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... critic is capable of conceiving , each work which comes in his way ; re- jecting all that it is possible to reject , and reserving for toleration only what is capable of standing the severest test . It crushes to earth without mercy all ...
... critic is capable of conceiving , each work which comes in his way ; re- jecting all that it is possible to reject , and reserving for toleration only what is capable of standing the severest test . It crushes to earth without mercy all ...
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... critic when , as in the present instance , his task is , mainly , how to express a cordial admiration ; to in- dicate an intelligence of beauties , rather than regret for defects ! We have read these volumes with feelings of delight far ...
... critic when , as in the present instance , his task is , mainly , how to express a cordial admiration ; to in- dicate an intelligence of beauties , rather than regret for defects ! We have read these volumes with feelings of delight far ...
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... critics and confess , have my life and heart in them . They are not empty shells . If it must be said of me that I have contributed unworthy verses , I also to the many rejected by the age , it cannot , at least be said that I have done ...
... critics and confess , have my life and heart in them . They are not empty shells . If it must be said of me that I have contributed unworthy verses , I also to the many rejected by the age , it cannot , at least be said that I have done ...
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... critic . " Before Hadyn had lost his interest in conversation , he related with pleasure many anecdotes respecting his residence in London . A noble- man passionately fond of music , according to his own account , came to him one ...
... critic . " Before Hadyn had lost his interest in conversation , he related with pleasure many anecdotes respecting his residence in London . A noble- man passionately fond of music , according to his own account , came to him one ...
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... critics of " Don Giovanni , " " I am not a judge of the dispute ; all that I know is , that Mozart is the greatest composer now existing . " Mozart answered the critic on Haydn , " Sir , if you and I were both melted down together , we ...
... critics of " Don Giovanni , " " I am not a judge of the dispute ; all that I know is , that Mozart is the greatest composer now existing . " Mozart answered the critic on Haydn , " Sir , if you and I were both melted down together , we ...
Términos y frases comunes
admiration Albert Durer Allston Ambla artist Astor House Bach beauty Beethoven better brother Brown called character Charles Wesley charm child church clavichord composer deep delight drama excellent expression eyes faith Farinelli feeling felt flower force fugue genius give grace hand Handel happy harmony harpsichord Haydn hear heart heaven honour hope human idea instrument intellectual J. S. Bach John Sebastian John Wesley less light literature lives look LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN means melody mind Mozart nature never noble Paracelsus passage perfect picture Pippa Passes play pleasure poems poet poetic poetry present Prince reverence rich Schindler seems Senesino shows singing song soul speak spirit Swedenborg SWEDENBORGIANISM sweetness sympathy taste tears tender thee things thought tion true truth verse Wesley whole wish Witchcraft woman words write
Pasajes populares
Página 40 - For calling up that spot of joy. She had A heart — how shall I say? — too soon made glad, Too easily impressed; she liked whate'er She looked on, and her looks went everywhere. Sir, 'twas all one!
Página 40 - In speech (which I have not) to make your will Quite clear to such an one, and say, "Just this "Or that in you disgusts me; here you miss, "Or there exceed the mark...
Página 39 - Fra Pandolf" by design: for never read Strangers like you that pictured countenance, The depth and passion of its earnest glance, But to myself they turned (since none puts by The curtain I have drawn for you, but I...
Página 39 - That's my last Duchess painted on the wall, Looking as if she were alive. I call That piece a wonder, now: Fra' Pandolf s hands Worked busily a day, and there she stands. Will't please you sit and look at her? I said "Fra
Página 77 - Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means; and there will stand On honorable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his own desire; Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim...
Página 40 - Her wits to yours, forsooth, and made excuse, — E'en then would be some stooping; and I choose Never to stoop. Oh sir, she smiled, no doubt, Whene'er I passed her; but who passed without Much the same smile? This grew; I gave commands; Then all smiles stopped together.
Página 78 - Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim ; And therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honours, or for worldly state ; Whom they must follow ; on whose head must fall, Like showers of manna, if they come at all...
Página 157 - Everywhere I see around me rise the wondrous world of Art : Fountains wrought with richest sculpture standing in the common mart; And above cathedral doorways saints and bishops carved in stone, By a former age commissioned as apostles to our own. In the church of sainted Sebald sleeps enshrined his holy dust...
Página 154 - From the cool cisterns of the midnight air My spirit drank repose; The fountain of perpetual peace flows there,— From those deep cisterns flows.
Página 158 - Durer, the Evangelist of Art; Hence in silence and -in sorrow, toiling still with busy hand, Like an emigrant he wandered, seeking for the Better Land. Emigravit is the inscription on the tomb-stone where he lies ; Dead he is not, but departed, for the Artist never dies.