1639-1729Charles Wells Moulton H. Malkan, 1910 |
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Pàgina 24
... character of a leading , aspiring prelate has either been unduly extolled , or unjustly degraded . As a scholar and an historian he excelled his contempora- ries ; and it was his peculiar felicity , that his erudition was neither ...
... character of a leading , aspiring prelate has either been unduly extolled , or unjustly degraded . As a scholar and an historian he excelled his contempora- ries ; and it was his peculiar felicity , that his erudition was neither ...
Pàgina 27
... character do not usually lie well within the reach of Ford's handling ; but in the part of Giovanni we find more of this power than elsewhere . Here the poet has put forth all his strength ; the figure of his protagonist stands out com ...
... character do not usually lie well within the reach of Ford's handling ; but in the part of Giovanni we find more of this power than elsewhere . Here the poet has put forth all his strength ; the figure of his protagonist stands out com ...
Pàgina 28
... character of Susan is delineated in Ford's happiest manner ; pure , affec- tionate , confiding , faithful , and forgiving ; anxious as a wife to prove her love , but fearful to offend , there is a mixture of warmth and pudency in her ...
... character of Susan is delineated in Ford's happiest manner ; pure , affec- tionate , confiding , faithful , and forgiving ; anxious as a wife to prove her love , but fearful to offend , there is a mixture of warmth and pudency in her ...
Pàgina 30
... character of d'Avolos , and the passages in which he excites the jealousy of the Duke against Fernando , Ford has most palpably copied Iago . WARD , ADOLPHUS WILLIAM , 1875- 99 , A History of English Dramatic Litera- ture , vol . III ...
... character of d'Avolos , and the passages in which he excites the jealousy of the Duke against Fernando , Ford has most palpably copied Iago . WARD , ADOLPHUS WILLIAM , 1875- 99 , A History of English Dramatic Litera- ture , vol . III ...
Pàgina 44
... character of " Signior Sylli , a foolish self - lover , " is at the same time unusually diverting , especially in his refer- ences to his family traditions . The Page is a specimen of a type for which Mas- singer had a special ...
... character of " Signior Sylli , a foolish self - lover , " is at the same time unusually diverting , especially in his refer- ences to his family traditions . The Page is a specimen of a type for which Mas- singer had a special ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 286 - MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea : Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou...
Pàgina 269 - I modestly but freely told him ; and after some further discourse about it, I pleasantly said to him, " Thou hast said much here of Paradise Lost, but what hast thou to say of Paradise Found?
Pàgina 284 - THREE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty •, In both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two.
Pàgina 411 - BARCLAY (ROBERT). An Apology for the True Christian Divinity AS THE SAME is HELD FORTH AND PREACHED BY THE PEOPLE, called in scorn QUAKERS...
Pàgina 235 - I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers: Of April, May, of June, and July flowers.
Pàgina 259 - The want of human interest is always felt. Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again.
Pàgina 279 - Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases.
Pàgina 483 - True wit is nature to advantage drest; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well exprest.
Pàgina 494 - Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In him alone 'twas natural to please : His motions all accompanied with grace ; And paradise was open'd in his face.
Pàgina 198 - For this reason, though he must always be thought a great poet, he is no longer esteemed a good writer; and for ten impressions, which his works have had in so many successive years, yet at present a hundred books are scarcely purchased once a twelvemonth; for, as my last Lord Rochester said, though somewhat profanely, Not being of God, he could not stand.