The universal anthology, a collection of the best literature, with biographical and explanatory notes, ed. by R. Garnett, L. Vallée, A. Brandl. Imperial ed, Volume 19Richard Garnett 1899 |
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... feeling . It is this , and nothing else , that one means when one formulates the second characteristic of Romantic Poetry as opposed to Classic Poetry its dominant personality or individuality . : A third and last characteristic springs ...
... feeling . It is this , and nothing else , that one means when one formulates the second characteristic of Romantic Poetry as opposed to Classic Poetry its dominant personality or individuality . : A third and last characteristic springs ...
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... impression of his character and work into the intelligence and feeling of his own and the following times . We may think of Voltairism in France somewhat as we think of Catholicism or the Renaissance 68 VOLTAIRE AND HIS WORK . John Morley.
... impression of his character and work into the intelligence and feeling of his own and the following times . We may think of Voltairism in France somewhat as we think of Catholicism or the Renaissance 68 VOLTAIRE AND HIS WORK . John Morley.
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... feels constrained to unmask a demon from the depths of the pit . The plain men of the earth , who are apt to measure the merits of a philosopher by the strength of his sympathy with existing sources of comfort , would generally approve ...
... feels constrained to unmask a demon from the depths of the pit . The plain men of the earth , who are apt to measure the merits of a philosopher by the strength of his sympathy with existing sources of comfort , would generally approve ...
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... feel every day of our lives ; what he says has its momentum indefinitely multiplied , or reduced to nullity , by the impression that the hearer for good reasons or bad hap- pens to have formed of the spirit and moral size of the speaker ...
... feel every day of our lives ; what he says has its momentum indefinitely multiplied , or reduced to nullity , by the impression that the hearer for good reasons or bad hap- pens to have formed of the spirit and moral size of the speaker ...
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... feeling with patience and sagacity and painstaking for the new ways , and then the hour of march and stout - hearted engagement . Voltaire , if he adroitly or sagely preserved his buckler , felt that the day was come to throw away the ...
... feeling with patience and sagacity and painstaking for the new ways , and then the hour of march and stout - hearted engagement . Voltaire , if he adroitly or sagely preserved his buckler , felt that the day was come to throw away the ...
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Page 61 - And again, he adviseth to circumspection and care, even in the smallest matters, because sometimes, a little neglect may breed great mischief; adding, for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail.
Page 273 - And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware." So turning to his horse, he said, " I am in haste to dine ; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine.
Page 274 - Stop thief ! stop thief ! — a highwayman ! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space ; The toll-men thinking as before, That Gilpin rode a race.
Page 335 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Page 272 - My hat and wig will soon be here, — They are upon the road." The calender, right glad to find His friend in merry pin...
Page 57 - I therefore filled all the little spaces that occurred between the remarkable days in the calendar with proverbial sentences, chiefly such as inculcated industry and frugality, as the means of procuring wealth, and thereby securing virtue ; it being more difficult for a man in want to act always honestly, as, to use here one of those proverbs, it is hard for an empty sack to stand upright.
Page 96 - Life! I know not what thou art, But know that thou and I must part; And when, or how, or where we met, I own to me's a secret yet...
Page 96 - Life ! we've been long together Through pleasant and through cloudy weather; 'Tis hard. to part when friends are dear — Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear; — Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time; Say not Good Night, — but in some brighter clime Bid me Good Morning.
Page 271 - Until he came unto the Wash Of Edmonton so gay; And there he threw the Wash about On both sides of the way, Just like unto a trundling mop, Or a wild goose at play. At Edmonton his loving wife From the balcony spied Her tender husband, wondering much To see how he did ride. "Stop, stop, John Gilpin!— Here's the house !" They all at once did cry; "The dinner waits, and we are tired;"— Said Gilpin, "So am I!
Page 270 - His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, What thing upon his back had got Did wonder more and more. Away went Gilpin, neck or nought ; Away went hat and wig ! He little dreamt, when he set out, Of running such a rig.