The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volumen 102A. Constable, 1855 |
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... give greater scope to the discussion of a poem which presents the ablest existing illustration of the great religious controversy of the reign of James II . But we have had space only to in- dicate the primary reasonings of Dryden's ...
... give greater scope to the discussion of a poem which presents the ablest existing illustration of the great religious controversy of the reign of James II . But we have had space only to in- dicate the primary reasonings of Dryden's ...
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... give relief to tragedy . The difference of the two Dramas , according to the position of the German critic , would be simply that in the one a shorter and more frequent interlude of comedy would be attained than in the other . Instead ...
... give relief to tragedy . The difference of the two Dramas , according to the position of the German critic , would be simply that in the one a shorter and more frequent interlude of comedy would be attained than in the other . Instead ...
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... give precedence to the dialogue between Dorax and Sebastian over every similar scene in Shakspeare . The reply of Dorax to the taunt of his rival is certainly conceived in the grandest spirit of the bard of Stratford : - : - ' Dorax ...
... give precedence to the dialogue between Dorax and Sebastian over every similar scene in Shakspeare . The reply of Dorax to the taunt of his rival is certainly conceived in the grandest spirit of the bard of Stratford : - : - ' Dorax ...
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... Give me my love , my honour ; give them back- Give me revenge , while I have breath to ask it ! ' The life of Dryden was passed , as we have seen , simulta- neously on the surface of society and in the depths of thought . He did not ...
... Give me my love , my honour ; give them back- Give me revenge , while I have breath to ask it ! ' The life of Dryden was passed , as we have seen , simulta- neously on the surface of society and in the depths of thought . He did not ...
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... give a digest of the information it contains with reference to the fibrous materials , the produce of India , which may be cheaply and usefully sub- stituted for Russian hemp and flax . The extent to which we have hitherto been ...
... give a digest of the information it contains with reference to the fibrous materials , the produce of India , which may be cheaply and usefully sub- stituted for Russian hemp and flax . The extent to which we have hitherto been ...
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Página 504 - The Danube to the Severn gave The darken'd heart that beat no more; They laid him by the pleasant shore, And in the hearing of the wave. There twice a day the Severn fills; The salt sea-water passes by, And hushes half the babbling Wye, And makes a silence in the hills.
Página 422 - And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, "Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?" And he said, " Nay ; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come.
Página 545 - A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands and shores and desert wildernesses.
Página 510 - I have led her home, my love, my only friend. There is none like her, none. And never yet so warmly ran my blood And sweetly, on and on Calming itself to the long-wish'd-for end, Full to the banks, close on the promised good. None like her, none. Just now the dry-tongued laurels...
Página 423 - The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Página 249 - Better a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Página 255 - O'er-run and trampled on: then what they do in present, Though less than yours in past, must o'ertop yours...
Página 423 - For the leaders of this people cause them to err ; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
Página 252 - ... and we are not to expect that the majority will be disposed to look to much more than the outward sign. I believe the fact to be, that wit is very seldom the only eminent quality which resides in the mind of any man ; it is commonly accompanied by many other talents of every description, and ought to be considered as a strong evidence of a fertile and superior understanding. Almost all the great poets, orators, and statesmen of all times, have been witty.
Página 424 - To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!