English Studies: Or, Essays in English History and LiteratureJ. Murray, 1881 - 448 pages |
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... facts of nature ; and in his company we learned one of the first great lessons of study - not merely our own ignorance as individuals , but the compara- tive ignorance even of those who know most . Though xxvi PREFATORY MEMOIR .
... facts of nature ; and in his company we learned one of the first great lessons of study - not merely our own ignorance as individuals , but the compara- tive ignorance even of those who know most . Though xxvi PREFATORY MEMOIR .
Page xxvii
... facts , he had got hold of the true method of working , and had been shown how to thread his way through the labyrinth . Mr. Brewer wrote Latin prose with singular elegance , and was a most severe critic of translations both from and ...
... facts , he had got hold of the true method of working , and had been shown how to thread his way through the labyrinth . Mr. Brewer wrote Latin prose with singular elegance , and was a most severe critic of translations both from and ...
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... facts and outlines of a period or a reign , and would draw out of those leading facts , by a kind of historic induction , the great influences which were at work . He was still the companion of his pupils , pointing out to them , at ...
... facts and outlines of a period or a reign , and would draw out of those leading facts , by a kind of historic induction , the great influences which were at work . He was still the companion of his pupils , pointing out to them , at ...
Page xxix
... facts of history and the lessons to be drawn from them are independent of conflicting interpretations of its details ; and nothing was more characteristic of his teaching than the clearness with which he brought out these leading facts ...
... facts of history and the lessons to be drawn from them are independent of conflicting interpretations of its details ; and nothing was more characteristic of his teaching than the clearness with which he brought out these leading facts ...
Page xxxiii
... fact , as they might accident- ally discover at a later time , he had an acquaintance with the subject under discussion in comparison with which their own was insignificant . There was no- thing whatever artificial in this attitude . By ...
... fact , as they might accident- ally discover at a later time , he had an acquaintance with the subject under discussion in comparison with which their own was insignificant . There was no- thing whatever artificial in this attitude . By ...
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Page 243 - I remember the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, "Would he ' had blotted a thousand," which they thought a malevolent speech.
Page 185 - Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds: 25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds : ) 26 For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath, shall be given: and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. 27 But those mine enemies which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
Page 112 - I am in presence either of father or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand or go, eat, drink, be merry or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing anything else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly as God made the world...
Page 261 - Should I turn upon the true prince ? Why, thou knowest, I am as valiant as Hercules: but beware instinct; the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter ; I was a coward on instinct.
Page 242 - ... ordain'd otherwise, and he by death departed from that right, we pray you do not envie his friends the office of their care and paine...
Page 243 - ... who, as he was a happie imitator of Nature, was a most gentle expresser of it. His mind and hand went together; and what he thought, he uttered with that easinesse that wee have scarse received from him a blot in his papers.
Page 217 - He had, by a misfortune common enough to young fellows, fallen into ill company, and, amongst them, some that made a frequent practice of deer-stealing engaged him more than once in robbing a park that belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlcote, near Stratford.
Page xlv - O GOD, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
Page 227 - Yes, trust them not: for there is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers, that with his tiger's heart, wrapt in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Page 112 - and tell you a truth which, perchance, ye will marvel at. One of the greatest benefits that ever God gave me, is, that he sent me so sharp and severe parents, and so gentle a schoolmaster. For when I am in presence...