Readings in English Prose of the Nineteenth CenturyRaymond Macdonald Alden Houghton Mifflin, 1917 - 695 páginas |
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... , having the same independent character . Where omissions have been made they are indicated scrupulously . Some of these omissions are matters of regret , the mere mechanics of the vol- ume making it impossible to give full scope to the.
... , having the same independent character . Where omissions have been made they are indicated scrupulously . Some of these omissions are matters of regret , the mere mechanics of the vol- ume making it impossible to give full scope to the.
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... character , in the impassioned , lofty , and sustained diction which is characteristic of his genius . In this form the Lyrical Ballads were published , and were pre- sented by him as an experiment whether subjects which from their ...
... character , in the impassioned , lofty , and sustained diction which is characteristic of his genius . In this form the Lyrical Ballads were published , and were pre- sented by him as an experiment whether subjects which from their ...
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... character . These , however , were not Mr. Wordsworth's objects . He chose low and rustic life , " because in that condi- tion the essential passions of the heart find a better soil , in which they can attain their maturity , are less ...
... character . These , however , were not Mr. Wordsworth's objects . He chose low and rustic life , " because in that condi- tion the essential passions of the heart find a better soil , in which they can attain their maturity , are less ...
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... character of rural occupations are more easily comprehended , and are more durable ; and lastly , because in that condition the passions of men are incorporated with the beautiful and permanent forms of nature . " 1 Now it is clear to ...
... character of rural occupations are more easily comprehended , and are more durable ; and lastly , because in that condition the passions of men are incorporated with the beautiful and permanent forms of nature . " 1 Now it is clear to ...
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... that poetry as poetry is essen- tially ideal , that it avoids and excludes all accident ; that its apparent individualities of rank , character , or occupation must be representative of a class ; and that the persons BIOGRAPHIA LITERARIA ...
... that poetry as poetry is essen- tially ideal , that it avoids and excludes all accident ; that its apparent individualities of rank , character , or occupation must be representative of a class ; and that the persons BIOGRAPHIA LITERARIA ...
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Página 481 - For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Página 16 - ... reveals itself in the balance or reconciliation of opposite or discordant qualities: of sameness, with difference; of the general, with the concrete; the idea, with the image; the individual, with the representative; the sense of novelty and freshness, with old and familiar objects...
Página 546 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge ; And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep!
Página 62 - Come back into memory, like as thou wert in the dayspring of thy fancies, with hope like a fiery column before thee — the dark pillar not yet turned — Samuel Taylor Coleridge — Logician, Metaphysician, Bard ! — How have I seen the casual passer through the Cloisters stand still, entranced with admiration (while he weighed the disproportion between the speech and the garb of the young Mirandula), to hear thee unfold, in thy deep and sweet intonations, the mysteries of Jamblichus...
Página 329 - Made for our searching: yes, in spite of all, Some shape of beauty moves away the pall From our dark spirits. Such the sun, the moon, Trees old and young, sprouting a shady boon For simple sheep ; and such are daffodils With the green world they live in; and clear rills That for themselves a cooling covert make 'Gainst the hot season; the mid-forest brake, Rich with a sprinkling of fair musk-rose blooms. And such too is the grandeur of the dooms We have imagined for the mighty dead; All lovely tales...
Página 546 - Horatio, what a wounded name, Things standing thus unknown, shall live behind me. If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart, Absent thee from felicity awhile, And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain, To tell my story.
Página 273 - The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Página 62 - Bard! — How have I seen the casual passer through the Cloisters stand still, entranced with admiration (while he weighed the disproportion between the speech and the garb of the young Mirandula), to hear thee unfold, in thy deep and sweet intonations, the mysteries of Jamblichus, or Plotinus (for even in those years thou waxedst not pale at such philosophic draughts), or reciting Homer in his Greek, or Pindar— —while the walls of the old Grey Friars re-echoed to the accents of the inspired...
Página 90 - ... swine, or indeed of any other animal, might be cooked (burnt, as they called it) without the necessity of consuming a whole house to dress it. Then first began the rude form of a gridiron. Roasting by the string or spit came in a century or two later; I forget in whose dynasty. By such slow degrees, concludes the manuscript, do the most useful, and seemingly the most obvious, arts make their way among mankind.
Página 259 - If they were unacquainted with the works of philosophers and poets, they were deeply read in the oracles of God. If their names were not found in the registers of heralds, they felt assured that they were recorded in the Book of Life. If their steps were not accompanied by a splendid train of menials, legions of ministering angels had charge over them.