Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern, Volumen 30Charles Dudley Warner International Society, 1896 |
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Página 11711
... literary merit . Even had it been otherwise , it is not likely that he would have been turned aside from his choice by the attraction of any other pursuit . In his case the Muse cannot be said to have been ungrateful . To him in a most ...
... literary merit . Even had it been otherwise , it is not likely that he would have been turned aside from his choice by the attraction of any other pursuit . In his case the Muse cannot be said to have been ungrateful . To him in a most ...
Página 11714
... literary world . Living a secluded tastes and aspira- His active career as a man of letters began with the publication of his ' Pastorals . ' These appeared in 1709 in the sixth volume of Tonson's Miscellany . Never was there a kind of ...
... literary world . Living a secluded tastes and aspira- His active career as a man of letters began with the publication of his ' Pastorals . ' These appeared in 1709 in the sixth volume of Tonson's Miscellany . Never was there a kind of ...
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... literary reputation . The translation of the Iliad , when completed , placed him at the undisputed headship of English men of letters then living . The subsequent fortunes of his version may be thought to justify the enthusiasm with ...
... literary reputation . The translation of the Iliad , when completed , placed him at the undisputed headship of English men of letters then living . The subsequent fortunes of his version may be thought to justify the enthusiasm with ...
Página 11717
... literary career . Henceforth his writings were of a philo- sophical cast , like the ' Essay on Man , ' which came out in four parts from 1732 to 1734 ; or semi - philosophical and semi - satirical , as in the ' Moral Essays ' ; or ...
... literary career . Henceforth his writings were of a philo- sophical cast , like the ' Essay on Man , ' which came out in four parts from 1732 to 1734 ; or semi - philosophical and semi - satirical , as in the ' Moral Essays ' ; or ...
Página 11719
... literary combatants used towards each other the coarsest language . Pope himself had early been subjected to contumely out of all proportion to the provocation he had given . By Dennis in his remarks upon the ' Essay on Criticism ' he ...
... literary combatants used towards each other the coarsest language . Pope himself had early been subjected to contumely out of all proportion to the provocation he had given . By Dennis in his remarks upon the ' Essay on Criticism ' he ...
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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern: A-Z Charles Dudley Warner Vista completa - 1897 |
Términos y frases comunes
admiration Ahasuerus Allan Ramsay ancient Andromache appeared arms Bajazet beauty better brought century character Christian Cicero dead death delight Demosthenes Edgar Quinet eyes fair fate father feel forest France François Rabelais French Gargantua genius Greek hand head heart heaven honor horse Jean Jesuits Jules Ferry Julius Cæsar King ladies language learned LEOPOLD VON RANKE literary literature Little Parisian lived Lochaber look Lord Manon mind Morgante Moriscoes mother nature ne'er never night noble o'er once Onyegin orator Orlando passed passion persons poem poet poetry Polybius Pope Pushkin Quintilian Rabelais Renaud Roman Rome Russian Saint Saracens seemed sigh sing song soon soul speak spirit style sweet tears thee things thou thought tion Translation Troubadours truth Uglitch verse whole words write young
Pasajes populares
Página 11751 - Hark, they whisper ; angels say, " Sister spirit, come away ! " What is this absorbs me quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul ; can this be death ? The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heaven opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring ! Lend, lend your wings ! I mount ! I fly ! O grave, where is thy victory ? O death, where is thy sting...
Página 11722 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride...
Página 11744 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys. Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys: So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Página 11726 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest, who have learned to dance : 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense.
Página 11739 - Honor and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honor lies.
Página 11740 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is...
Página 11723 - Of all the Causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is Pride, the never-failing vice of fools.
Página 11734 - The little engine on his fingers' ends ; This just behind Belinda's neck he spread, As o'er the fragrant steams she bends her head. Swift to the lock a thousand sprites repair...
Página 12074 - And wider still those billows of war Thundered along the horizon's bar ; And louder yet into Winchester rolled The roar of that red sea uncontrolled...
Página 11713 - While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind ; But, more advanced, behold with strange surprise New distant scenes of endless science rise.