The Quarterly Review, Volumen184William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, John Murray, Sir John Murray IV, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1896 |
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... poem is remarkable , and the spirit of lofty and untainted ambition which it breathes throughout supplied the ruling motive of the life of the author . " Michael Angelo " was followed by the " Legend of Gibraltar " and " Lazaro's Legacy ...
... poem is remarkable , and the spirit of lofty and untainted ambition which it breathes throughout supplied the ruling motive of the life of the author . " Michael Angelo " was followed by the " Legend of Gibraltar " and " Lazaro's Legacy ...
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... * As Hamley studied French , showing his mastery of the language in the excellent translations of passages from Voltaire's poems . came came when the distinguished African generals were brought face to 22 Sir Edward Hamley .
... * As Hamley studied French , showing his mastery of the language in the excellent translations of passages from Voltaire's poems . came came when the distinguished African generals were brought face to 22 Sir Edward Hamley .
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... poems which were most rich in observation of human character and conduct , whether in Latin or in vernacular tongues ... poem of the fourteenth century , which has been restored to literature by Mr. Gollancz , in his edition of 1891 ...
... poems which were most rich in observation of human character and conduct , whether in Latin or in vernacular tongues ... poem of the fourteenth century , which has been restored to literature by Mr. Gollancz , in his edition of 1891 ...
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... poem the mystic pilgrim is lost in a forest of perplexity ; and when at length he emerges and sees before him the serene heights of Science , he proceeds to toil upwards . That this ( il dilettoso monte ) means the hill of demonstrative ...
... poem the mystic pilgrim is lost in a forest of perplexity ; and when at length he emerges and sees before him the serene heights of Science , he proceeds to toil upwards . That this ( il dilettoso monte ) means the hill of demonstrative ...
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... poem is 64 , where the digits sum 10 ; it has 63 Cantos before it and 36 after it , in both of which numbers the digits make 9 . These arithmetical symmetries are not to be scorned by the critic who would penetrate the thought of Dante ...
... poem is 64 , where the digits sum 10 ; it has 63 Cantos before it and 36 after it , in both of which numbers the digits make 9 . These arithmetical symmetries are not to be scorned by the critic who would penetrate the thought of Dante ...
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Página 319 - I have already urged, the practice of that which is ethically best — what we call goodness or virtue — involves a course of conduct which, in all respects, is opposed to that which leads to success in the cosmic struggle for existence. In place of ruthless selfassertion it demands self-restraint; in place of thrusting aside, or treading down, all competitors, it requires that the individual shall not merely respect, but shall help his fellows; its influence is directed, not so much to the survival...
Página 440 - I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now, to mock your own grinning? quite chapfallen? Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come; make her laugh at that. Prithee, Horatio, tell me one thing. Hor. What's that, my lord? Ham. Dost thou think Alexander looked o' this fashion i
Página 424 - THESE things are but toys to come amongst such serious observations. But yet, since princes will have such things, it is better they should be graced with elegancy than daubed with cost.
Página 330 - Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here.
Página 356 - Lo, dost thou not see, Meg, that these blessed fathers be now as cheerfully going to their deaths as bridegrooms to their marriage...
Página 424 - A strange fish! Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. Legg'd like a man! and his fins like arms! Warm, o
Página 182 - Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind and dire hail, which on firm land Thaws not; but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile: all else deep snow and ice...
Página 448 - Your worships may understand, that, because I have no safer a store-house, these pockets do serve me for a room to lay up my goods in ; and though it be a strait prison, yet it is big enough for them...
Página 330 - They were the leaders of men, these great ones ; the modellers, patterns, and in a wide sense creators, of whatsoever the general mass of men contrived to do or to attain ; all things that we see standing accomplished in the world are properly the outer material result, the practical realization and embodiment, of Thoughts that dwelt in the Great Men sent into the world : the soul of the whole world's history, it may justly be considered, were the history of these.
Página 439 - These flaming heads with staring haire, These wyers turnde like homes of ram : These painted faces which they weare, Can any tell from whence they cam ? Dan Sathan, Lord of fayned lyes, All these new fangeles did devise.