Critical and Miscellaneous Writings of T. Noon TalfourdCarey and Hart, 1846 - 172 страници |
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... term , tragical . They are not only of breathless interest from the ex- ternal circumstances , nor of moral grandeur from the heroism of Fergus and his follower , but of poetic dignity from that power of ima- gination which renders for ...
... term , tragical . They are not only of breathless interest from the ex- ternal circumstances , nor of moral grandeur from the heroism of Fergus and his follower , but of poetic dignity from that power of ima- gination which renders for ...
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... terms strong enough to express the antipathy and scorn he bears her . The following are some of the daintiest : " There is nothing in the noble Desdemona , that is not below any country kitchen - maid with us . " - " No woman bred out ...
... terms strong enough to express the antipathy and scorn he bears her . The following are some of the daintiest : " There is nothing in the noble Desdemona , that is not below any country kitchen - maid with us . " - " No woman bred out ...
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... terms it ) tearing a passion into rags . I am the more bold to offer you this particular instance , because the late Mr. Addison , while I sat by him , to see this scene acted , made the same observation , asking me with some surprise ...
... terms it ) tearing a passion into rags . I am the more bold to offer you this particular instance , because the late Mr. Addison , while I sat by him , to see this scene acted , made the same observation , asking me with some surprise ...
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... terms , with Wilkes and Dogget , and Booth - fall in love with Mrs. Bracegirdle , as half the town did in days of yore - and sit amidst applauding whigs and tories on the first representation of Cato . He may follow the actors from the ...
... terms , with Wilkes and Dogget , and Booth - fall in love with Mrs. Bracegirdle , as half the town did in days of yore - and sit amidst applauding whigs and tories on the first representation of Cato . He may follow the actors from the ...
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... terms - some- times , indeed , with derision and personal slander - but always as a foe to subdue , not as a judge to pass sentence on them . Criti cism , in our own times , has first assumed the air of " sovereign sway and masterdom ...
... terms - some- times , indeed , with derision and personal slander - but always as a foe to subdue , not as a judge to pass sentence on them . Criti cism , in our own times , has first assumed the air of " sovereign sway and masterdom ...
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Страница 155 - Extort from me. To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee, and deify his power Who from the terror of this arm so late Doubted his empire - that were low indeed, That were an ignominy...
Страница 56 - The stars of midnight shall be dear To her ; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face.
Страница 56 - THREE years she grew in sun and shower; Then Nature said, "A lovelier flower On earth was never sown ; This Child I to myself will take; She shall be mine, and I will make A Lady of my own. "Myself will to my darling be Both law and impulse : and with me The Girl, in rock and plain, In earth and heaven, in glade and bower, Shall feel an overseeing power To kindle or restrain.
Страница 155 - What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater?
Страница 78 - The intelligible forms of ancient poets, The fair humanities of old religion, The power, the beauty, and the majesty, That had their haunts in dale or piny mountain, Or forest, by slow stream or pebbly spring, Or chasms, and watery depths ; all these have vanished ; They live no longer in the faith of reason...
Страница 12 - The sounding cataract Haunted me like a passion : the tall rock, The mountain, and the deep and gloomy wood, Their colours and their forms, were then to me An appetite ; a feeling and a love, That had no need of a remoter charm, By thought supplied, or any interest Unborrowed from the eye.
Страница 56 - I love the Brooks which down their channels fret, Even more than when I tripp'd lightly as they; The innocent brightness of a new-born Day Is lovely yet; The Clouds that gather round the setting sun Do take a sober colouring from an eye That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality; Another race hath been, and other palms are won.
Страница 55 - Hence, in a season of calm weather, Though inland far we be, Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore.
Страница 55 - The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction: not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest — Delight and liberty, the simple creed Of Childhood, whether busy or at rest, With new-fledged hope still fluttering...
Страница 154 - With solemn touches troubled thoughts, and chase Anguish and doubt and fear and sorrow and pain From mortal or immortal minds.