Adventures in CriticismCassell, 1896 - 428 páginas |
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... imitation he forms a genuine style of his own , and loses no mental fertility in the transformation . This , if I may use the * It is discussed at pp . 246-56 . metaphor , is the mauvais pas in the ascent of 56 ADVENTURES IN CRITICISM.
... imitation he forms a genuine style of his own , and loses no mental fertility in the transformation . This , if I may use the * It is discussed at pp . 246-56 . metaphor , is the mauvais pas in the ascent of 56 ADVENTURES IN CRITICISM.
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... style of his own ; but the effort exhausted him . He was no longer prolific ; his ardour had gone and his innate self - distrustfulness made him quick to recognise his sterility . Soon after the accession of James I. , Daniel , at the ...
... style of his own ; but the effort exhausted him . He was no longer prolific ; his ardour had gone and his innate self - distrustfulness made him quick to recognise his sterility . Soon after the accession of James I. , Daniel , at the ...
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... style , tells us that— Mr. " To narrate the career of Daniel Defoe is to tell a tale of wonder and daring , of high endeavour and marvellous success . To dwell upon it is to take courage and to praise God for the splendid possi ...
... style , tells us that— Mr. " To narrate the career of Daniel Defoe is to tell a tale of wonder and daring , of high endeavour and marvellous success . To dwell upon it is to take courage and to praise God for the splendid possi ...
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... style as " hovering , " and their method as " the perfection of lecturing to high - bred audiences . " Mr. Marzials quotes this expression " hovering " as admirably descriptive . It is . By judicious selection , by innuendo , here a ...
... style as " hovering , " and their method as " the perfection of lecturing to high - bred audiences . " Mr. Marzials quotes this expression " hovering " as admirably descriptive . It is . By judicious selection , by innuendo , here a ...
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... style - its ridiculous and good- humoured impertinences and surprises that his best books owe a great deal of their charm . The footnotes are a study in themselves , and range from the mineral strata of Australia to the best way of ...
... style - its ridiculous and good- humoured impertinences and surprises that his best books owe a great deal of their charm . The footnotes are a study in themselves , and range from the mineral strata of Australia to the best way of ...
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Página 121 - IS there, for honest poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that ? The coward slave we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that. For a
Página 246 - THE poet in a golden clime was born, With golden stars above; Dower'd with the hate of hate, the scorn of scorn, The love of love.
Página 20 - THE GENERAL PROLOGUE 1 HERE BYGYNNETH THE BOOK OF THE TALES OF CAUNTERBURY WHAN that Aprille with his shoures soote The droghte of March hath perced to the roote. And bathed every veyne in swich licour, Of which vertu engendred is the flour; Whan Zephirus eek with his sweete breeth Inspired hath in every holt and heeth The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne Hath in the Ram his halfe cours yronne, And smale foweles maken melodye, That slepen al the nyght with open eye, So priketh hem nature in hir...
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Página 378 - The power to guess the unseen from the seen, to trace the implication of things, to judge the whole piece by the pattern, the condition of feeling life in general so completely that you are well on your way to knowing any particular corner of it...
Página 118 - I aft hae kissed sae fondly ! And closed for aye the sparkling glance That dwelt on me sae kindly ; And mouldering now in silent dust That heart that lo'ed me dearly ! But still within my bosom's core Shall live my Highland Mary.
Página 263 - Poetry" (though against my own judgment) as opposed to the word Prose, and synonymous with metrical composition. But much confusion has been introduced into criticism by this contradistinction of Poetry and Prose, instead of the more philosophical one of Poetry and Matter of Fact, or Science.
Página 261 - A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds ; his auditors are as men entranced by the melody of an unseen musician, who feel that they are moved and softened, yet know not whence or why.