An Introduction to the Study of English Literature;: Comprising Representative Masterpieces in Poetry and Prose, Marking the Successive Stages of Its Growth, and a Methodical Exposition of the Governing Principles and General Forms, Both of the Language and Literature; with Copious Notes on the Selections - Glossary, and Chronology, Designed for Systematic StudyScribner, Armstrong, and Company, 1877 - 539 páginas |
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... Brutus had rather be a villager . " Ibid . " I had rather coin my heart . " Id . iv . 3. It would be a great loss to our language to let this form of expression go out of use . The theory that objects to it would , if consistently ...
... Brutus had rather be a villager . " Ibid . " I had rather coin my heart . " Id . iv . 3. It would be a great loss to our language to let this form of expression go out of use . The theory that objects to it would , if consistently ...
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... Brutus must be received as the subject of the play . To the un- folding of this in its elements and workings the whole is shaped . But Brutus to Shakespeare was the perfect man under Roman conditions . Its conclusion sums up the whole ...
... Brutus must be received as the subject of the play . To the un- folding of this in its elements and workings the whole is shaped . But Brutus to Shakespeare was the perfect man under Roman conditions . Its conclusion sums up the whole ...
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... Brutus is the commanding figure pictured in the play , in which we find the principle of unity and of method , and to which all else is but subordinate and sub- servient , and the only allowable interpretation and study of the drama ...
... Brutus is the commanding figure pictured in the play , in which we find the principle of unity and of method , and to which all else is but subordinate and sub- servient , and the only allowable interpretation and study of the drama ...
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... Brutus with himselfe at warre , Forgets the shewes of Loue to other men . Cassi . Then Brutus , I haue much mistook your passion , By meanes whereof , this Brest of mine hath buried Thoughts of great value , worthy Cogitations . Tell me ...
... Brutus with himselfe at warre , Forgets the shewes of Loue to other men . Cassi . Then Brutus , I haue much mistook your passion , By meanes whereof , this Brest of mine hath buried Thoughts of great value , worthy Cogitations . Tell me ...
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... Brutus , be prepar❜d to heare · And since you know , you cannot see your selfe , So well as by Reflection ; I your Glasse , Will modestly discouer to your selfe That of your selfe , which you yet know not of . And be not iealous on me ...
... Brutus , be prepar❜d to heare · And since you know , you cannot see your selfe , So well as by Reflection ; I your Glasse , Will modestly discouer to your selfe That of your selfe , which you yet know not of . And be not iealous on me ...
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Página 297 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Página 304 - Oft she rejects, but never once offends. « Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide : If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
Página 381 - Ye whose hearts are fresh and simple, Who have faith in God and Nature, Who believe, that in all ages Every human heart is human, That in even savage bosoms There are longings, yearnings, strivings For the good they comprehend not, That the feeble hands and helpless, Groping blindly in the darkness, Touch God's right hand in that darkness And are lifted up and strengthened...
Página 195 - You have done that you should be sorry for. There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats; For I am arm'd so strong in honesty, That they pass by me as the idle wind Which I respect not.
Página 184 - He hath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill: Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man.
Página 315 - She said ; then raging to Sir Plume repairs, And bids her Beau demand the precious Hairs : (Sir Plume, of Amber Snuff-box justly vain, And the nice Conduct of a clouded Cane...
Página 399 - As unto the bow the cord is, So unto the man is woman ; Though she bends him, she obeys him, Though she draws him, yet she follows ; Useless each without the other...
Página 305 - But chiefly Love — to Love an altar built, Of twelve vast French romances neatly gilt, There lay three garters, half a pair of gloves. And all the trophies of his former loves.
Página 308 - Hampton takes its name. Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home; Here thou, great ANNA! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea. Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court; In various talk th...
Página 384 - Showed the broad, white road in heaven, Pathway of the ghosts, the shadows, Running straight across the heavens, Crowded with the ghosts, the shadows. At the door on summer evenings Sat the little Hiawatha; Heard the whispering of the pine-trees. Heard the lapping of the water, Sounds of music, words of wonder; "Minne-wawa!