An Abridgment of Elements of CriticismTowar, J. & D.M. Hogan, 1831 - 300 pàgines |
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Pàgina vi
... reason upon subjects that are equally pleasant and familiar : we proceed gradually from the simpler to the more involved cases : and in a due course of discipline , custom , which improves all our facul- ties , bestows acuteness on that ...
... reason upon subjects that are equally pleasant and familiar : we proceed gradually from the simpler to the more involved cases : and in a due course of discipline , custom , which improves all our facul- ties , bestows acuteness on that ...
Pàgina 18
... actions of brutes are dictated by instinct , with- out any view to consequences : man is governed by reason ; he acts with deliberation , his actions have an end in view ; yet are there human actions not 18 ELEMENTS OF CRITICISM .
... actions of brutes are dictated by instinct , with- out any view to consequences : man is governed by reason ; he acts with deliberation , his actions have an end in view ; yet are there human actions not 18 ELEMENTS OF CRITICISM .
Pàgina 19
... reason , nor done with any view to consequences , as in the case of infants , who are mostly governed by instinct ; and even of grown persons famishing with hunger , without regard to its salutary effects . The miser converts means into ...
... reason , nor done with any view to consequences , as in the case of infants , who are mostly governed by instinct ; and even of grown persons famishing with hunger , without regard to its salutary effects . The miser converts means into ...
Pàgina 25
... reason suggests means to avoid a threatened danger . If a man be injured , the first thing he thinks of is what revenge he shall take , and what means he shall em- ploy . These particulars are no less obvious than natu- ral ; but , as ...
... reason suggests means to avoid a threatened danger . If a man be injured , the first thing he thinks of is what revenge he shall take , and what means he shall em- ploy . These particulars are no less obvious than natu- ral ; but , as ...
Pàgina 26
... reason . Nature acts here with her usual foresight . Fear and anger , moving us to act instinctively , afford security when the slower operations of deliberate rea- son would be too late ; we avoid danger by the impulse of fear , before ...
... reason . Nature acts here with her usual foresight . Fear and anger , moving us to act instinctively , afford security when the slower operations of deliberate rea- son would be too late ; we avoid danger by the impulse of fear , before ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 183 - The moon shines bright : — In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise ; in such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Trojan walls, And sigh'd his soul toward the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night.
Pàgina 54 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Pàgina 58 - To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue, A curse shall light upon the limbs of men ; Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy...
Pàgina 71 - It must not be : if Cassio do remain, ' He hath a daily beauty in his life, That makes me ugly ; and, besides, the Moor May unfold me to him ; there stand I in much peril : No, he must die : — But so, I hear him coming.
Pàgina 230 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Pàgina 202 - Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
Pàgina 229 - But whate'er you are That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time ; If ever you have look'd on better days, If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church, If ever sat at any good man's feast, If ever from your eyelids wiped a tear And know what 'tis to pity and be pitied, Let gentleness my strong enforcement be : In the which hope I blush, and hide my sword.
Pàgina 56 - tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall, anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight.
Pàgina 234 - The other shape, If shape it might be call'd, that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Pàgina 220 - Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The live-long day with patient expectation To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome...