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... Tacitus ; and the classical histories may almost be called romances founded in fact . The relation is , no doubt , in all its princi- pal points , strictly true . But the numerous little incidents which heighten the interest , the words ...
... Tacitus ; and the classical histories may almost be called romances founded in fact . The relation is , no doubt , in all its princi- pal points , strictly true . But the numerous little incidents which heighten the interest , the words ...
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... Tacitus was certainly the great- est . His style , indeed , is not only faulty in itself , but is , in some respects , peculiarly unfit for historical composition . He carries his love of effect far beyond the limits of modera- tion ...
... Tacitus was certainly the great- est . His style , indeed , is not only faulty in itself , but is , in some respects , peculiarly unfit for historical composition . He carries his love of effect far beyond the limits of modera- tion ...
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... Tacitus , by a model furnished from without . Hamlet is to Tiberius what the Laocoon is to the Newton of Roubilliac . In this part of his art , Tacitus certainly had neither equal nor second among the ancient historians . Herodotus ...
... Tacitus , by a model furnished from without . Hamlet is to Tiberius what the Laocoon is to the Newton of Roubilliac . In this part of his art , Tacitus certainly had neither equal nor second among the ancient historians . Herodotus ...
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... Tacitus . His Pericles , his Nicias , his Cleon , his Brasidas , are happily discriminated . The lines are few , the colouring faint ; but the general air and ex pression is caught . We begin , like the priest in Don Quixote's library ...
... Tacitus . His Pericles , his Nicias , his Cleon , his Brasidas , are happily discriminated . The lines are few , the colouring faint ; but the general air and ex pression is caught . We begin , like the priest in Don Quixote's library ...
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... Tacitus . But it must , at the same time , be admitted that they have characteristic faults , so closely connected with their charac- teristic merits , and of such magnitude , that it may well be doubted whether , on the whole , this ...
... Tacitus . But it must , at the same time , be admitted that they have characteristic faults , so closely connected with their charac- teristic merits , and of such magnitude , that it may well be doubted whether , on the whole , this ...
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Página 360 - No Frenchman is my foe; Down, down with every foreigner, but let your brethren go." Oh! was there ever such a knight in friendship or in war, As our sovereign lord, King Henry, the soldier of Navarre. Ho! maidens of
Página 320 - WE have read this book with the greatest pleasure. Considered merely as a composition, it deserves to be classed among the best specimens of English prose which our age has produced. It contains, indeed, no single passage equal to two or three which we could select from the Life of Sheridan; but, as a whole, it
Página 128 - any thing in the heavens above, in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth. - The latter manner he practises most frequently in his tragedies, the former in his comedies. The comic characters are, without mixture, loathsome and despicable. The men of Etherege and Vanbrugh are bad enough; those of
Página 210 - contained one weapon which could pierce him, that weapon his pursuers were bound, before God and man, to employ. "If he may Find mercy in the law, 'tis his: if none, Let him not seek 't of us." Such was the language which the Parliament might justly use.
Página 360 - fall full well he may— For never saw I promise yet of such a bloody fray— Press where ye see my white plume shine, amids-t the ranks of war And be your
Página 366 - FAITHFUL. May I speak a few words in my own defence ? " JUDGE. Sirrah, sirrah! thou deservest to live no longer, but to be slain immediately upon the place; yet, that all men may see our gentleness to thee, let us hear what thou,
Página 360 - And mocked the counsel of the wise and the valour of the brave. Then glory to his holy name, from whom all glories are ; And glory to our sovereign lord, King Henry of Navarre.
Página 363 - I lifted up my head; but methought I saw as if the sun that shincth in the heavens did grudge to give me light; and as if the very stones in the streets and tiles upon the houses did band themselves against me. Methought that
Página 155 - are the mere dross of history. It is from the abstract truth which interpenetrates them, and lies latent among them, like gold in the ore, that the mass derives its whole value; and the precious particles are generally combined with the baser in such a manner that the separation is a task of the utmost difficulty.
Página 57 - vincit Impetus, et rapido contrarius evehor orbi." It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve the attention of every man who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language. They abound with passages, compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into