A First View of English LiteratureC. Scribner's sons, 1905 - 386 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 68
... human character which appeared in the more serious men of the Italian Renaissance ; and in the accounts of his own life , notably that by his son - in - law , William Roper , we catch something of the spirit of a man who sought not only ...
... human character which appeared in the more serious men of the Italian Renaissance ; and in the accounts of his own life , notably that by his son - in - law , William Roper , we catch something of the spirit of a man who sought not only ...
الصفحة 93
... for the possession of the human soul . The character of Vice played a great part . He was usually dressed in the costume of a court fool , and carried a sword of lath . His function was to attend upon the Origin of the Drama 93.
... for the possession of the human soul . The character of Vice played a great part . He was usually dressed in the costume of a court fool , and carried a sword of lath . His function was to attend upon the Origin of the Drama 93.
الصفحة 113
... human baseness , sin , and suffering . The only hint that we have of the nature of that valley and shadow through which Shakespeare seems to have passed , is found in his " Sonnets . " They are addressed to " a man right fair " and " a ...
... human baseness , sin , and suffering . The only hint that we have of the nature of that valley and shadow through which Shakespeare seems to have passed , is found in his " Sonnets . " They are addressed to " a man right fair " and " a ...
الصفحة 118
... to him by his friends , " gentle , " a word also often used to describe his art , in allu- sion evidently to its humanity and poetic grace . Shakespeare's Carelessness of Fame . - The awe inspired by 118 The Renaissance.
... to him by his friends , " gentle , " a word also often used to describe his art , in allu- sion evidently to its humanity and poetic grace . Shakespeare's Carelessness of Fame . - The awe inspired by 118 The Renaissance.
الصفحة 121
... human gullibility . Shakespeare also has devoted whole plays to the study of a master - passion - in Othello that of jealousy , in Macbeth that of ambition . But he does this in a very different way from Jonson , with more freedom and ...
... human gullibility . Shakespeare also has devoted whole plays to the study of a master - passion - in Othello that of jealousy , in Macbeth that of ambition . But he does this in a very different way from Jonson , with more freedom and ...
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الصفحة 79 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dared, thou hast done; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised: thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet.
الصفحة 196 - Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well ; but you are surprised to find it done at all.
الصفحة 108 - Yes, trust them not ! for there is an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers, that with his " Tiger's heart wrapped in a player's hide," supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you ; and, being an absolute Johannes Factotum, is, in his own conceit, the only Shake-scene in a country.
الصفحة 256 - Of aspect more sublime: that blessed mood In which the burthen of the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world, Is lightened; that serene and blessed mood, In which the affections gently lead us on, Until, the breath of this corporeal frame And even the motion of our human blood Almost suspended, we are laid asleep In body, and become a living soul...
الصفحة 280 - I was stared at, hooted at, grinned at, chattered at, by monkeys, by paroquets, by cockatoos. I ran into pagodas : and was fixed for centuries at the summit, or in secret rooms ; I was the idol; I was the priest; I was worshipped; I was sacrificed.
الصفحة 192 - For forms of government let fools contest; Whate'er is best administered is best...
الصفحة 203 - I think it may be necessary to consider distinctly the true nature and the peculiar circumstances of the object which we have before us; because after all our struggle, whether we will or not, we must govern America according to that nature and to those circumstances, and not according to our own imaginations...
الصفحة 136 - Now, since these dead bones have already outlasted the living ones of Methuselah, and, in a yard under ground, and thin walls of clay, outworn all the strong and specious buildings above it, and quietly rested under the drums and tramplings of three conquests...
الصفحة 100 - Was this the face that launched a thousand ships And burnt the topless towers of Ilium ? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss.
الصفحة 110 - A tedious brief scene of young Pyramus, And his love Thisbe ; very tragical mirth.