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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... truth is , that at the very source of nineteenth - century French poetry , one finds the inspiring influence of two great prose writers , and of one woman of genius : the author of the Confessions , Jean - Jacques Rousseau.
... truth is , that at the very source of nineteenth - century French poetry , one finds the inspiring influence of two great prose writers , and of one woman of genius : the author of the Confessions , Jean - Jacques Rousseau.
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... truth be described as democratic . No one , certainly , did more than he to abolish the old distinction between the Grand French and the Familiar French , to put , as he said , " the Cap of Liberty on the head of the aged Dictionary ...
... truth be described as democratic . No one , certainly , did more than he to abolish the old distinction between the Grand French and the Familiar French , to put , as he said , " the Cap of Liberty on the head of the aged Dictionary ...
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... truth he may be said to have been aroused by the sound of a rival's lyre , and , calling all his skill to his aid , he reasserts his sway over the empire which the newcomer had attacked . But the leopard skin which hangs from the poet's ...
... truth he may be said to have been aroused by the sound of a rival's lyre , and , calling all his skill to his aid , he reasserts his sway over the empire which the newcomer had attacked . But the leopard skin which hangs from the poet's ...
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... truth . We owed to it , between 1866 and 1875 , the Trophées of M. J.-M. de Hérédia ; the popular poems , the domestic and intimate verses of M. François Coppée ; and , since we are not forbidden to study , in our own persons , the ...
... truth . We owed to it , between 1866 and 1875 , the Trophées of M. J.-M. de Hérédia ; the popular poems , the domestic and intimate verses of M. François Coppée ; and , since we are not forbidden to study , in our own persons , the ...
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... truth in accordance with which their forms are defined . Every representation which fails to base itself upon that fact is necessarily incomplete , superficial , mutilated . The Parnassians forgot this , and their forgetfulness created ...
... truth in accordance with which their forms are defined . Every representation which fails to base itself upon that fact is necessarily incomplete , superficial , mutilated . The Parnassians forgot this , and their forgetfulness created ...
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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.