Reader's Adviser and Bookman's ManualR. R. Bowker Company, 1925 |
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... write a book is a task needing only pen , ink and paper ; to print a book is rather more difficult , because genius often expresses itself illegibly ; to read a book is more difficult still , for one has to struggle with sleep ; but to ...
... write a book is a task needing only pen , ink and paper ; to print a book is rather more difficult , because genius often expresses itself illegibly ; to read a book is more difficult still , for one has to struggle with sleep ; but to ...
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... write a list of " The Hundred Best Books , " an exercise which has been endlessly repeated . This list which makes one chapter in " The Pleasures of Life " is often reprinted as " The Choice of Books . ' FITZGERALD , PERCY . 1834— The ...
... write a list of " The Hundred Best Books , " an exercise which has been endlessly repeated . This list which makes one chapter in " The Pleasures of Life " is often reprinted as " The Choice of Books . ' FITZGERALD , PERCY . 1834— The ...
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... writing on philology than has any other author . Weekley writes with com- manding interest , and his romantic stories of words prove his title to be no misnomer . His work on " Surnames " stands alone now that Baring - Gould's " Family ...
... writing on philology than has any other author . Weekley writes with com- manding interest , and his romantic stories of words prove his title to be no misnomer . His work on " Surnames " stands alone now that Baring - Gould's " Family ...
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... write his famous sonnet : " Much have I travelled in the realms of gold . " Chapman issued his translation in 1616 , the year of Shakes- peare's death . For readers of the present day , Chapman's trans- lation is rather archaic . It is ...
... write his famous sonnet : " Much have I travelled in the realms of gold . " Chapman issued his translation in 1616 , the year of Shakes- peare's death . For readers of the present day , Chapman's trans- lation is rather archaic . It is ...
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... writing was very wide . His poetical works include dramas , satires , translations , lyrics . He excelled likewise ... writes : " He is not our greatest poet ; far from it . But there is one point in which the superlative may safely be ...
... writing was very wide . His poetical works include dramas , satires , translations , lyrics . He excelled likewise ... writes : " He is not our greatest poet ; far from it . But there is one point in which the superlative may safely be ...
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Página 138 - And in poetry, no less than in life, he is * a beautiful and ineffectual angel, beating in the void his luminous wings in vain.
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Página 10 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Página 99 - I should as soon think of swimming across Charles River when I wish to go to Boston, as of reading all my books in originals, when I have them rendered for me in my mother tongue.
Página 494 - Of the Latin historians, Tacitus was certainly the greatest. His style, indeed, is not only faulty in itself, but is, in some respects, peculiarly unfit for historical composition. He carries his love of effect far beyond the limits of moderation. He tells a fine story finely : but he cannot tell a plain story plainly. He stimulates till stimulants lose their power.
Página 252 - America is God's crucible, the great Melting Pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming! Here you stand, good folk, think I, when I see them at Ellis Island, here you stand in your fifty groups, with your fifty languages and histories, and your fifty blood hatreds and rivalries. But you won't be long like that, brothers, for these are the fires of God...
Página 135 - Every great poet is a teacher: I wish either to be considered as a teacher, or as nothing.
Página 41 - The American Language: A Preliminary Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States.
Página 130 - As he refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary after the Revolution of 1688, the Laureatcship was given to his enemy, Thomas Shadwell. Dryden's range was very wide. His poetical works include dramas, satires, translations, lyrics. He excelled likewise in "that other harmony," prose, and his "Prefaces" are famous examples of fine English.