engage A person yet by prayers, or bribes, or tears, To name, define by speech, or write on page, The period meant precisely by that word, — Which surely is exceedingly absurd.
Página 590 - And white waves heaving high, my lads. The good ship tight and free ; The world of waters is our home, And merry men are we. "There's tempest in yon horned moon. And lightning in yon cloud ; And hark the music, mariners ! The wind is wakening loud. The wind is wakening loud, my boys. The lightning flashes free ; The hollow oak our palace is, Our heritage the sea.